I am going with TV for everything:
The 90s: Buffy, X-Files, Seinfeld
The 00s: Sopranos, The Wire, Arrested Development
This is how I process the sweep of a decade, and it is obviously idiosyncratic. I would be very interested in how other people do it.
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I wanna say the 00s has seen the mainstream culture really embrace serialized story-telling in a big way: The Matrix, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Nu Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, DVD box-sets, Lost, Superhero Movie Franchises... And Marvel Studios is taking it on a step with the inter-connectivity idea.
90's:
Nirvana's 'Nevermind'
Seinfeld
Pulp Fiction
00's
The iPod
The Office
Harry Potter (not a personal favorite or anything... but, then again, I kind of think its success best reflects what James is talking about above)
90s: Friends, Pulp Fiction, Tupac
00s: iPods, Harry Potter, Spiderman
90s: Seinfeld, Buffy, uh...OK Computer?
00s: Wii, Lost, iPod
Also rooted in personal taste:
90s: Friends, MP3s, Buffy
00s: Wii, HBO, Twitter
I don't know when HBO became a force for quality TV in the US, but down here, I've only been able to experience it through DVD box-sets, making it a 00s thing.
90's: The letter "X"; Sitcoms; Samuel L. Jackson.
00's: The letter "i"; Dramedies; Smauel L. Jackson.
90s: Fresh Prince, Nirvana, 'Titanic'
00s: sequels, Ipod, MySpace
TV:
90's:
Seinfeld, Sex and the City, X-Files
(Unifying themes: Light, navel-gazing, insubstantial)
00's:
24, Lost, How I met Your Mother
(Unifying themes: confused, scared, nostalgic)
Music:
90's:
Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, Arrested Development
(Themes: self-important, egotistical, importance of the 'Truth' in a phony world)
00's:
Kelly Clarkson, Eminem, Outkast
(Themes: self-referential, Fan driven, commertial)
Comics:
'90s - Holo-Foil, Embossed, Die-Cut
'00s - 2nd Printing, 50/50 Variant, Mega-Event
Music:
'90s - Nirvana, Tupac, Garth Brooks
'00s - Britney Spears, Kanye West, Radiohead
Television:
'90s - Sienfeld, X-Files, Star Trek (TNG, DS9, VOY)
'00s - Lost, Battlestar Galactica, The Office
Movies:
'90s - James Cameron (Titanic, T2), Quinten Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy)
'00s - Kevin Nolan (Momento, Prestige, Dark Knight), Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain), Judd Apatow (40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up)
90's: Death of Superman
SPAWN
The Invisibles
00's: Planetary
Captain America 25 - Death of Captain America
Casanova
90's: ECW
Oscar De La Hoya
Royce Gracie
00's: WWE
Floyd Mayweather jr.
Fedor Emilianenko
90's: Clerks
Pulp Fiction
Scream
00's: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Grindhouse
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead
You know, if we're really being honest with ourselves, isn't the TV show that most defined the '00s 'Survivor'?
90s
Nirvana (Music)
Dead Man (Film)
X-Files (TV)
00s
Radiohead (Music)
Children of Men (Film)
The Wire (TV)
I don't get the opportunity to read comics anymore (time and money), but I was a fan of the X-Men from way back and I just saw the trailer for the Wolverine film. Looks good... I'm actually excited to see it (whereas the Watchmen film has me feeling anxious whether they will rob it of its deconstructive power...)
Pura Vida!
Bluegrass Film Society
I turned 13 in 2000, so I just classify it as youth and teenage years.
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