To add to the point about Alien. At one point Ripley finds out the ship's crew is judged expendable by their company super computer. It's not just inflexible rules, but about a company that cares about its interests over your value as a human being.

@UnbeltedSundew

2 жыл бұрын

If I recall correctly that was in relation to bringing back the xeno "specimen" and they were deemed an acceptable price to be paid.

@bfranciscop

2 жыл бұрын

A computer is just an enforcer of rules which were written by humans. The algorithm which demotes content on youtube is just a systematization of choices made by humans. A company is just an institutionalization of decisions made by humans. The point made by FEE is that the harm comes most often from distant top-down rules/decisions which are disconnected from your local reality. In these cases, the business, the computer, the algorithm, are all just enforcement mechanisms.

@Some_Guy77

11 ай бұрын

Well gee, doesn't that sound familiar.

Fun fact: the miniature tower used in "The Towering Inferno" was 80' tall.

@tolpacourt

2 жыл бұрын

Eighty feet tall? Sounds reasonable.

@otakuConn

2 жыл бұрын

Nuh uh

@KRAFTWERK2K6

2 жыл бұрын

That's 24 Meters for all of us in the rest of the world.

@kirk2767

2 жыл бұрын

Eighty feet, or eighty inches? If there is one thing the documentary "This is Spinal Tap" taught me, it's that the difference is important.

@stillbuyvhs

2 жыл бұрын

@@kirk2767 70'; I looked it up. The tower had to be that big to make the fire look right. Even then, it took special care to keep the flames in scale.

I liked "that 70's show". It was mostly a group of friends hangin out in the basement, watching TV, getting high together. The one guy's dad letting him know "Don't be a dumbass." And "Get a job, dumbass!". "that 20's show" is gonna suck. One dude sitting home, government shutting society down, just silently playing video games, occasionally chatting to ppl in multiplayer, and his single Mother bein like "You're wasting your life." And "Why don't you go to college like that Zuckerberg kid, you can do that stuff."

@carlos_takeshi

2 жыл бұрын

That '30s Show and That '40s Show are going to be super fun.

@tolpacourt

2 жыл бұрын

In my town, parents didn't let their kids lounge around getting high in the basement or garage. You had to sneak around outdoors to smoke weed. The seventies sucked. People ate a lot of canned food. The food was awful in general.

@KiraSlith

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlos_takeshi Ah yes, the story of fxrphd and erbaweyh sitting on a couch in the post nuclear earth talking about philosophy and kicking around the plastic junk humanity left behind, will be remembered for generations of silpha kind.

@natejennings5884

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the 1970s gave us some classic movies and music. Maybe, just maybe, we'll start getting some of that now. I was born in 1975 so I experienced really cool 1970s stuff from recorded music and old VHS tapes in the 1980s and 1990s.

@creepyrobsta5509

2 жыл бұрын

@NateJennings NOPE we won't get that today because creativity is stiffled by companies trying to appeal to EVERYONE. A unique or original film has to be unique or original, and sadly, no major studio will bankroll that, unless it's dumbed down for the masses.

14:52 "This is the world artists think we have, and are holding up a mirror to it." But the difference between art in the 70s and now is that artists in the 70s weren't glorifying their cynicism. The heroes of our stories today are not good people, but we're still being told that they are. Look at Scarlet Witch, the writers are so twisted in their conception of what makes a hero they think we should be on her side. Artists in the 70s didn't suffer from such delusions about the ugliness they put into their art. Their characters were bad people, but instead of being told to clap for these characters unconditionally we were simply asked to observe and make up our own minds

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

To tag off your point, it is interesting that Star Trek came out in the 1970s and presented an optimistic view of the future as contrasted to many of the other works of the time. Sadly, under Alex Kurtzman, it has taken that turn into nihilism and glorifying that dark dreary hopelessness for its own sake and self-aggrandizement as you so accurately point out. The best analogy to the idealism of TOS Star Trek today would probably be the anime of Japan and Korean dramas which tend to have a brighter more positive outlook much as Star Trek did in the 1970s.

@Dakarn

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Scarlet Witch was originally a villain. They made her a hero with a troubled past, turned her from Wanda to Scarlet Witch, and are still trying to show her as a hero. Hoping they're just setting her up to push the character to her breaking point before turning her full villain. WandaVision was seriously messed up. Everything she did was the act of a villain, but they found a way to try and make her still the hero of the story by introducing someone that wanted to kill her for her power.

@salsamancer

2 жыл бұрын

I think the movies we have today are more similar to the 60s than the 70s. Massive studios with a hardfisted control that are sticking to dogma like glue. We need another Star Wars to break the mold.

