Originally Posted by
bobbycorno
And as far as the term "retro", AFAIAC it just means new crap designed to look old without any regard to the the qualities that made the old stuff good in the first place.
...and a style always popular when the population can't really get comfortable with the social upheaval that modern technology causes. Just look at the history. Industrial revolution breaks out, and boom, everybody build ugly neo-gothic crap and people like sir Walter Scott and Henri Conscience suddenly start writing tales of knights and damsels. The internet hits, and now all the hipster kids want to dress like their grand parents while watching Mad Men and riding on vintage bikes or modern knock offs. Me included!