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Friday Fun Thread for May 22, 2026

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Material for the 1990s revival, here we go:

Nerd angle: X-files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Babylon 5? Anime was breaking through to Western consciousness, upscale productions like Ghibli movies got better international release through Disney.

In mainstream, we have: Jurassic Park. Saving Private Ryan. Titanic, movies with Leonardo DiCaprio. Disney was pumping out successful traditionally animated movies with relatively traditional plotline, one after another every year. Perhaps Disney can make a nostalgia trip back and start making mvies that are earnest again.

In cinema: Lots of golden darlings of movie buffs, moody but not necessarily bleak European movies by directors with unpronounceable names like The Three Colours. On the darker and edgier side, we have Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, ... actually I am not sure if metafictional post-modernism has ever ceased, so how can it make a comeback? As a case in point, Coen brothers are still making Coen brothers kind of movies, Fargo turned from one movie with interesting takes into a overtly long tv show with 5 seasons of 10 years that just finished. The Matrix has the same issue. Family / kid friendly space, the 2nd* best known cultural media icon from Bristol, Wallace and Gromit debuted, though Aardman is still here.

Fashion: I think we are already there?

(* the best known cultural media icon from Bristol is Banksy, the UK graffeurist laureate who indubitably will be declared British national treasure alongside Stephen Fry sooner or later )

At what point does Stargate (particularly SG-1) rotate back into consciousness?

For me, about five years ago.

Love me some SG1.

Honestly Stargate still has a lot of fans. It's just not a critical darling and there's not a whole company built around endlessly reiterated spinoffs like some other franchises I could name.

Yeah I agree with you and the two siblings that it's still a good show and very enjoyable to watch. The franchise had its spinoffs and its run and then died, but now Amazon MGM is attempting to revive it. What I'm asking is more: at what point does it become a referent in the nostalgia cycle whose 'memberberries can be harvested? It doesn't seem as ready to go as classic 90's conspiracy theory stuff (which would absolutely be part of 90s!Stranger Things), X-Files, etc.

For me, it never left

Babylon 5 is a core memory for me, X-Files and Buffy were both super popular, arguably some of the first SF media to hit mainstream recognition. I actually only watched Wallace and Gromit as an adult with my kids, and was shocked to realize how little of it there actually was, cuz you're right, it was everywhere for a while.

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