Meh, I think it's all in good fun.  Maybe it goes a bit over the top at times but I find it very interesting that other forms of "depravity" are acceptable.  Gore - bad.  Skimpy outfits - good.  :P

Maybe I'm younger than everyone, maybe not (I'm 45) but there were questionable video games (Carmageddon, even far back Bilestoad, Leather Goddesses of Phobos), RPGs were "satan worship" and Judas Priest/Iron Maiden/Dio were brainwashing the youth of America.

There were tons of violent, scary and gory horror movies - Halloween, Friday the 13th, The Thing, The Fog all the Troma stuff and so on.

Zombies?  Pretty much the first revival was in the early 80s.  Day of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Return of the Living Dead.

Sexy Vampires?  Been done before.  You guys ever watched the Hammer Horror movies?  Much of it bordered on soft porn to boot.  Langella's Dracula, Fright Night, Vamp - all had sexy vampires.  Granted they weren't sparkly emo vampires (thankfully).

I don't think much has changed at all.  It has progressed more because of folks desensitizing but they pushed the boundries back when I was a kid and they are still doing it now.

If we had instant information (internet) and the mobile device boon we have now back then, I really think this would be about the same.  And with the rise of morale right that was prevlent in the mid-80s, you'd likey have groups running around trying to burn the internet. :)

I curse the modern age at times like everyone does but for entertainment we are in a pretty good spot.  We have more choices than ever and more ways to choose.  I think Neflix, Prime and going to network sites to watch shows is a blessing.  I find tv commercials seriously irritating and I've become less patient with them as I've gotten older.  If I had to sit though all that crap to watch the Walking Dead, I wouldn't bother.

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