Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers)

[Stalker0]

Why do late 20th century motorbikes show up so much in the future?

Why do 1950s cars still pop up in movies? because they are stylish!

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Why do 1950s cars still pop up in movies? because they are stylish!

I mean, do they still appear though? It seems like it's been a very long time since I saw a 1950s car in an actual new movie. Late 1960s? Now that's a bit different. I guess there was a late '50s car in the Barbie movie but I feel like that was for a different reason lol.

I offer an alternative explanation for why 1950s cars used to appear a lot (especially in 1980s and 1990s movies/TV shows) - because the people making movies are often nostalgic for cars they thought were cool when they were kids. I feel like the same phenomenon is apply to 1980s/1990s motorcycles (particularly Japanese ones, which, admittedly are also cooler than Western ones of that era, soz BMW touring bikes, soz Harley Davidson) now, given people my age sometimes wax nostalgic about them (even people who have never driven them like my wife lol), and people my age and 10-20 years older are the primary ones running/directing/producing shows today.

But the only aged cars I regularly see appear now seem to be late 1960s/early 1970s muscle cars (which have about the performance of a modern Toyota Camry Hybrid I feel I should point out lol), and sometimes a few 1980s classics. Even old Jags seem to have dropped out of the rotation. I think I saw a 1940s (so even earlier) Ford pickup truck in something though.

 

[James Gasik]

I mean, do they still appear though? It seems like it's been a very long time since I saw a 1950s car in an actual new movie. Late 1960s? Now that's a bit different. I guess there was a late '50s car in the Barbie movie but I feel like that was for a different reason lol.

I offer an alternative explanation for why 1950s cars used to appear a lot (especially in 1980s and 1990s movies/TV shows) - because the people making movies are often nostalgic for cars they thought were cool when they were kids. I feel like the same phenomenon is apply to 1980s/1990s motorcycles (particularly Japanese ones, which, admittedly are also cooler than Western ones of that era, soz BMW touring bikes, soz Harley Davidson) now, given people my age sometimes wax nostalgic about them (even people who have never driven them like my wife lol), and people my age and 10-20 years older are the primary ones running/directing/producing shows today.

But the only aged cars I regularly see appear now seem to be late 1960s/early 1970s muscle cars (which have about the performance of a modern Toyota Camry Hybrid I feel I should point out lol), and sometimes a few 1980s classics. Even old Jags seem to have dropped out of the rotation. I think I saw a 1940s (so even earlier) Ford pickup truck in something though.

The first thing I thought of was "Lola" from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. but she's a '62, so I guess your point is made!