|
|
Post by carcar on Apr 14, 2022 7:30:00 GMT 10
The movie technically takes place in 2002 but looks and feels like it takes place in the spring of 1999 ? People who lived the era which does it feel like more ?
Aesthetically which year does it better represent
This is the biggest reason why I feel like it’s 1999 and not 2002
|
|
|
|
Post by mc98 on Apr 14, 2022 7:47:44 GMT 10
Absolutely 1999. If this movie were to be set in the early 2000s, they should've went with 2000 instead of 2002 since boy bands were peaking in 2000 and became uncool in 2002.
|
|
|
|
Post by John Titor on Apr 14, 2022 8:07:42 GMT 10
The movie technically takes place in 2002 but looks and feels like it takes place in the spring of 1999 ? People who lived the era which does it feel like more ? Aesthetically which year does it better represent This is the biggest reason why I feel like it’s 1999 and not 2002 This producer of the movie is in her late 40s, early 50s, she most likely has no awareness of what the early 2000s was like and just assumed it was Nsync and BSB in 2002. The same thing happened with Lady Bird (takes place in 2002) but has 90s songs and heavy mid 2010s vibe.
|
|
|
|
Post by John Titor on Apr 14, 2022 8:08:39 GMT 10
Absolutely 1999. If this movie were to be set in the early 2000s, they should've went with 2000 instead of 2002 since boy bands were peaking in 2000 and became uncool in 2002. This, not one thing about this movie screams 2002, My favorite year of the 2000s and the year I document the most with atmosphere threads lol
carcar likes this
|
|
|
|
Post by carcar on Apr 14, 2022 9:58:55 GMT 10
Absolutely 1999. If this movie were to be set in the early 2000s, they should've went with 2000 instead of 2002 since boy bands were peaking in 2000 and became uncool in 2002. This, not one thing about this movie screams 2002, My favorite year of the 2000s and the year I document the most with atmosphere threads lol Exactly, the fashion looks 2020s, the music sounds late 90s but the calendar says 2002. The teen pop of Backstreet Boys sounds was not a thing of 2002, 2002 was far edgier then that. 1999 the year this movie is really set in was more or less “Cute, Childish and Poppy” shall I say. The equivalent of Kpop groups today
|
|
|
|
Post by 10slover on Apr 14, 2022 10:14:43 GMT 10
I have this feeling they first intended for it to take place in the late 90s but changed their minds when they noticed 2000s nostalgia is a thing now (and admittedly bigger than 90s Nostalgia)
carcar likes this
|
|
|
|
Post by carcar on Apr 14, 2022 12:03:59 GMT 10
I have this feeling they first intended for it to take place in the late 90s but changed their minds when they noticed 2000s nostalgia is a thing now (and admittedly bigger than 90s Nostalgia) Yeah I share that theory too, must have been a last minute change or something because it doesn’t feel very early 2000s to me
|
|
|
|
Post by John Titor on Apr 14, 2022 12:37:47 GMT 10
I have this feeling they first intended for it to take place in the late 90s but changed their minds when they noticed 2000s nostalgia is a thing now (and admittedly bigger than 90s Nostalgia) Never even thought of that until now but this is most likely what happened
|
|
|
|
Post by slashpop on Apr 14, 2022 19:06:57 GMT 10
Regarding the backstreet boys video, everything from the costumes, to the CGI, fashion and song itself screams mid to late 98 to mid 99. I would even say it has some 1997 vibes. Even by 2000 and 2001, let alone 2002, it would seem slightly corny and dated.
