tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138624.post7174329110450711480..comments2023-03-17T14:45:50.282+00:00Comments on Exploring the Purpose of Things: Life on Mars 4Richard Veryardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04499123397533975655noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138624.post-82353384740869828242007-10-11T14:17:00.000+01:002007-10-11T14:17:00.000+01:00People don't like change - that one's obvious. But...People don't like change - that one's obvious. But is there an increasing level of nostalgia in society, and if so, what does that say about modern culture?<BR/><BR/>Take, for instance, the various re-introductions of old adverts (Aquafresh springs to mind, but I think there have been others), and/or the use of old characters to introduce modern products (Basil Brush, amongst others, IIRC?).<BR/><BR/>So more than keeping things as they are, it seems we often want things to *return* to an old incarnation - a *rejection* of more modern attempts, in fact. An idea that <A HREF="http://www.chickyog.net/2007/09/24/hollywood-hates-us-part-125466/" REL="nofollow">this</A> sparked off: Does modern culture deliberately create poor imitations so that we feel a resurgent need to recapture ("buy") the past? How many people went out and bought the original <I>Wicker Man</I> film after seeing Nick Cage's re-hash?Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757616056135886893noreply@blogger.com