@Dakarn

2 жыл бұрын

@@salsamancer The problem is a bit complicated... 1.) Hollywood doesn't like gambling money on new ideas anymore. They would rather milk established franchises. 2.) The new generation of screenwriters have no new ideas, and ruin established franchises by inserting overbearing political messages in places they don't belong. 3.) If you don't like their changes, you're a bigot. (Thus ensuring the failure of the movie at the box office, because who wants to give money to someone who is verbally abusive towards you.) 4.) We had 3 new Star Wars films. They were a dumpster fire! (lol. I understand what you meant, but couldn't help it.)

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

@Dapper Canuck The irony is, Christian music today has become the most successful and enduring when contrasted with the carbon-copy crap put out by recording studios. Then you have Ben Shapiro's production studios in conjunction with actors like Kevin Sorbo who are going indie much like the cult classics of the 70s. Talk about having the tables turned.

Thanks for this. I've been trying to maintain as much of a sense of normalcy as I can for the sake of my kids and that'd helped keep me positive. They're on the sofa watching Tom and Jerry and drinking smoothies. Yesterday they rode bikes with the neighbor kids. Monday we go strawberry picking. If ever I'm feeling overwhelmed by all the negativity, I disconnect from the web and go spend time with them. Life is so much simpler and joyful when viewed through the eyes of children.

@zoanth4

2 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling in a few years we will all commit atrocities to feed our hungry children

@ashleypenn7845

2 жыл бұрын

@@zoanth4 I've been pretty proactive about that and we have a decent storage. Hopefully we'll hold out long enough for things to turn for the better.

@-Siculus-Hort-

2 жыл бұрын

stock up on can goods.

@-Siculus-Hort-

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackFalltrades yes. AND 2001 and 2020-2021 but there has been several food processing plants that have accidentally been burnt down and there is also baby formula shortage.

@-Siculus-Hort-

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackFalltrades "prepping" doesn't hurt. anything..

I was born in 72, and being a teen in the 80s and young adult in the 90s was probably the best time to have been alive at those ages.

@evanc6110

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I listen to boomers tell me how the best to time to be alive was in 1972. Can't wait to tell future generations that the best time to live was 2022.

@krunkle5136

2 жыл бұрын

@@evanc6110 they were born in 72, so the best time for them would've been the late 70s and 80s.

@evanc6110

2 жыл бұрын

@@krunkle5136 gen x is 72

@ciscornBIG

Жыл бұрын

@@evanc6110 Evan, please get off the internet. You missed every single point and it's just cringe. Go.

I've been saying that this is the 1970's for a year now and it's great to hear others say it

@peskylisa

2 жыл бұрын

So have I

@codyge18

2 жыл бұрын

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@colbyhill25

2 жыл бұрын

Well I’m not sure it’s great… I would’ve preferred you be wrong lol. But here we are. 🙄

@grekygrek

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's not great. I get what you mean, you don't feel alone any more...but it's awful that we live in a serpico and chinatown-esque world. Corruption and greed and evil win and we the people lose. I mean...look at the president and his son....awfully strange that not so long ago hinter was making millions off a Ukrainian oil company and no one questioned anything. Everything is so obviously blackened with corruption and nothing is done. A show trial about a woman celeb slandering a male celeb gets constant coverage and fools wait outside just to yell...meanwhile a trial that couldve implicated the people around and or INVOLVED in said show trial is silenced and memory holed.

@DMAGAEscober

2 жыл бұрын

Only worse, in this version of the 70s, Star Wars sucks and the music is mostly trash.

I was too young to deal with the '70's then, and I'm too old for a rerun...

This channel is vastly underrated. I love your content.

Personally, I think pop culture will get better when the writers, producers, and directors stopped pushing agendas to focus on entertainment for entertainment's sake.

@MyShiroyuki

2 жыл бұрын

Or rather, remove the activists and put real writers, producers, and directors back in charge.

@MrNoot39449

2 жыл бұрын

@Jun3 Shiroyuki when they get short in money, that's exactly what they'll do

@rumblebird9888

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrNoot39449 Kinda like what happened to Netflix recently

@GokuMcDuck

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, things get worse.

@miltongalindosantibanez9863

2 жыл бұрын

Ma boy, they always did. The problem is that wheb you don't agree with them

FEE: "The 70s are back!" Me: "At least there's no Disco." Music Industry: *laughing in modern crap music*

@bizariet

2 жыл бұрын

I'd MUCH rather get disco back over the shit hip hop I hear everywhere I go.

