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New Hollywood Is Dead, Long Live Old Hollywood Derek Hunter
« on: February 02, 2026, 10:47:59 am »
New Hollywood Is Dead, Long Live Old Hollywood
Derek Hunter


I used to love the Oscars. Yeah, I get that makes me a bit of an outcast on the Right, but I don’t really care. The Oscars were about movies, and I love movies. Before DVDs, I had a large collection of VHS tapes (mostly used from Blockbuster, but I had them). Then I upgraded to DVDs, which were great thanks to the advent of bonus features. Now I’ve gone digital, which brings the features of DVDs with none of the bulk of having to store anything anywhere (or alphabetize).

Over that time, as my collection evolved, Hollywood changed too. They were always political, but somewhere along the line they went crazy. The Oscars went from something I looked forward to, to something I had to remind myself of. The hosts changed from someone who would do anything for a laugh (Billy Crystal) to someone who would do anything for applause over political agreement (Jimmy Kimmel).

When the nominations were announced this week, I didn’t even realize it till that night when I saw someone write something about how “Sinners” set a record for nominations. I’ve never seen the movie, barely heard about it, and the same goes for almost all the nominated films.

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https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/02/02/new-hollywood-is-dead-long-live-old-hollywood-n2670494
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Re: New Hollywood Is Dead, Long Live Old Hollywood Derek Hunter
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2026, 09:37:22 pm »
Most of my grandkids prefer 60s-70s-80s rock, and some even like country music from that era (and earlier).
The old movies listed at the link in the article are great, indeed, and I have seen 90% of them. Most, I would watch again.
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Re: New Hollywood Is Dead, Long Live Old Hollywood Derek Hunter
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2026, 11:05:40 pm »
Political correctness is killing any creative spirit left in Hollywood.

Anything even slightly offensive to anyone is automatically shot down ... movies like Dirty Harry or Blazing Saddles would never even get made today! (same with All in the Family)

(or only get made with sanitized language, no jokes, and and a cast of midget gay black women)

BTW, the same PC censorship is also killing the Publishing industry ...
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Re: New Hollywood Is Dead, Long Live Old Hollywood Derek Hunter
« Reply #3 on: Today at 12:09:20 am »
Most of New Hollywood's features are made in Toronto or Vancouver for streaming services, not for theatrical release.

1970s's gave us Jaws.  2000's gave us Sharknado.
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Re: New Hollywood Is Dead, Long Live Old Hollywood Derek Hunter
« Reply #4 on: Today at 11:07:28 am »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on Today at 12:09:20 am
1970s's gave us Jaws.  2000's gave us Sharknado.
Today's books, movies and music vs. those from the 20th century are kind of on a par with Dollar General vs. Nieman Marcus.
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