Idea for a TV show...

[sena09]

Since this is a website about TV shows, I figured that I'd post an idea that I had on here.
I really wish that ABC, a channel notorious for its show about dysfunctional/unique families, would make a show about a girl who's obsessed with the past- and when I mean past, I mean the last twenty years or so.
So that's when I came up with my own idea: I figured that I'd make my own show with that topic. A show with a unique cast of characters and a kickass early-mid 2000s pop punk soundtrack.
Thoughts on this idea?

[Tim]

So this would be a show aimed at people born in the late 1990's and early 2000's, right?  Most of the posters here were born in the 1990's (although the early 90's), so I could see them being able to relate to a show like this one. 

On the old board, Betty mentioned the lack of shows set in the 1990's and 2000's, a time that she grew up in.  I mean we had shows set in the 1970's (that 70's Show) and 1980's (Freaks And Geeks), decades that I lived through and remember (at age 50, you could say that I'm the Elder Statesman here).  However, you of the Millennial generation have yet to see show set in the time of your youth.  Why is that?

Anyway, Megan, I liked this idea.  Keep expanding on it and post your ideas here

[sena09]

So this would be a show aimed at people born in the late 1990's and early 2000's, right? Most of the posters here were born in the 1990's (although the early 90's), so I could see them being able to relate to a show like this one.

Yup! To anyone who likes that era and/or wants to live in it at their current age. (Lewronggeneration people, more specifically.)

On the old board, Betty mentioned the lack of shows set in the 1990's and 2000's, a time that she grew up in.

That bugs me, too! I totally agree with her.

However, you of the Millennial generation have yet to see show set in the time of your youth. Why is that?

It's the whole 'the media is always twenty year behind' kinda thing. In about three years or so, I bet we'll see some 90's set shows. (I wonder if 'Hindsight' counts... I love that show!)

Anyway, Megan, I liked this idea. Keep expanding on it and post your ideas here

I will!

[BettyNewbie]

Nov 28, 2016 16:37:33 GMT -5 sena09 said:

Since this is a website about TV shows, I figured that I'd post an idea that I had on here.
I really wish that ABC, a channel notorious for its show about dysfunctional/unique families, would make a show about a girl who's obsessed with the past- and when I mean past, I mean the last twenty years or so.
So that's when I came up with my own idea: I figured that I'd make my own show with that topic. A show with a unique cast of characters and a kickass early-mid 2000s pop punk soundtrack.
Thoughts on this idea?

Cool idea for a TV show, although I would probably go a little earlier with the soundtrack (aka. more mid-late 90s... lots of great girl rock from that era that would be perfect for this show, like Alanis Morrisette, No Doubt, Garbage, Hole, and anything Lilith Fair).

It is odd how there are few-to-no TV shows set in the 90s. Nostalgia for the decade has been huge for several years now, and it's 20+ years old. Yet, it hasn't gotten its own Happy Days, Wonder Years, or That 70s Show.

To be fair, though, the Wonder Years and That 70s Show both premiered very late into their respective decades (1988 for the former, 1998 for the latter), so there's still time to see a 90s equivalent before this decade closes. (2018, perhaps?)

[Tim]

Yeah, Happy Days, The Wonder Years, and That 70's Show were set about twenty years behind real time. 

We still have a little over three years left of this decade to make a "That's 90's Show" (for lack of a better name).

Another way to make me feel even older, when nostalgia starts taking about a decade I was an adult all throughout (I was 23 when the 90's began and 33 when they ended).

[Squad 51]

If I go along here, I watched many shows from 1990ies but sorry, I forgot some titles here. "Baywatch" and other shows. We from the old GDR were addicted to the TV screen after the wall came down.

[Tim]

Yeah, the 90's was a good time.  There should be shows set during that decade.

[sena09]

Cool idea for a TV show, although I would probably go a little earlier with the soundtrack (aka. more mid-late 90s... lots of great girl rock from that era that would be perfect for this show, like Alanis Morrisette, No Doubt, Garbage, Hole, and anything Lilith Fair).

Man, I grew up with No Doubt. I'm just starting to get into Garbage, too, and am planning to listen more with Alanis.
For me, one of the reasons why I made this show was to put as much Sum 41 songs in it as possible. In fact, their song 'Subject to Change' is going to made the theme song. XD But that's a good idea, though!

Yet, it hasn't gotten its own Happy Days, Wonder Years, or That 70s Show.

When it does, I'll give it a chance.

To be fair, though, the Wonder Years and That 70s Show both premiered very late into their respective decades (1988 for the former, 1998 for the latter), so there's still time to see a 90s equivalent before this decade closes. (2018, perhaps?)

There's a trope for this.
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoDecadesBehind

If I go along here, I watched many shows from 1990ies but sorry, I forgot some titles here. "Baywatch" and other shows. We from the old GDR were addicted to the TV screen after the wall came down.

We mean shows that are being made today that take place in the 90s, not shows made in 90s set in the 90s. ("My So-Called Life" is awesome as well.)

[Tim]

I'm just starting to get into Garbage, too, and am planning to listen more with Alanis.
For me, one of the reasons why I made this show was to put as much Sum 41 songs in it as possible. In fact, their song 'Subject to Change' is going to made the theme song. XD But that's a good idea, though!

Am I dating myself by saying that Alanis is the only name I recognize here.  And that's mainly because she was born and raised in the same city as me, Ottawa.

Alanis got her start on this show.  The studio it was made in used to stand within spitting distance of my apartment building (that studio is gone now, it was torn down after being gutted by a fire in 2010).

