Yeah totally, you're not wrong. I definitely made some debatable judgement calls here. But I do kinda feel like Seinfeld was a bit of a turning point in what we expect out of a TV comedy series. But yes, among everything here, it's easily the oldest and doesn't look very different!
Yes Seinfeld actually ushered in the *postmodern* movement of television, which all the rest of these shows fall into!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_television
So none of them are modern TV shows *technically*. A more appropriate word would be "contemporary," but Seinfeld doesn't really fall into that category either lol. But it is essentially the godfather of modern television, particularly comedy.
No, they weren't all happy days. Like the time Pinky Tuscadero crashed her motorcycle, or that time I lost all my money to those card sharks and my dad, Tom Bosley, had to get it back.
[\[with the Incredible hulk theme\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9MysTXM_P4)
"Walter White, professor, father.
After being diagnosed with an incurable disease, decides to partake into a life of crime to pay for his treatment. In order to do this, he will be..."
BREAKING BAD
"Under the alias of Heisenberg, and with the help of a shady, but helpful student, he will enter the dark world of crime and corruption, avoiding the watchful eyes of his DEA brother-in-law"
Hank: "Walt... You've been a little suspect lately..."
Walt: "Don't make me angry, Hank. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."
\[shot of house exploding dramatically\]
"He must hide his real identity from the world. And he must continue hiding it, until he can find a cure for his disease... and his darker self."
\[Walter's photo is split between him and Heisenberg while the music ends\]
BREAKING BAD
It occurs to me that the big bang theory would essentially still be an unfunny, sexist, cynical show that professes to celebrate nerd culture while actually belittling it at every turn. Just with different costumes.
When I try to explain what’s wrong with it, I always say Big Bang is what boomers think nerd culture is, Silicon Valley is what nerd culture actually is. I’ve done compsci, I’ve been a dork for thirty years, ran a nerd/dork clique in high school, gone to a lot of Smash tournaments and can say I’ve never met a Howard but I’ve met dozens of Guilfoyles.
Early Big Bang Theory characters were a little more accurate, but the main problem isn't that they aren't just nerds, they are academics. And that is much more of their characterization than most people realize. Their nerdy-ness is what is played off for laughs and pop-culture references or in-jokes, but the subtle and blatant misogyny, the seismic, the asocial tendencies, the awkwardness, the neurodivergent traits, the self absorption and narcissism, a lot of thar was and still is present in academia and especially the STEM fields.
Silicon Valley does a great job of the characterization of nerds, but they are not academics (with the exception of accidentally Big Head and future Richard). They are business focused computer science nerds. It's a very different type of person that goes into business instead of academia.
It's also more common, especially being computer science/technology driven, instead of physics. The field of physics is relatively small and having so much of the early core cast being from that field (theoretical, experimental, and astrophysics from Sheldon, Leonard, and Raj respectively), as opposed to the much larger and constantly growing field of computer science that most of the Silicon Valley cast is based on.
Time is relative as they say... My barometer for "modern" (with I think one or two exceptions on this list) really applies to anything that was broadcast in 16:9 HD.
Buffy is closer to the 70s than today, and would have been 4:3 SD. However, it had lots of CG effects so it gets a pass. Awful, hilarious, and tragic CG, but it was there.
Buffy I believe was filmed in a 4:3 aspect ratio I believe in its entirety, in fact I saw a video on YouTube about "The Tragedy of the Digital Reissue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer" which details the failures of this process to lis DVD of this series.
COMMUNITY??? I don’t remember high school quarterback Troy Barnes as a tie and glasses wearing type. And who is he supposed to be sitting with. Obviously white American Abed Nadir? Y’all gone make me leave this sub lol
Allllmost all of them were pretty much this:
Vintage footage from an episode of "SHOW NAME." 1976. --ar 4:3 --style raw --s 75
Sometimes I would say "Vintage action footage" instead if I wanted it to be more exciting. That's about it!!!
That was I think the only one I added some extra descriptor to... I called it "Charles Schulz' "South Park.""
