"I used to defend the show. People reviled it, like it branded comics in a bad light. But it's come full circle."
"Superheroes have always flourished in the times of greatest American adversity. In the Depression era, we were afraid of not being able to put food on the table. We were afraid of becoming involved in a great world war that would take away our freedom. In the Atomic Age, we were afraid of radiation. Now, we're afraid of terrorist attacks. And in all these eras, that's when superheroes have had their greatest resurgence."
— Mark Waid, ''Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle
"After an extended hibernation of sorts, there's once again no escaping the gaze of Optimus Prime, Donatello or Slimer, and geeks well into their thirties and forties continue to collect Skeletors in multiple head variants. It's as if Pokemon changed us, as if we all suddenly said 'wait... we actually never totally stop liking anything!'"
"Crashboink became a popular music style, then vanished, then resurfaced as nostalgic kitsch."
Marina: Look, I'm sure old stuff was all fine and good in its time, but times change. Old fashions grow stale, and old tech is straight up obsolete.
Pearl: Please. Everything comes back in style eventually. It's all cyclical, b.
"Everything I loved as a kid and hated as a teenager I love as an adult!"
— Unnamed audience member of Krusty the Clown's new adult-oriented cable show, The Simpsons
"Nobody ever changes their mind on a Pokémon game, all that happens is the kids that grew up with it get old enough to insert their nostalgia-fueled praise of it into online discussions. I did it with DP when I was a teen, now it's happening with BW. Pretty soon Kalos will be the underrated hidden gem."
— From a Reddit discussion
"'Hi. Everything's great,' said some guy who seems to be getting very popular and is then arrested and killed for being too popular, which only makes him more popular. You could make a religion out of this."
"And The Mickey Mouse Club proved valuable in other, less measurable ways. By the mid-1950s, cartoon shorts had become unprofitable, and Disney was producing only half a dozen a year. A whole new generation was growing up with little acquaintance with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and the other Disney veterans. Now, because of television, the Disney cartoons were being seen by a larger audience each day than had seen them during their entire theatrical releases. Mickey's status as a folk hero was guaranteed for another generation."
—Walt Disney: An American Original
"There are a lot of things that have gone around as "universally hated", from the GameCube to Pokémon, dubs of anime to almost any 3D Sonic game, John Cena to Cyberpunk 2077. I'm sure there are a lot more examples from stuff I don't directly look at, but eventually, everything will come around to being appreciated and celebrated by those who experienced it with a less cynical outlook, and as long as the work doesn't hurt anybody, I think that's a good thing."
"Everything old is new again."
— Anonymous
Ruth Lyons: You still get film for [Polaroid cameras]?
Carla Sunday: You wait long enough, they're fashionable again.
Carla Sunday: You wait long enough, they're fashionable again.
