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What will the 2000's be remembered for?

Zudnic

Zudnic

Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose
Before you know it it'll be the 2nd decade of this millenium.

Got me thinking. When you think 80's, you think Flashdance, Reagan, Deloreans, and Alf. In the 90's you had grunge, Friends and Monica Lewinsky.

When you look back on this decade what will come to mind?

Some things off the top my my head
- Reality and police-procedural TV
- Obamamania
- 9/11 and two wars
- George Bush
- The death of printed media (newspapers, CD's, DVD's, etc)
- The beginning of true environmental awareness
- Google

Iconic TV this decade
- The Office
- CSI and its clones
- American Idol

What else?
 
Re: What will the 2000's be remembered for?

I'd have to say its going to be for whatever ends up being different the next decade....

to me I have a hard time pin pointing in what ways the world is dramatically different from 1999. I think a lot of the internet has matured but otherwise the world around is largely indistinguishable. The music seems to be the same... the shows are a bit more edgy now... they isn't a lot of cultural tones and movements.... not a lot of permanent icons.

With that said, I wonder if we're in a cultural malaise right now before some form of realignment. There's a lot of blah and a lot of noise but nothing lasting... but times usually force something just as it has done on the financial markets. Just talking in vague terms I wouldn't be surprised if something cultural comes along that will shift the view on things.

As to what we'll likely be told about this decade... I think you can sum it up in one person, George W. Bush. Frankly too many opinion makers and cultural setters wrapped themselves for better or for worse around him. Its really disappointing that the decade will be defined by GWB because frankly its boring but when we look back this is where it will all be anchored because that's how a lot of people in the culture centers defined their times. I think we'll see that this decade will be called "those years" come whatever may because of the general cultural malaise and banality and the political disquiet.

Whatever happens next sets the table for how we see this decade. But I see it as the "Bush decade" due to the fixation people have on him and what they believe he represents.
 
Re: What will the 2000's be remembered for?

9/11 and the following (at least in appearance) government intervention.

The fall of the Big 3 Automakers/economy.

Social networking (Facebook/MySpace/Twitter and the like)
 
Re: What will the 2000's be remembered for?

- The Bush decade
- 9/11
- Iraq and Afghanistan
- the beginning of the permanent decline in American dominance
- the maturing and universalization of the internet
- reality TV
- American Idol
- political correctness assuming the role of being standard conventional wisdom
- the death of the musical superstar (those having the dominant cultural popularity of the Beatles, Michael Jackson, etc.), replaced by scores of less dominant stars
- the completion of America transforming from a manufacturing to a service economy

* the beginnings of the cell phone being transformed into a multi-use pocket computer and more - I'm not an expert by any means but I bet the iPhone and Blackberry are just the first wave of revolutionizing the cell phone from a simple phone to everyone's single most important possession in the coming years....
 
Re: What will the 2000's be remembered for?

gregg729 said:
* the beginnings of the cell phone being transformed into a multi-use pocket computer and more - I'm not an expert by any means but I bet the iPhone and Blackberry are just the first wave of revolutionizing the cell phone from a simple phone to everyone's single most important possession in the coming years....
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Truth. I got my first phone just before 2000, IIRC. Basic, not even a camera, decent sized. Hi-fi ringtones were a rarity.

Now the new phones are exactly how you describe them: pocket computers. It's amazing.
 
Re: What will the 2000's be remembered for?

- The "street racer" movement after The Fast and The Furious
- The big-money primetime spectacle game show (Millionaire, Deal or No Deal, etc.)
- The poker explosion after Chris Moneymaker
- Introduction of high-definition
- Prevalence of hip-hop/rap over rock
- Glorification of the hip-hop lifestyle
 
Re: What will the 2000's be remembered for?

who'll have time to consider such things?? it'll soon be 2012 and we'll all be dead.





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Re: What will the 2000's be remembered for?

Zudnic said:
Before you know it it'll be the 2nd decade of this millenium.

Got me thinking. When you think 80's, you think Flashdance, Reagan, Deloreans, and Alf. In the 90's you had grunge, Friends and Monica Lewinsky.

When you look back on this decade what will come to mind?

Some things off the top my my head
- Reality and police-procedural TV
- Obamamania
- 9/11 and two wars
- George Bush
- The death of printed media (newspapers, CD's, DVD's, etc)
- The beginning of true environmental awareness
- Google

Iconic TV this decade
- The Office
- CSI and its clones
- American Idol

What else?
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I think this is frequently understated. When I was in high school at the end of the 90s I can't remember much focus at all on the environmental movement other than a few shout outs to earth day and recycling. It now seems like everything is talking about "green" this and that.

Tied in with that I think in retrospect this decade will see the beginning of the end of the American car culture.
 
Re: What will the 2000's be remembered for?

the death of guitar-rock (for now) as it was supplanted by twee-indie bullchit, and gimmick groups.

simultaneously the future rebirth of guitar rock as the rock music based games for ps3, etc, give rise to a new generation of kids who want to rock like alex lifeson, or john bonham, etal
 
Re: What will the 2000's be remembered for?

The immolation of PC ice hockey.
The rise of Roboshark.
The unbelievable ineptitude of officiating in the NBA, NFL, and now MLB.
 
Re: What will the 2000's be remembered for?

Jon said:
The unbelievable ineptitude of officiating in the NBA, NFL, and now MLB.
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ESPN and 24 hour sports news has shown something that has existed for a long time. Honestly we never knew how bad reffing was until we got slo motion cameras and HD and ESPN never letting us forget a big missed call.

Its always been bad, but now even the announcers point it out, ridicule the officials, etc. They do it because they know if they don't point it out, ESPN will point it out later.

Just listen to a mid 80s broadcast, heck even a mid 90s broadcast. The announcers barely speak about the officiating even though the officiating is terrible. Someone on here mentioned a DP in a world series game where not only the runner at second but the runner at first were both safe and it wasn't even close! Announcers and players didn't say a word.
 
Re: What will the 2000's be remembered for?

Terrierbyassociation said:
ESPN and 24 hour sports news has shown something that has existed for a long time. Honestly we never knew how bad reffing was until we got slo motion cameras and HD and ESPN never letting us forget a big missed call.

Its always been bad, but now even the announcers point it out, ridicule the officials, etc. They do it because they know if they don't point it out, ESPN will point it out later.

Just listen to a mid 80s broadcast, heck even a mid 90s broadcast. The announcers barely speak about the officiating even though the officiating is terrible. Someone on here mentioned a DP in a world series game where not only the runner at second but the runner at first were both safe and it wasn't even close! Announcers and players didn't say a word.
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Since you are a frequent critic of officiating, I want your opinion on this question. Do you think the quality of officiating can be greatly improved from what it is now, or is the state of officiating largely due to natural human error and could not be improved by much? If the former, how do you suggest it be improved?
 
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