It's a theme my kids and I all love. Now I've got to choose between House of Horrors and this.
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Quoted from pinballlife:I disagree, but I have no issue with you having your own opinion.
That's what I've been seeing, as well(the post you quoted, that is). I think that the operative idea is that there is a backlash to punching down. I spend a lot of time with millenials, and they are every bit as raunchy and funny as my generation ever was. The difference is that they go for almost bitter sarcasm and self deprecation over the old comedic standby of "edgy" crudeness. So, as someone else pointed out, they love old Carlin, but tend to dislike shock comics like Clay. Also, absurdism is pretty much ascendent. Every cartoon these days seems to be like a call back to Monty Python at some level.
So, raunchy content? Sure, but make it have a point. T&A for the sake of shock and titillation? Not much of a draw when damn near any physical act or visual that you could possibly want is a google search away.
In fact, I'll give you a concrete example that I just ran across. I mentioned Revenge of the Nerds, and none of the millenials thought it was very funny. We discussed it, and it turns out that when your best friend was roofied at a party and then gaslit about it, Skolnick and Betty aren't so funny. And watching another girl get her life wrecked by her boyfriend spreading pics that he took without her consent makes the whole pie plate bit a lot less amusing.
Quoted from DanQverymuch:Ah, you got me, Alpha Betas, not Deltas.
Well, actually the sorority was Pi Delta Pi, right? Maybe you were thinking of that.
Quoted from o-din:Like I really want a pinball machine to remind me of my toddler days. lol.
LOL, maybe that's the logic that Stern uses to pick themes. Find something that was popular when the majority of the pinball community was shitting in their diapers and wait to release it when then pinball community is shitting in their depends.
Quoted from Zablon:I mean really, what they do makes sense to a degree. They know who has the money, and what those people most like.
Yeah, I'm kidding. I own a Munster Premium, and I'm in my 40s.
Quoted from ufotofu:I agree with you completely about the Munsters theme, and I'm one of the rare people who actually enjoys that game.
I like it a lot. Once it's done on route, it's coming home for shopping and going to sit in the gameroom.
Quoted from o-din:So the logic is to market to those that wish they were toddlers when I was?
I think I'm an outlier when it comes to themes like Elvira and Munsters. My wife and I were both fans of those shows(and the original Addams Family, and the late night horror shows, etc) growing up, even though they were deep in syndication by then. She was also a fan of Fred Gwynne in general. So, this was pretty much a sealed deal once we saw the premium artwork.
Quoted from o-din:But I'm not holding my breath we'll ever see a The Lone Ranger pinball machine.
That would make a great retro EM game....
Quoted from BoJo:Only problem is now I want to binge watch the rest.
Start at the beginning. There are lots of running themes, gags and storylines.
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