There's a trope for this.
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoDecadesBehind

I'm familiar with that Trope. 

Hard to believe that so much time has passed.

Even the show that brought us all together, Charmed, is now almost twenty years old, and Buffy will be turning 20 in 2017 (or 25 if you include the 1992 feature film).

Imagine watching a show being made now, in which these shows (along with Felicity and Dawson's Creek) are mentioned as being current

[BettyNewbie]

Nov 30, 2016 15:59:03 GMT -5 sena09 said:

Man, I grew up with No Doubt. I'm just starting to get into Garbage, too, and am planning to listen more with Alanis.
For me, one of the reasons why I made this show was to put as much Sum 41 songs in it as possible. In fact, their song 'Subject to Change' is going to made the theme song. XD But that's a good idea, though!

The 90s were an amazing time for women in rock music. Nowadays, you have to dig all the way into the depths of indie rock to find any female presence (and rock music, in general, already has next-to-no presence in the mainstream), whereas back in the 90s, you were seeing female-driven rock right there on MTV and rock radio.

I guess this is a part of me being a few years older than you, but I see Sum 41 (and early 00s music in general) as being part of a completely separate era from the 90s.

All you have to do is compare No Doubt's 90s stuff to their later stuff (and Gwen's solo stuff). Huge world of difference between this:




Compared to this:




By 2001, rock radio (then bogged down in macho nu metal and post-grunge) had no room for female artists anymore, so Gwen had to turn herself into Britney Spears to continue selling records. (And, we got "Hollaback Girl" out of it, ugh...) Others like Alanis and Garbage simply disappeared.

[Tim]

While I've heard of Gwen Stefani, I had to go to Wikipedia to look up No Doubt.

Man, I missed a lot, didn't I.

[sena09]

I guess this is a part of me being a few years older than you, but I see Sum 41 (and early 00s music in general) as being part of a completely separate era from the 90s.

I shouldn't have lumped it into one group, right? But yeah, you're totally right.

All you have to do is compare No Doubt's 90s stuff to their later stuff (and Gwen's solo stuff). Huge world of difference between this:

Honestly, I love all of those songs (especially 'Just a Girl,' so underappreciated)- even 'Hollaback Girl,' but that's probably because I grew up with the 'Love, Angel, Music, Baby' album. But I totally understand what you're getting at.

By 2001, rock radio (then bogged down in macho nu metal and post-grunge) had no room for female artists anymore, so Gwen had to turn herself into Britney Spears to continue selling records. (And, we got "Hollaback Girl" out of it, ugh...) Others like Alanis and Garbage simply disappeared.

Since I was around back in the early 2000s, I would describe the music videos that I saw as this:
 







EDGE EDGE EDGE

... Oh, and occasionally I'd see a Sum video, or a Britney video, or, if I was watching the country channel, Carrie Underwood. But you're right, it was mostly men in bands getting the spotlight (unless if your name was Destiny's Child). But now we have rock bands like Paramore, Halestorm, and the Pretty Reckless, so we're good!
BTW, my favorite song right now is 'Mother Mother' by Tracy Bonham. A nineties artist, and girl!

[sena09]

While I've heard of Gwen Stefani, I had to go to Wikipedia to look up No Doubt.
Man, I missed a lot, didn't I.

Actually, you didn't really miss anything. You were probably just listening to different music in the 90s, not ska! XD

[Tim]

My music is mostly 1980's stuff, because those were the year I was coming of age. 

Don't get me wrong, I do like 1990's and 21st Century music too, but the 80's will always have a special place in my heart.

[BettyNewbie]

Dec 1, 2016 15:53:54 GMT -5 sena09 said:

Honestly, I love all of those songs (especially 'Just a Girl,' so underappreciated)- even 'Hollaback Girl,' but that's probably because I grew up with the 'Love, Angel, Music, Baby' album. But I totally understand what you're getting at.

Yeah, this is probably where me being slightly older makes a difference. I grew up with Tragic Kingdom/Return of Saturn era No Doubt, so I kinda saw Rock Steady and the solo stuff as Gwen selling out.

(To be fair, though, it's a selling out that probably made sense at the time. Return of Saturn underperformed in sales, and rock radio was moving away from ska-influenced bands like No Doubt, as well as female-driven bands in general.)

That being said, I do like a couple of later No Doubt/Gwen Stefani songs, No Doubt's cover of Talk Talk's "It's My Life" (Tim, you're probably familiar with the original) and "The Sweet Escape":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubvV498pyIM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0lf_fE3HwA

Dec 1, 2016 15:53:54 GMT -5 sena09 said:

Since I was around back in the early 2000s, I would describe the music videos that I saw as this:

.................

EDGE EDGE EDGE

... Oh, and occasionally I'd see a Sum video, or a Britney video, or, if I was watching the country channel, Carrie Underwood. But you're right, it was mostly men in bands getting the spotlight (unless if your name was Destiny's Child). But now we have rock bands like Paramore, Halestorm, and the Pretty Reckless, so we're good!
BTW, my favorite song right now is 'Mother Mother' by Tracy Bonham. A nineties artist, and girl!

Yeah, rock in the 00s was all about angsty nu metal and emo. And, Nickelback. Not my thing.

Love "Mother, Mother," too. *nods* Tracy Bonham had another great song called "The One," which I first heard on Daria (a really good inspiration for your TV show, BTW... you don't get more "90s girl" than Daria Morgendorffer):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWVWGKg-r1c