John Titor likes this
|
|
|
|
Post by longaotian on Apr 14, 2022 22:11:46 GMT 10
Regarding the backstreet boys video, everything from the costumes, to the CGI, fashion and song itself screams mid to late 98 to mid 99. I would even say it has some 1997 vibes. Even by 2000 and 2001, let alone 2002, it would seem slightly corny and dated. Nah, that video is obviously peak Y2K just like Britney Spears' "Oops..I did it Again" video from 2000.
|
|
|
|
Post by slashpop on Apr 14, 2022 22:30:22 GMT 10
Regarding the backstreet boys video, everything from the costumes, to the CGI, fashion and song itself screams mid to late 98 to mid 99. I would even say it has some 1997 vibes. Even by 2000 and 2001, let alone 2002, it would seem slightly corny and dated. Nah, that video is obviously peak Y2K just like Britney Spears' "Oops..I did it Again" video from 2000. It could be seen as a classic Y2K hit in general, but more specifically has the feel of an earlier typical 98- 99 Y2K hit to me, despite it being released in the fall. I confused remembering when I heard this song with when I heard "I want that way" originally which was released in early to mid 99 along with the album so it was already out then, but both feel quite similar and are very 1998-1999 stylistically, as the album was released then, the song/video screams 1999 more than anything, definitely a bit dated by 2000-2001, more 2001 a bit more than 2000 but still a cheesy very 1999 song imo, even if it can be lumped with Y2K hits from different years. Not sure I would consider it a peak song though.
John Titor likes this
|
|
|
|
Post by John Titor on Apr 15, 2022 2:44:35 GMT 10
This is from February 2001, and is considered the last big Y2K sounding Teen Pop hit from BSB
so I could see if they set the movie in early 2001, but by the end of the year that stuff was toast, even by Late 2001
Jive Records told their artists to stop doing Teen Pop, and by Early 2002 anything related to Nsync had to have a rap feature lol.
The Genre died out in 2001 and never looked back.
longaotian and slashpop like this
|
|
|
|
Post by slashpop on Apr 15, 2022 3:52:55 GMT 10
This is from February 2001, and is considered the last big Y2K sounding Teen Pop hit from BSB so I could see if they set the movie in early 2001, but by the end of the year that stuff was toast, even by Late 2001 Jive Records told their artists to stop doing Teen Pop, and by Early 2002 anything related to Nsync had to have a rap feature lol. The Genre died out in 2001 and never looked back. Yeah pretty much it was gone after then. Another one of those subjects where being there gave you a clearer sense of the change.
|
|
|
|
Post by John Titor on Apr 15, 2022 8:33:22 GMT 10
This is from February 2001, and is considered the last big Y2K sounding Teen Pop hit from BSB so I could see if they set the movie in early 2001, but by the end of the year that stuff was toast, even by Late 2001 Jive Records told their artists to stop doing Teen Pop, and by Early 2002 anything related to Nsync had to have a rap feature lol. The Genre died out in 2001 and never looked back. Yeah pretty much it was gone after then. Another one of those subjects where being there gave you a clearer sense of the change. THIS ! and one of the very few shift years where you could feel stuff changing as it was happening, like if Popedia existed back then people would be making shift threads
|
|
|
|
Post by longaotian on Apr 15, 2022 14:00:16 GMT 10
Nah, that video is obviously peak Y2K just like Britney Spears' "Oops..I did it Again" video from 2000. It could be seen as a classic Y2K hit in general, but more specifically has the feel of an earlier typical 98- 99 Y2K hit to me, despite it being released in the fall. I confused remembering when I heard this song with when I heard "I want that way" originally which was released in early to mid 99 along with the album so it was already out then, but both feel quite similar and are very 1998-1999 stylistically, as the album was released then, the song/video screams 1999 more than anything, definitely a bit dated by 2000-2001, more 2001 a bit more than 2000 but still a cheesy very 1999 song imo, even if it can be lumped with Y2K hits from different years. Not sure I would consider it a peak song though. Ehh I basically see songs & music videos (released mid 99-mid 00) like these as being peak Y2K hits: {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}
1998 and especially 1997 had way less of those Y2K aesthetic music videos than what you saw in 1999 & 2000.
astropoug likes this
|
|
