What does that title even mean?? Patience young padawans. Let’s look at some of the facts:
🕸️ A certain witchy drama is getting a reboot; yes, I’m talking about Charmed.
🐘 A continuation of the 1995 film Jumanji premieres at the end of 2017.
🌟 All is well with the Force because new Star Wars movies are being produced & released.
💰 DuckTales is coming back to television! The reboot will premiere on Disney XD this year on a to-be-announced date.
👠 Fashionistas could step back in time & fit right in because many of the current trends were pulled from previous decades.
🎤 Gwen Stefani and JoJo released albums last year, a first for both since 2006.
⌚ If names like Andy Griffith, Buffy, The Cheetah Girls, and The Parent Trap ring any bells, you might want to make space in your schedule for binging sessions because Netflix has what you need. Two seasons of Fuller House, a Full House sequel show, are also available.
📺 TeenNick airs retro Nickelodeon shows overnight, a programming block known as The Splat.
✨ The classic animated Disney movies are one by one being made into live action films. So far so good!
👾 The demand and availability for retro merchandise is widespread and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.
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That is just the tip of the iceberg, but you get the picture. Not a day goes by that I don’t hear about nostalgia. I’m not sure of the main cause. It could be adults missing the carefree days of childhood; you don’t truly appreciate what you have until it’s gone. It could also be consumer attitudes turning against the present-day options in media and merchandise. Personally, I think it’s a bit of both. To clarify, no fault lies with the evolution of technology & entertainment. There’s something endearing about what we grew up with. Those memories are ingrained in our minds and hold a special place in our hearts. Enjoying something from the past is what I imagine time travel to feel like, a transportation of mind, body, & soul; bliss takes over the senses along with admiration for a way of life without the advances of the present. Here is an example. Most of us can’t live without a cellphone in our hands, but I think we subconsciously miss a time when they were nonexistent. Each household had one stationary telephone, and phone calls were special. There are problems as far back as history goes, but this topic is less about politics & society and more about the ideology of “simpler times.” When circumstances become overwhelming, we revert back to when life was, in the mind of a child, simple.
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