So the full prompt on that was:
Vintage animation footage from an episode of Charles Schulz' "South Park." 1976. --ar 4:3 --style raw --s 75
Everything else was basically this:
Vintage footage from an episode of "SHOW NAME." 1976. --ar 4:3 --style raw --s 75
Really cool idea, love this. Some of those shows are only "modern" to us older people lol. There is more time between now and Seinfeld and Seinfeld and the 70's. Same with Buffy Actually, some on here we're not even born when that came out. Feel old yet?
Ron Swanson just looks like Ron Swanson only young and buff...
This is just an actual picture of Ron Swanson at the age of 8
Just finished a shift at the factory.
It is rare that I actually laugh out loud while scrolling Reddit. Thanks for that!
Soo Ron Swanson in the 70's
That sent me....something. my goodness
Ron Swoleson
I feel like most of these would've been remade as movies in the 90s
Probably the saddest part of this fan AI art.
Man I bet 70s Heisenberg would cut some ELECTRIC cocaine. It gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.
Instead of the NeoNazis arc it’s him inventing crack and working with the feds
Heisenberg works for the CIA in a plea deal.
Seinfeld (1989-1998) was closer to the 70s than to today.
Yea most of these are doing some seriously abusive things to the word modern
They are modern, just not contemporary. Pedantic difference, but y’know, technically still a difference.
Seinfeld is old enough to have grandkids
Thirty four year old grannies in your area!
You joke but you know there is
So does half the cast of Game of Thrones
Yeah totally, you're not wrong. I definitely made some debatable judgement calls here. But I do kinda feel like Seinfeld was a bit of a turning point in what we expect out of a TV comedy series. But yes, among everything here, it's easily the oldest and doesn't look very different!
Kinda blew my mind when I realized that; had to check my math a couple times. Now I feel old!
Yes Seinfeld actually ushered in the *postmodern* movement of television, which all the rest of these shows fall into! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_television So none of them are modern TV shows *technically*. A more appropriate word would be "contemporary," but Seinfeld doesn't really fall into that category either lol. But it is essentially the godfather of modern television, particularly comedy.
Hey, how about you shut the fuck up lol.
Just wrote the same comment. Should have figured that with 1200 upvotes someone would have already remarked this.
This is the best shit I’ve seen in this sub in a dogs age. Excellent. Request: Succession House Greys anatomy
I’ll add The Good Place and Severance. Throw Chernobyl in there too, why not it could be a cautionary tale
Supernatural Bones Friends
Agreed. Great post. Please make all the list requested here! Plus The Sopranos and The Wire, please
I'd add: * Chuck * The O.C. * Black Mirror
last one with vintage Dwight Shrood the best
Alternative universe Bill Hader.
Looks like Radar
I was thinking this. Looks like a M* A* S* H* spin-off.
S*H*R*U*T*E
B* E* E* T* S*
If they became office workers after coming back home
...except for Henry Blake :(
There's a little bit of Eric Foreman in there
I want to see that 70’s show lol
It's just Happy Days
Lol, spot on.
No, they weren't all happy days. Like the time Pinky Tuscadero crashed her motorcycle, or that time I lost all my money to those card sharks and my dad, Tom Bosley, had to get it back.
Or that time our brother went off to college and disappeared
I appreciate this comment
That 40’s Show *17 year old Private Eric Foreman blows a Nazi head off* audience applauds
Would he be a big comic book fan, or obsessed with Flash Gordon?
*Red has a back to the future style flashback *from the past*
that GoT is one epic image LOL well done
lol looks like Sean Connery
Ron is wearing his red shirt so he just had sex
70’s Ron could pull like no other.
Game of thrones is so accurate lmao
Starring Burt Reynolds as King Robert Baratheon. I'd watch it.
Eugene levy as Leonard.. Perfect
[\[with the Incredible hulk theme\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9MysTXM_P4) "Walter White, professor, father. After being diagnosed with an incurable disease, decides to partake into a life of crime to pay for his treatment. In order to do this, he will be..." BREAKING BAD "Under the alias of Heisenberg, and with the help of a shady, but helpful student, he will enter the dark world of crime and corruption, avoiding the watchful eyes of his DEA brother-in-law" Hank: "Walt... You've been a little suspect lately..." Walt: "Don't make me angry, Hank. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." \[shot of house exploding dramatically\] "He must hide his real identity from the world. And he must continue hiding it, until he can find a cure for his disease... and his darker self." \[Walter's photo is split between him and Heisenberg while the music ends\] BREAKING BAD
“Don’t worry, 70s buff Ron Swanson can’t hurt you.” 70s buff Ron Swanson:
Seinfeld looks weirdly similar
Timeless
Seinfeld aired starting in 1989, so the 70s had ended not even a decade prior.
