I feel like…when the millennials truly start to take over we will know.

We will know when the culture starts to feel…almost…like a soft resurgence of the 90s.

It won’t BE the 1990s, but it will, I think, RHYME with the 90s.

Society-wise, I don’t think much will change. Technology will continue to escalate, the way certain societal systems will continue.

However, I think…there were be notable shifts, especially in the Entertainment Realm.

Sorry, Gen X, but Millennials were legit the last generation to remember the world before the internet.

We remember dial-up, the AOL squawking, the tied-up land line, rotary phones, box tv antennas, recording radio on cassette tapes, VHS, handheld digital cameras, Napster, flip-phones, Texas Calculators, and so much more.

We remember a time when the internet was just an option. It wasn’t “required.”

I’m not really sure how the corporate world will change as Gen X and the Millennials take over. I’d like to think that we’ve learned from the current “economic struggle” and most of the nonsense fat will be trimmed out of existence.

However, I think the Home-World will change, specifically in the Entertainment Realm.

Here’s my case.

The Millennial generation, we grew up with the best shows and cinema. They weren’t Shakespearean, but they were poetic in a modern sense. The films were entertaining yet deep. There was something about the late 90s that made movies feel very unique. They didn’t just tell stories they were…relatable yet otherworldly.

Jurassic Park, with Sam Neill

Michael, starring John Travolta

Armageddon and Deep impact,

Forrest Gump, with Tom Hanks

Phenomenon, starring John Travolta

Stephen King’s The Stand Mini-Series.

Hook, with Robin Williams

Apollo 13, with Kevin Bacon

The Game, starring Michael Douglas.

Mercury Rising, starring Bruce Willis

All of these films felt…magical, like epic real world fairytales. Maybe it was because we were children at this time, and these films felt like windows into realms we couldn’t truly fathom.

Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, too.

Why? Why did these films feel more authentic? Why did they stay with us?

Social Media, I think, has destroyed the magic of the 90s.

If you were watching Hook on VHS in 1997, you couldn’t hop on IMDb and fall into a Robin William rabbit hole where you discover his battle with depression and cocaine addiction.

You wouldn’t even know, you would just enjoy the film, then pretend you weren’t crying when Rufio gets stabbed, then tells Peter Pan as he dies. “I wish I had a dad…like you.”

TEARS!

F**K YOU…I’M NOT CRYING, YOU’RE CRYING!

If you were watching Night 1 of Stephen King’s The Stand on ABC, you couldn’t hop on the message boards, and find out about the ‘showdown in Vegas’ that would happen on Night 3.

No, you’d have to go downtown, buy the 1100 page book, and read it to know about it.

Social Media and the Endless Internet has…destroyed the mystery of that time.

And if I’m being honest, I think most of us kinda felt that childhood magic was gone when we saw the towers fall in real time.

That said…I think it will come back.

And I think…the millennials may start to impose some restrictions on some tech if we want to reclaim that generational magic for the future generations. And honestly, I think that Gen Z will help us out.

They’ve already started bringing back DVD and hard copy entertainment stores. The vinyl record industry is back too. The constant ping of pornography and sexual entertainment has caused Gen Z to beg for actual friendship and legit romance in films.

And I believe the millennial generation will be able to help provide that.

Prior to the over-the-top raunchy comedies of the 2000s (which is when things really started to get weird), we grew up with 90s flicks like…

Message in a Bottle, with Kevin Costner.

The Bodyguard, with Whitney Houston.

You’ve Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

Sleepless in Seattle, starring the same duo.

City of Angels, with Nicholas Cage.

Ghost, with Patrick Swayze.

Actual stories with heart, human flaws, real relatable issues.

Not two beautiful celebrities sexually indulging while giving each other mixed signals for 90 minutes.

I think when the millennial generation truly take over, it will start to feel like the 90s all over again.

Again, it’s already happening.

Malcolm in the Middle is getting a reboot. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been rebranded. Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Full House…are all returning. It’s been slowly happening since the Boomers stopped skiing, and started walking with canes.

Gen X tried to bring back Murphy Brown, but it flopped. I was totally okay with that.

What do you think? Are we slowly rebuilding the 90s?