Any hope for the future in film?

Creator of the Brat Pack phenom John Hughes died in August of this year. He was responsible for launching the careers of most of the Pack. So the question is, is there any hope for any movies of the era in the future? Most teen movies of this day, I have talked about in previous blogs seem to just be focused on sexual humor and drugs. Its just a waste of time to me. The 90's provided a few good teen movies but none of them seem to match what the 80's Pack films did for audiences. I guess I will just have to be happy with my purchased Pack films and watch them over and over again.

Teen sitcoms today

Now that I am in college I really don't get that much T.V. watching time. However, a lot of my friends do. It seems the most popular teens and 20's shows are Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill and the new Melrose Place. I have seen Gossip Girl one time but only left it on for about 10 minutes. I just find shows like these today don't have much substance. The actors and actresses for the most part do a good job but they aren't memorable to me. I also feel that the material is unsuitable for the young audiences its reaching. All these shows involve people cheating on each other and people doing drugs and just really bad situations. I know that the 80s Bratpack movies weren't the cleanest but those were movies and younger audiences could only view them if their parents rented them or chose to take them to see them. I really think that these news shows also have an effect on self-image. It seems its all about getting the prettiest and skinniest fresh faces. Its not reality. 9o210's actresses were even criticized for being so thin in magazines. I don't know what's really going on with media for teen's today but I think I will just stick to my reruns of Full House and Thursday night's The Office.