@DoctorPhobos

2 жыл бұрын

@@bizariet True. But, “Better Dead Than Disco” sounds better than “Better R…. Than Rap”.

@faustsin9366

2 жыл бұрын

Dude Disco easily beats modern rap wich is terrible!

@latemanparodius5133

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget... rap existed back then as well. Perhaps part of the trouble is that time has a way of rotting away the trash to let the gold shine through. I'm certain there was garbage music back then also, but since it was garbage, it was tossed aside for the good things. These days, there's such a glut of content that it's hard to find the nuggets of gold in the sea of mediocre trash that hasn't rotted away yet.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

@@latemanparodius5133 You are correct. Movies like Forrest Gump only used the hits of the era, not the average songs that nobody remembers.

Do you guys want to know what’s freaky? The gas ⛽️ prices that we have now are higher than the gas prices in the film “I Am Legend”. I’m not kidding. I know that’s not a 70-80s film but still it’s really freaking me out that our prices are higher than the apocalypse prices lol 😆

@Brabbs

2 жыл бұрын

@@valcaron its more eyecatching tbh

@Steel-101

2 жыл бұрын

@@valcaron Yes yes it is necessary. Because it’s fun 😁 ⛽️ ⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️

@thelordz33

2 жыл бұрын

@@Steel-101 it's cringe

@Steel-101

2 жыл бұрын

@@thelordz33 Nope. still fun 😁⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️

@TheRealWilliamWhite

2 жыл бұрын

@@thelordz33 🧢

Okay, but let's not forget that the 70's also gave us the original Star Wars, Up In Smoke, Smokey and the Bandit, Animal House, The Villain, Blazing Saddles, Every Which Way But Loose, and the Life of Brian among many more. It wasn't all doom and gloom. Also, Alien is totally worth an episode just for itself. Still relevant to this day on many levels.

@mirzaahmed6589

2 жыл бұрын

Jaws and Rocky too.

@Knightmessenger

2 жыл бұрын

As Empire of Dreams pointed out, Star Wars broke the mold of so many 70s movies which helped make it successful.

@xenn4985

2 жыл бұрын

Or is that part of the problem? The best things you can name from the 70s are fucking movies. What a god awful decade.

@frzstat

2 жыл бұрын

@@xenn4985 - Kawasaki Jet Ski 1972, Makita cordless drill 1978, Sony Walkman 1979, were all good things from the ‘70s

@frzstat

2 жыл бұрын

@@xenn4985 also, the Apple II and Radio Shack TRS-80 computers were introduced in 1977

Love him or hate him, Trump was in charge during the best financial time in my life. A pandemic was needed to take him out and all it did is help prove just how well he did. Biden could not have messed up any worse than he and his handlers have.

@FTChomp9980

2 жыл бұрын

The answer was that Trump is a business man and Biden is a crook of a Politician you'll guess which one I voted for? (Hint:Its the Business man)

@JonathanRossRogers

2 жыл бұрын

You're giving the president way too much credit for the economy.

@grekygrek

2 жыл бұрын

@@FTChomp9980 Trump was a legendary president and yet people STILL are talking shit about him lmao. They still call anyone they disagree with trumpers and call anyone who isnt a dumbass communist a "bible clutching conservative" and they also call ya racist too lmfao

@vertigoz

2 жыл бұрын

Why don't you ask your tax cut companies why despite the tax cut you get all this inflation. Perhaps the difference between Obama and Biden is that there was. Trump between, it makes no sense to blame Biden when with Obama there was no such kind of a problem, and you got two terms of it, wanna blame a president perhaps blame Trump since he could handle the pandemic, for him it will all would disappear like for magic, like many of his supporters believe, things happens for magic

@vertigoz

2 жыл бұрын

@@FTChomp9980 who has tons of bankruptcy on his hands, and scams... You really should look for whom your idols are

"Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events." -Robert A. Heinlein

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

Heinlein, Asimov, Arhtur C. Clarke, and Carl Sagan were all an inspiration for "classic Star Trek". And during the 1970s and 1980s, embraced their mantra. Sadly, Alex Kurtzman understands nothing from those great futurists in his nihilistic version of Trek.

@krunkle5136

2 жыл бұрын

How isn't being a pessimistic smart ass not fun also?

Between pestilence, war, and promises of famine and death I'm just hoping we have time left for things to get better.

