How
do specific cultural elements that characterized a decade also appear
today? |
| The 1980s and today could be called two of the most frantic decades of change in American History. The main common denominator of these decades has been the removal of military governments or communist regimes. The 1980s was a catapult for our country from the transportation to the informational age. In this new millennium we have just begun tapping into that informational age and now we are setting the foundation for later decades to build onto. Most of the new technological inventions were created in the 1980s that now have become the most widely used in our society, such as the cell phone and the computer. These have made the 1989s strand out as the most technological decade until today. The decades of the 1980s and the 2000s were and are very important to the shaping of what our country is. |
Comparisons
| The suitcase like cell phones of the 1980s are now being replaced by ones that you can't even feel in your pocket. |
| In the 80s the first computers were the desk and now they can sit on top with minimal footprint. |
| The days of the rubiks cube are over with probably the more complex PSP's and Nintendo DS. |
| Although aviators are coming back you dont see as many now as in the 80's, Oakleys are in the "cool" spot. |
| Hot 80s cars liek the Delorian are now obsolete and sleek smooth lined sportscars are here to stay. |
| Out with fro in with messy. |
| Both similar, Gilligans Island and Lost are some of the most watched shows on tv of the time. |
| The skipping CD's and bulky tapes are now replaced by flash and hard drive music players. |
| Old Porjection TV's are being replaced by flat sleek wall hugging plasmas. |
| Old VHS got dominated by the new digital tape and hard drive HD camcorders. |