Anybody watch this movie yet? I watched it on Friday since it was released direct to digital. I enjoyed it. It might be my favorite movie of this year so far not that there's a lot to choose from. I feel like it's a movie that's needed as it has a nice tone with lovable characters and a positive message, but I won't spoil it. It is targeted toward the Gen X audience that were fans of the original and can relate being middle aged now.

I just happened to come across this interesting NY Times article about two Gen X-ers explaining the movie/franchise to two Gen Z-ers, and they mentioned the late 1980's/1990's culture like Michael Keaton's Batman, Saved By the Bell, 90210, tie dye shirts and Keds, etc.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/movies/bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure.html

Anybody watch this movie yet? I watched it on Friday since it was released direct to digital. I enjoyed it. It might be my favorite movie of this year so far not that there's a lot to choose from. I feel like it's a movie that's needed as it has a nice tone with lovable characters and a positive message, but I won't spoil it. It is targeted toward the Gen X audience that were fans of the original and can relate being middle aged now.

I just happened to come across this interesting NY Times article about two Gen X-ers explaining the movie/franchise to two Gen Z-ers, and they mentioned the late 1980's/1990's culture like Michael Keaton's Batman, Saved By the Bell, 90210, tie dye shirts and Keds, etc.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/movies/bill-and-teds-excellent-adventure.html


Tie dye shirts are associated with the 80s and/or 90s now???  This Boomer who remembers the 60s well begs to differ! As for Keds, they go back to the 50s. They're even mentioned in "Stand By Me" which takes place in some 50s/early 60s never-never land. The kid that was murdered was "knocked right out of his Keds".

Tie dye shirts are associated with the 80s and/or 90s now???  This Boomer who remembers the 60s well begs to differ! As for Keds, they go back to the 50s. They're even mentioned in "Stand By Me" which takes place in some 50s/early 60s never-never land. The kid that was murdered was "knocked right out of his Keds".


I do remember hearing about a 60's revival in the 80's so maybe a lot of the fashion are repeat trends. However with the movies and TV shows mentioned, that's clearly from that time. I miss those days and looks like there's a 2nd wave of nostalgia from that time (first wave was Mid-2000's c. 2005).

I still think the movie studio dropped the ball by not calling the movie Bill and Ted's Most Triumphant Return

It's a bit depressing to see how old they are now and how much noticeable cosmetic surgery Keanu reeves has had. And I was already not young when the original movie came out!  :o

I don't think anybody is "associating" tie dyes with the 80s/90s, but tie dye T-shirts definitely made a comeback in the late 1980s.  There was a strong 60s/70s revival starting around 1985.  Hippie fashions were a part of that.  I made tie dye T-shirts with my classmates in college during the mid-80s (I also made them back in the early 70s as a kid).  I can't possibly be the only person on Earth who remembers all this.  Actually, a quick search proves I have NOT slipped into some alternate timeline:

Video from 1988 :
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