@flatebo1

2 жыл бұрын

But chaosgyro, you know what they say? Some things in life are bad They can really make you mad Other things just make you swear and curse When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help things turn out for the best And Always look on the bright side of life Always look on the light side of life If life seems jolly rotten (hoo-hoo) There's something you've forgotten (hoo-hoo) And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing (hoo-hoo-hoo) When you're feeling in the dumps (hoo-hoo) Don't be silly, chumps (hoo-hoo) Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing (hoo-hoo) And Always look on the bright side of life (Come on) Always look on the right side of life For life is quite absurd (hoo-hoo) And death's the final word (hoo-hoo) You must always face the curtain with a bow (hoo-hoo-hoo) Forget about your sin (hoo-hoo) Give the audience a grin (hoo-hoo) Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow So always look on the bright side of death A-just before you draw your terminal breath Life's a piece of shit (hoo-hoo) When you look at it (hoo-hoo) Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true (hoo-hoo-hoo) You'll see it's all a show (hoo-hoo) Keep 'em laughin' as you go (hoo-hoo) Just remember that the last laugh is on you (hoo-hoo-hoo) And Always look on the bright side of life Always look on the right side of life (C'mon chaosgyro, cheer up) Always look on the bright side of life Always look on the bright side of life (Worse things happen at sea, you know?) Always look on the bright side of life (what have you got to lose?) (You know, you come from nothing, you're going back to nothing) (What have you lost? Nothing) always look on the bright side of life (Nothing will come from nothing you know what they say?) Always look on the bright side of life (cheer up, ya old bugger, c'mon, give us a grin) (There y'are, see? It's the end of the film) (Incidentally, this record is available in the foyer) Always look on the bright side of life (some of us got to live as well, you know?) (All right, that's the lot, let's get this place knocked down) Always look on the bright side of life (the whole show's dismantled in three weeks) Who do you think pays for all this rubbish?) Always look on the bright side of life (they'll never make their money back, you know) (I told him, I said to him, "Bernie" I said, "they'll never make their money back") Always look on the bright side of life

One very good thing about the 70's was that it really took the wind out of the Keynesian economic theory. High unemployment happening at a time of high inflation was something that the followers of Keynes assured everyone could not possibly happen.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

Yet they never gave up on their claims. Indeed, Barak Obama was the Keynesian President doing exactly what Maynard wanted the Federal government to do. And Biden is just Obama's third term, with the harm having metalized behind the bright period of Trump's 4 years (think walking ghost period of radiation poisoning).

@deepfriedsammich

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidford3115 The Economists went out and created variants like "Neo-keynesianism." Very few, outside of Paul Krugman, still consider themselves a "classical Keynesian," and they acknowledge the problems in The General Theory, and have pretty much abandoned it in favor of new "sects". You are making the case that the politicians did not change, and are still Keynesians. Of course they didn't, because John Maynard Keynes told the politicians and bureaucrats that it was easy and necessary for political intervention in the economy to ensure maximum efficiency. Of course the politicians won't abandon him. Keynes himself summed up the problem quite pithily: “The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually slaves of some defunct economist.” -- John Maynard Keynes Indeed, the Keynesian Plantation is full of eager politician slaves because the slaves find the defunct "Massa Keynes" so empowering and validating of his chattel, and indulgently endorsing of the activities they are already predisposed to do.

@garyblack8717

2 жыл бұрын

They're still claiming it can't happen. It seems that economic lessons must be retaught through object lesson once a generation.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

@@garyblack8717 Sadly true, yet those of us who learned the lessons from example have to pay the price for the fools who need to learn by personal experience.

@krunkle5136

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, then came neoliberalism and Regeanomics.

Some of us were alive in the 70s, too so we get to watch the rerun.

No wonder we have an obsession with the 80s. To fantasize about being past the problems of the 70s without looking at what causes those issues..

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

Well, and the 80s were a period of hope and optimism in the wake of the 1970s. Keep in mind that part of that was due to the few positive media productions like TOS and TNG Star Trek.

@MrNoot39449

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly we'll have to live through it too now, without any indication that we'll be getting any 80's era at all

@geoffreydowdle5751

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrNoot39449 Whoa, that sounds scary.

@geoffreydowdle5751

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidford3115 haha I love that star trek is getting cred for giving us hope in the 80s

@savagetv6460

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidford3115 it's cause Reagan brought back our optimism

I'm surprised you didn't mention Soylent Green, a movie that predicted we'd all be making people into food in 2022.

I was born too late to live through and experience the good times, but born just in time to see the bad times. God give me the strength.

The best part of being back in the '70s is getting to live the '80s. Let's make sure to get Synthwave right this time.

