One of the nice things about walking The Dog is when my mind gets to wander. Thinking about perception of time and, for lack of a better word, relativity.
The ECTO-1 in Ghostbusters. 1959 Cadillac conversion ambulance-hearse. The movie came out in 1984. So the ECTO-1 was a 25 year old car. Wouldn't even have qualified for antique/collector plates in a lot of states. If the movie came out this year and everything stayed relative, it would be a 2000 car. Go have a look at what a 2000 Cadillac looks like.
Or Dukes of Hazzard. Came out in 1979. The General Lee was a '69 Charger. They didn't use it because it was an iconic classic car, they used it because there were a shit-ton of '69 Chargers out there that could be had cheap. Go have a look at what a 10 year old Charger (or Challenger or Mustang or Camaro) looks like.
"Oldies" radio stations in the '70s. Played stuff like "Rock Around the Clock" or "Peggy Sue". But again, those songs were only 25 years old or so. Like if an "Oldies" station today was playing Ricky Martin and Jesus Jones. Green Day.
Speaking of nostalgia/retro--and coming back to television, you have "Happy Days." On in the '70s. Set in the '50s. Or "That '70s" show. Started in the '90s, set in the '70s. 20 year gap. So a similar retro sitcom, if it aired today, would be set in 2005 or so--Dubya's 2nd term/Obama's 1st term.
I don't know if I have a point to this. Just weird how before say, 35 years ago, 25 years ago was Ancient History and now a half a century doesn't seem that far back. Or maybe it's just me. Like I said, when I was staying with my friend while he recovered from hip replacement I picked his daughter up from school a couple times in my '09 Mustang. When she asked what year it was she said "Oh, that's the year I was born." But I bought it new off the lot--it was the first new car I ever owned--so in my mind it is still a "new" car.