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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 5661712" data-attributes="member: 34958">Actually, I believe our entire media culture is in decline except maybe in television.  Some of the 1980s television shows are classics because of their cheesiness, but I believe that television fiction handles drama better in science fiction and fantasy.Of course so-called reality television is a waste.I think our movies rely on CGI and explosions more than in past movies when such technology was limited.  I would cringe if someone tried to do a Bladerunner or Mad Max today.The same can be said of video games.  Games like Ultima 4, Fallout 1, Planescape, Baldur's Gate, and so on keep hitting the best ever charts.  Games are now dumbed down and shortened and made more expensive at the same time.  Even action games have scene similar declines.  There was more to do, a larger area to explore, and more vehicles to play with in Grand Theft Auto 3: San Andreas, than there was in GTA 4.Our fantasy fiction is weaker than the talent that created the genre during the pulp era.Cable news is a shadow of its former self.  Same for the newspaper industry.Our musical talents seem to just remix awesome songs from the 70s to 90s.And the comics of today are also weaker than what I remember from late 80s to late 90s.  So it's not just a decline in comics, but a decline in our civilization in general.</blockquote>