@MrNoot39449

2 жыл бұрын

That means we're going to get Videogames 2 electric boogaloo out of it too

@thebadwolf3088

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrNoot39449 a new videogame revolution? Almost worth it

As the saying goes Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. And just like that here we go again

@grinningtiki220

2 жыл бұрын

And alot of the same people in office then are still there now.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

@@grinningtiki220 So true. They are proof positive why high turnover in positions of power is a good thing. "Politicians and diapers need to be changed often, and for the same reasons," -Mark Twain, aka Samuel Clemens.

One majot difference. US debt in the 1980 was 34%.... today 128% of GDP

@goldenhorse4823

2 жыл бұрын

Don't ask questions. Just take blind optimism

Really great video. I've found that a lot of things that upsets me or fills me with dread for the future can be alleviated by simply avoiding social media and television news opinion shows. If I dont consume those the list of things to worry about gets drastically smaller.

@takethesquid

2 жыл бұрын

I've trained my algorithm to be biased towards wholesome. Doesn't completely fix the problem, but it takes off so much edge and anger away

It's like the 70s minus the good music, awesome movies, and cool muscle cars. Another thing this decade lacks is the optimism for a better future; because despite how crummy things got in the 70s there was still hope that things would improve. This was reflected in the following decade, the 1980s. Unfortunately for today's youth (Millennials, Gen Z, & Gen Alpha) all metrics indicate that they will be comparatively worse off than their parents & grandparents (Boomers & Gen X).

I propose a sub-series where Shawn goes through decades detailing historical events and political/ social issues

Another point of hope is that, in 1976, in the midst of all that, a young filmmaker named George Lucas told a producer friend, “I’m tired of all this doom and gloom and serious stuff. I want to make something that gives people hope.” I honestly think we’re on the verge of the next Star Wars.

Not gonna lie, when you said "1970s", I was pretty sure you were talking about "30 years ago" for a bit longer than I should have.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I still feel like it is 1998 at times. Things were so much simpler then.

The 70s also had a bloody and unpopular war in Vietnam which ended just like in Afghanistan.

@Code7Unltd

2 жыл бұрын

>The 70s also had a bloody and unpopular war in Vietnam which ended just like in Afghanistan. For contrast, the world saw the a unpopular "war" in Ukraine, whose soldiers were just dipstick Redditors flying there for klout.

@lainiwakura1776

2 жыл бұрын

The sad part is, it was popular in the beginning.

@HeIsAnAli

2 жыл бұрын

Cue China invading Vietnam in 2029.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

I would say worse that Afghanistan. At least Vietnam had evacuations like Operation Babylift. Contrast that to General Donahu leaving behind civilians so he could have room for this captured war trophy. I distinctly remember seeing videos of helicopters being pushed off carrier decks to make room for Saigon evacuees.

Shit, man. I just had a depressive episode this week that I got rid of. I don't need another one! :D Really though, thanks for making these videos. I may not watch them in their intirety today or tomorrow, but soon I'll revisit them and soak in all that philosophical goodness.

The greatest errors of humanity is to believe that the past was idyllic or that the future will see us freed from strife

@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish

2 жыл бұрын

The future always will, but only if we make it so.

@callmeej8399

2 жыл бұрын

This is the truth realize you live in an endless cycle. Generations have said the same thing ever since writing.

Oh god, I'm living in a time loop. . . .We're all in a time loop.

@Code7Unltd

2 жыл бұрын

If you don't know history, you're doomed to repeat it. However, if you understand history, you're damned to witness it's repetition.

@Darth_Bateman

2 жыл бұрын

@@Code7Unltd that’s it, I’m starting the rumbling.

You failed to mention a small movie made in 77 that changed the way people were viewing the world....you might have heard of it, it was called Star Wars. One optimistic film changed the way we saw ourselves in an instant.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Star Trek which was in production during the early 1970s and in syndication during the late 70s. And the popularity of Trek made it possible for Star Wars to be so successful. And today it seems that the two franchises are still in symbiosis as both fandoms are livid over the vandalization by Alex Kurtzman and Kathleen Kennedy.

@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish

2 жыл бұрын

It was "A New Hope" amidst the depressing societal attitude of the time, wouldn't you say?

Some other good 70's films that mirrored sentiments at the time: The Parallax View Colossus: The Forbin Project Capricorn One The China Syndrome Most thrillers made in that decade had the "just another victim"-type ending.

@ramoth777

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, don't forget 'Soylent Green'. Relevance: the food prices 😂

@michaelvandeginste3497

2 жыл бұрын

@@ramoth777 hopefully the notorious aspect of the titular food never applies😐

Add the apparent restart of the Cold War. Not the kind of nostalgia we want.