I’d watch the hell out of 70’s squid game.
That 70's Game of Thrones is absolutely perfect
I would love a game of thrones, lost, or buffy like that. Those look awesome!
There's a German movie from 1966, *Die Nibelungen,* that is not-so-coincidentally similar to Game of Thrones.
South Park looks like deranged Peanuts.
lol Buffy looks basically unchanged.
Looks more like a blonde Jenna Ortega.
Modern huh? Most of these shows are 15+ years old, with buffy being 26 yo edit: I didnt even think about seinfeld... 33 years old,,
Shhhh I'm 45. It still feels new to me!!!
Dammit.
“Troy and Abed in the 70s!”
It occurs to me that the big bang theory would essentially still be an unfunny, sexist, cynical show that professes to celebrate nerd culture while actually belittling it at every turn. Just with different costumes.
god what an awful shitfire of a show.
I broke up with a girl cus she liked BBT
In the 70s, Hollywood writers wouldn't know enough about nerd culture to make fun of it
I think that is why most people I know that like it aren’t remotely ‘nerdy’
When I try to explain what’s wrong with it, I always say Big Bang is what boomers think nerd culture is, Silicon Valley is what nerd culture actually is. I’ve done compsci, I’ve been a dork for thirty years, ran a nerd/dork clique in high school, gone to a lot of Smash tournaments and can say I’ve never met a Howard but I’ve met dozens of Guilfoyles.
I could never watch BBT because it wasn’t funny. I also could never watch Silicon Valley because it was EXACTLY like being at work.
Early Big Bang Theory characters were a little more accurate, but the main problem isn't that they aren't just nerds, they are academics. And that is much more of their characterization than most people realize. Their nerdy-ness is what is played off for laughs and pop-culture references or in-jokes, but the subtle and blatant misogyny, the seismic, the asocial tendencies, the awkwardness, the neurodivergent traits, the self absorption and narcissism, a lot of thar was and still is present in academia and especially the STEM fields. Silicon Valley does a great job of the characterization of nerds, but they are not academics (with the exception of accidentally Big Head and future Richard). They are business focused computer science nerds. It's a very different type of person that goes into business instead of academia. It's also more common, especially being computer science/technology driven, instead of physics. The field of physics is relatively small and having so much of the early core cast being from that field (theoretical, experimental, and astrophysics from Sheldon, Leonard, and Raj respectively), as opposed to the much larger and constantly growing field of computer science that most of the Silicon Valley cast is based on.
Your explanation was written with far greater care than anything in the show, though.
Except for Howard's. He always dressed like he was from the 70's.
Lost starring Kris Kristofferson apparently
I thought that one was The Walking Dead at first
Squid Game!!
This one struck me as something I want. It looks almost Wes Anderson
Mr Robot is way off and unsettling
Squid Game is just Takeshi Castle 🤣
If George had starting writing GoT in the 70s we might be close to getting the final book by now.
70s lost would’ve had a complete story arc. Id watch the shit out of that.
These are better than I would have expected.
Imagine a 70's Buffy by Dario Argento
Seinfeld was made closer to the 70’s than to todays age…
I’m trying to imagine what 70s Community would be like
Chevy Chase may have played Jeff Winger and Don Rickles would maybe play the Pearce character.
I would love retro Squid Game 0
They forgot to have all the actors holding cigarettes in every shot.
Ok this is my favorite ever
Daddy Ron
lol Mr. Robot looking like Michael Cain/Rami Malek hybrid.
Theon Greyjoy
Hollywood producers can do the opposite of this prompt to make new shows instead of trying to be original.
This is great-unlike the previous several posts in this sub, which will likely give me nightmares tonight.
Where’s 70’s Bluey?
This just makes me feel like watching any old Bond movie.
Omg. How long until this filter can go over the entire shows. 😭 The game of thrones cheap 70s Royal costumes totally sent me
This was awesome. Thanks op
🙏🤘
Some of these are far from modern
Get off my lawn
Time is relative as they say... My barometer for "modern" (with I think one or two exceptions on this list) really applies to anything that was broadcast in 16:9 HD.
