Talking about Forever Knight has given me a weird nostalgia for early-90s cult television. There’s an aesthetic there, I’m not sure what kind of -punk to call it. It was all men in boxy suits with dubious-in-retrospect hair, women with huge curls and attractive chins and STEM degrees, sexual tension that obviously wasn’t entirely intentional. The poor film quality, the drizzly Canadian weather, the drizzlier Canadian accents on all the extras. Law enforcement, when present, rarely involved a discussion of warrants or went to trial. Huge overcoats and flashlights. Anyone with an English accent was probably evil or at the very least a spy.
The X-Files, VR5, Forever Knight, Strange Luck, Due South, there must have been others. ST:TNG would qualify if it wasn’t shooting for such a utopian aesthetic. I would even qualify Mystery Science Theatre 3000 on some aspects (and honestly if they could have done a send-up of early 90s cult TV they would have, I can picture that skit in my head). I feel like early Stargate drew on it. Babylon 5 had some dubious hair and strong chins. ETA: HIGHLANDER OH GOD. THE SENTINEL TOO PROBABLY?
ETA2: Farscape, Witchblade, and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. I only watched Farscape, but yes. I have such hilarious dim hazy memories of ads for Kung Fu TLC from watching Due South at midnight.
So, what, Ninetypunk? Scullypunk?
Anyway, I’m gonna grow my hair back into a widow’s peak, buy a baggy suit and a huge overcoat, take my flashlight, and go investigate someone with an English accent. I will probably break my chunky candybar cellphone in a suspiciously Vancouverian alleyway.
Some Unattractive 90s Nostalgia
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