@Rensune

2 жыл бұрын

Nah. It's about to get Hot

@SomeDigitalGhost

2 жыл бұрын

@@brainderp808 He means civil war in the US.

@SomeDigitalGhost

2 жыл бұрын

@@brainderp808 I didn't say it would, I was clearing up what he was talking about

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

@@brainderp808 Nobody thought the US would have a Civil War in 1860 until PTG Beauregard fired on Fort Sumpter. Don't succumb to positivity bias. Don't think that it will never happen because very few thought that Russia would invade Ukraine until they did.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

@@brainderp808 Considering the people claiming that Russia was going to invade are the same people who claimed Trump was a Putin Puppet, you can easily forgive me for making that assumption. America's "intelligence agencies" have no intelligence. For 4 years Putin left Ukraine alone under Trump. Hell, he didn't invade in the months after Joe Bite-Me took office. It was not until AFTER the fall of Kabul and the Taliban taking control of Afghanistan that Putin acted. So, again, you are falling for the 2020 hindsight fallacy.

History Does Not Repeat Itself, But It often rhymes. - Mark Twain.

I just love how this channel ends with a message of hope!

We're in the 20s and it's already going to the great depression of the 30s and I've also been seeing people dressing in a manner similar and reminiscent of the 70s including wide bottom hems

Animators, Musicians, Film Makers, Creatives, this is the decade to make something incredible! No Political Agendas just straight up great stories!

Thanks for the friendly optimism of the idea things will be better again. Great video.

The 70s is not back. In the 70s the debt to GDP was around 40~60%, now it is 130%. But don't be sad... the 30s and 40s are back complete with possible world wars AND depression.

It’s funny because you talked about Saturday Night Fever as if it was a shiny happy film but it’s actually really dark and quite disturbing.

The day did come eventually, but it's always darker before dawn. Stay safe, everyone.

5:40, I’m glad you made that distinction

What a great video, love your optimism and showing that dark and gritty is still only a perspective.

does that mean the 80s and 90s are on their way back?

@aregularperson7573

2 жыл бұрын

We can only hope

@Darth_Bateman

2 жыл бұрын

It does, but we have to WORK. We have to build something that will last and do our DAMNDEST to be the people we thought we were going to be in our childhood. It doesn't matter if you can't change the whole wide world. One change per person is enough, and it doesn't even have to be all of us! 33% of us will do! Who wants to join me in the 33%????

@kylevernon

2 жыл бұрын

@@brainderp808 lol, that’s laughable.

@zealotmaster1

2 жыл бұрын

why not, wouldnt be the first failed movement i have been apart of or cult

@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero

2 жыл бұрын

@@brainderp808 Firstly Millennials are roughly between 30s to 40s they're still at working age. Secondly the problem with our Generation is that we're not too different from the previous three generations (Boomers, Gen X, and Millennials) and if anything are caught up with their own self-indulgences and trivial comeuppances. If anything I'd say like maybe 40% are likely to live out pretty normal lives. Not saying that's there no hope for our generation but if anything, it's more reasonable to place your hopes on those more successful and place hopes onto the newer generation and if we're going to make our country a better place, like the person above in this thread; we have to put effort into it.

Thank you once again. Great episode if you watch to the end! A very important message.

I'm blessed to have grown up in the 90's. Its a time I can remember very vividly so to have the video end on such a note of optimism is the dash of encouragement I needed. So thanks!

@callmeej8399

2 жыл бұрын

Grunge was pretty moody but whatever

Very nice note to end it on. Thanks.

In Alien, you have it completely backwards. The rules required Kane to be quarantined for 24 hours. Ash broke those rules letting Lambert, Dallas, Kane and Kanes chestburster into the ship. It was NOT following protocol that let the alien into the ship.

@sarwatihsan5165

2 жыл бұрын

I rewatched the movie because of this video and came back to see if anyone commented this :) Edit: though perhaps he was referring to the science division's protocols (retrieve the alien specimen; crew is expendable) - the crew didn't know about that though; and the last few weren't pleased to discover it from the company-robot-scientist-dude, Ash.

This video also made me realize that Dazed and Confused is what set our modern interpretation of what the 70s were like.

Amazing video! Very thought provoking parallels. Lets fight for a better future instead of just fighting.

Your videos are always so great. Thank you for your work.

Thank You.

Fascinating! Excellent over-view, beginning, middle, _and_ end!

Thanks for making this video, and reminding us theres an end to this nightmare of a decade.

