The Flintstones was directed toward children, but you can find adult humor throughout the series. Same goes for the live-action movie. (Technically, there were two, but only one of them was any good.) The Flintstones did more to appeal to adults than you probably realized as a child. There are dark themes woven throughout the franchise that a child's less jaded eyes would struggle to identify, but they're there. Oh, they're there...
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The Flintstones was directed toward children, but you can find adult humor throughout the series. Same goes for the live-action movie. (Technically, there were two, but only one of them was any good.) The Flintstones did more to appeal to adults than you probably realized as a child. There are dark themes woven throughout the franchise that a child's less...
The wonderful thing about fiction is that literally anything can happen, which makes for some pretty addictive escapism. All those crazy stories, amazing gadgets, and awesome vehicles just catch the imagination, and sometimes it's hard to let it go. But while most people can watch, read, or play fiction and return to their lives with just a persistent happy...
The '80s and '90s were a strange time to grow up, culturally speaking. Swaths of movies and TV shows came out that, at a glance, looked an awful lot like they were for kids. RoboCop, for example, doesn't just look like an action figure, he looks like someone melted a thousand other action figures to make a bigger action figure. So imagine the disappointment...
When it comes to popular media, crossovers are king. Everybody loves to see their favorite characters from one TV show, movie, or comic get mixed up with their favorite characters in another, particularly if it results in fiery conflicts. If you ever have any doubt about this fact, just take a look at the insane success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe...
When you think of the future, you think of The Jetsons. We complain that the future — aka today — is not exactly what the cartoons told us it would be. Where are our flying cars (we did have those in the 30s but that didn't last), our robot maids (the Roomba doesn't count), or our floating houses? But if we're being honest, The Jetsons is not the utopia we all thought...