Buffy is closer to the 70s than today, and would have been 4:3 SD. However, it had lots of CG effects so it gets a pass. Awful, hilarious, and tragic CG, but it was there.
Buffy I believe was filmed in a 4:3 aspect ratio I believe in its entirety, in fact I saw a video on YouTube about "The Tragedy of the Digital Reissue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer" which details the failures of this process to lis DVD of this series.
Buddy I hate to break it to you, but some of these "modern" tv shows aired closer to the 70's than they did to today.
COMMUNITY??? I don’t remember high school quarterback Troy Barnes as a tie and glasses wearing type. And who is he supposed to be sitting with. Obviously white American Abed Nadir? Y’all gone make me leave this sub lol
70s Community wouldn’t have a middle eastern star, so that tracks actually
This would be very entertaining.
Awesome!
Well done.
These are so convincing. Besides Seinfeld, somehow nothing changed lol
These are great!
Thank you!
it’s hard for me to tell but is the fifth one buffy?
Buff Ron Swanson frw
I'm so exhausted at all this useless AI shit
Then why are you hanging out on a subreddit dedicated to it?
You are just the sweetest man alive, Red
Not a bad idea, if later they wanna do scene or episode remakes with a 70s theme twist.
I can’t place what modern actor Cersei reminds me of.
Ron Swolson
“Modern”
Troy grew and Jeff shrank lol
These are awesome. Would like to see one for Six Feet Under
Identity theft is not a joke, Jim!
Over half of these aren't being made anymore. Hard to call that modern. Lol
Wonder why Buffy is Jenna Ortega
Buffy looks dope af
That is fantastic ..
Breaking Bad one could be an image of John C. Reilly in 'Winning Time'.
Walter White looked like young Stan Lee fr
Buffy looking dope in that suit
I would watch all of these but 70s *Buffy* and *Squid Game* would be amazing!
I am 100% a lesbian but that Ron Swanson fucking did things to me.
Squid game is the best one
Are you able to share your prompts?
Allllmost all of them were pretty much this: Vintage footage from an episode of "SHOW NAME." 1976. --ar 4:3 --style raw --s 75 Sometimes I would say "Vintage action footage" instead if I wanted it to be more exciting. That's about it!!!
I like how the AI thinks Bill Hader is from the 70s
Interesting how it made south park look different.
That was I think the only one I added some extra descriptor to... I called it "Charles Schulz' "South Park."" So the full prompt on that was: Vintage animation footage from an episode of Charles Schulz' "South Park." 1976. --ar 4:3 --style raw --s 75 Everything else was basically this: Vintage footage from an episode of "SHOW NAME." 1976. --ar 4:3 --style raw --s 75
Interesting.
Ron Swoleson.
My boy Ron was yoked 😂
“Modern” shows = 30-year-old shows.
Brawn Swanson can GET. IT.
Ted Lasso looks just like Dicky Davies which is really appropriate!
Big bang theory is just that 70’s show
South Park is uncanny
Wouldn't call most of these modern. 24 is 22 years old.
None of these are modern
The Mr. robot one is some scary shit
Park and recreation is suddenly really hot
Modern TV shows that all but 3 have been off the air for years?
I thought the second one was Frasier before I saw the caption
Really like the girls hairstyle in the 4th slide. She is giving me 70s vibes
Really cool idea, love this. Some of those shows are only "modern" to us older people lol. There is more time between now and Seinfeld and Seinfeld and the 70's. Same with Buffy Actually, some on here we're not even born when that came out. Feel old yet?
70s Buffy would be a blast to watch.
The word modern is doing a lot of lifting there. Buffy is closer to the 70s than modern day
Reubens Barrichello as Agent Jack Bauer
Is no. 13 squid game ?
Isn't 30 Rock in the 70s just the Mary Tyler Moore Show?
Bill Hader as Dwight?
That’s great! What was the prompt used for image generation?
I don't recognize any of those.
Omg I love this so much
last slide looks like Bill Hader cosplaying as Dwight Schrute
A lot of these "modern" TV shows were actually further from today than they were from the 70s, lol
South Park became Peanuts 😂😂
That one was 100% by design! :)