_Joe_ is a movie from 1970 that really encapsulates the 70s for me (at least how I can see it), as does _Midnight Cowboy_ (though that's a 1969 film)

From what I could see about the Towering Inferno... just because its the best new shiny thing, made by the smartest people and the most cutting edge tech means jack in the real world were a simple thing can send it all toppling over. At the end of the day, we need to look at the simple solutions instead of the complicated ones.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

The Chinese have a word that translates as "gold and lacquer on the outside, rot and corruption on the inside". Often used to describe the decadence and corruption of Song Dynasty. I think it also applies to the tower in that movie as well as the US today.

16:46, good point.

Thanks dude this vid really helped me

Small pop trivia: The guy who created the first mobile phone was watching the original Star Trek and thought "This isn't sci-fi, we could totally do this today!". After he made a pair of mobile phones, he sent one to the office of his top competitor & called him from outside the entrance of his competitor's company to brag.

@SkaalKesh

2 жыл бұрын

Talk about BDE.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Original series Star Trek came out in the 1970s. Which is ironic because that bright spot of hope for a better future has been smothered under Alex Kurtzman. The best analogy to classic Trek's idealism today would be Japanese anime and Korean Dramas. Ironic as anime studios like Tohe cut their teeth in animation during the 1970s and 80s by being the subcontractors for American productions like Dungeons and Dragons the cartoon series.

@Astolfo2001

2 жыл бұрын

Mindblown

Also in Alien, the robot lets the infected people in. He breaks Ripley’s quarantine protocols, which she gets upset about. So, rigid rules with stiff penalties for the crew, but the the ones that make the rules flout the ones they want without having to pay the price themselves.

“It’s like in the great stories Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end, because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end. It’s all a passing thing: the shadow. Even darkness must pass, and the day will come, and when the sun shines through it’ll shine out the clearer.”

Knowing that the first Star Wars film was released during the 70s. I can see why It was special. George Lucas really went against the grain and made a Optimistic Movie in a Galaxy Far Far away about a Rebellion actually dealing a successful blow to a totalitarian Empire. A hopeful Optimistic movie in a time where everything was depressing. No wonder people cheered when Han Solo came in the last minute to save the day.

In the story of life, the nouns are ever-changing, but the verbs stay the same.

after the 70s came the 80s. prepare for synthwave

It’s unbelievable. This is as good as it gets. It’s unbelievable, dunno what’s gonna happen next.

@grinningtiki220

2 жыл бұрын

Nice Owl City quote.

Oh God, he's optimistic!

I'm in love with your voice.

I appreciate the positive outlook,,,, here it comes,, BUT, Things are worse now, or will be than the 70's for one simple reason. We, had the 70's to look back on and understand why it was so bad, what were the contributing factors, how it could have been prevented and what NOT TO DO AGAIN. YET here we are, with the exact same people, doing the exact same things, with ZERO accountability and on a much larger scale across a borader spectrum. When will "WE the People" realize that Accountability, must be held true for those that wish to be accountable? So until "We the People" hold those whom wish to Lead, Teach, Manage, Govern and Protect, ACCOUNTABLE, for ALL of their actions, we are doomed to participate in their Imoral, Unjust and completely Unnecessary societal destruction. Or, am I completely missing something?

@somethingidk786

Жыл бұрын

It more realistically, the world end, and then anything else but it was a good run time to watch the fireworks now

Movie recognized "Network" Drama/Satire. Veteran news anchorman Howard Beale went on a television rant. Quote "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore 1976

It's interesting that the good things that came after the hard times of the 70s are the same things that people are currently nostalgic about today.

@baneofbanes

2 жыл бұрын

Boom and bust cycles.

Good stuff 👏

It took a lot of sacrifice and grit to pull out of that era. It took multiple Serpico's all over the place in all sorts of fields. Also they had the advantages of different places being different and not connected. Imagine fleeing your country to avoid reprisals of corrupt officials except the county you fell to either does the exact same thing to you or sends you back, puts you on the no fly list etc. The world is become a place in which escape isn't an option, ie flight or fight and they are taking away the ability to flee.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that you have idealists like Gene Rodenberry and Carl Sagan to light the way. Sadly, the people holding the keys to those great works they put out are not interested in the dream nor the legacy but to pervert them for the own nihilistic self-aggrandizement. The best modern-day analogy I can think of to classic Star Trek is Japanese Anime and Korean Dramas. Ironic that the East Asians who have historically be considered dour and apathetic with regards to their stories are the ones who have figured out how to appeal to the yearning American audiences who want to return to the dreams of idealists like Rodenberry and Sagan.

Tough times never last, only tough people last.

At least 1976 was a good year for music.

growing up in the 80's all five of those films I loved. I still watch Chinatown / Alien/ Serpico from time to time.. mostly Chinatown.

Woah woah woah. You mean to tell me, there were strong female protagonists, in movies, in the 70’s?!?! ....🤯

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

There were many, but the wokescolds in Hollyweird don't want to acknowledge them because it would mean they are talentless two-bit hacks who can't hold a candle to real female talent.

I would argue that this is why Star Wars was such a smash hit. A combination of nostalgia and hope (a new hope) was really what people were looking for as a relief from all those pessimistic takes that people were tired of being over inflated in all that other stuff.

Dude! 77 was the year of Star Wars, too!

Movies are not made today by 'artists' but studios and require the dogmatic message of the age to enthuse what you still seem to see as art.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct. the movies today follow the same "logic" that media and movies in the Soviet Union under Stalin followed.

Nice ending dude

Please, take me back to the 80s and early 90s.

@callmeej8399

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think Cobain was very pleased with the state of the world at that time

@GokuMcDuck

2 жыл бұрын

@@callmeej8399 He never liked anything.

I'd rather live in the 70s anyday, hands down. If I could go back, I'd choose to be born in 1958. To be in my prime youth during the 70s then ride the prosperous wave of the 80s. Even though I'd be in my 60s now, it would've been worth it. The late 60s, 70s and early 80s are my favorite music decades and there were no smartphones. My parents and many boomers tell me they totally agree life was better then. My grandma was born in 1929 and she loved the 40s.

What bothers me about modern storytelling is that when movies are not gloomy or depressing they are just nostalgia cash ins, unoriginal reboots/remakes or a variation of something that’s been done before.

@graveyardshift6691

2 жыл бұрын

The 90's have actually made us forget that happy endings have their place too.

Ya, the 70's were a lot of things, my first job in '73, that created a career until 2003 - 30 years - then into service. & I still serve, today with FedEx Ground. I keep going because I make people happy, Be Happy with service, let people be happy with what you do, Sounds like there are a lot of ungrateful people in The States, but, really, are there? Ask... do you have a home to sleep in & you feel safe there? In Ukraine, you don't. When you wake up, are you sake & have a meal ready for you? Maybe, in Ukraine, you don't. In The U.S. of A. ALL Americans should be grateful for what you do have, not angry for what you don't have. Thank God for what we do have.

“It’s like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under”

History doesn’t repeat but it sure does rhyme a lot

I LOVE the way you say "smartest experts" right at the moment you show OJ Simpson!! LMAO!!

Chewie, we're home!

You how else we know the 70s are back? Terry cloth shirts.

A video on the nostalgia for the 50s in the 70s, then of the 70s in the 90s and now a generalized nostalgia for the past and it’s implications would make a good follow up to this

If you want a rainbow, you got to put up with the rain.

Fun fact: “Embargo” spelled backwards is “O grab me!”

Interestingly, the Libertarian party in the USA, was also founded in 1971.

@DerAlleinTiger

2 жыл бұрын

It truly was a decade full of travesties and terror. Jokes aside, the Libertarian party is such a joke. I hate the fact that it is, because I would love an alternative to the usual suspects, but it really is just an absolute joke. It embodies all the problems with trying to base an entire ideology around just raw libertarianism instead of using it as only one factor or one aspect to a greater worldview.

Funny story. My GF at the time hated horror movies. I didn't know it at the time but she was terrified of them. Clowns too, but that's another story. Anyway, I took her to see Alien and she buried herself into me and clung on for dear life crying when the Alien showed up killing everyone. It was a good time for everyone. I explained to her afterward the poster literally advertised "In Space Nobody Can Hear You Scream"...How did you not think it was going to be scary? To this day I look at her and giggle when we watch it. She still tucks into me but she watches it. She's seen all of them with me.

The Foundation For Economic Education has come out with a brilliant, simple, incisive explanation for something that I think a lot of people are feeling and experiencing, but which many people don't see as being the product of large societal situations. It's also found a very innovative way to pronounce "Yom Kippur".

Thanks for shedding light on the positive aspects of the 1970s. Learned more about the films and TV shows of that decade.

@davidford3115

2 жыл бұрын

Original Star Trek also came out in the 1970s. One of the few bright spots in the cynicism of the period. Sadly, the franchise has been infected with jaded nihilism and glorification of suffering under Alex Krutzman.

Remember the 70's well. And all of them movies.