It really was better before? Today we want to give space to all those nostalgics who, especially during this period when our days are full of movies and TV series, repeat that "there are no more series than once“? Obviously the catalog of television series - old and new - is so vast that it would be impossible to take them all into consideration. Let us therefore dwell on the so-called serie teen, which has always been in vogue among teenagers (and not only) from all over the world. Go home from school and wait for 16.00 pm to see the new episode of your favorite series, against staying all day in front of the computer to finish the series of the moment and go immediately to the next one. Let's see what are the factors that make nostalgics say: it was better before.
The wait and the emotion
It is the 26 Maggio 2006 and your friends are all at your house because today it will be there the last episode of the third season of The OC. You sit on the sofa and wait for the episode to start, you are divided between #teamRyan and #teamVolchock and you talk about it animatedly. It begins: theme song (you sing it all together so much by now you know it by heart), the episode runs between one misadventure and another. At a certain point here is the twist, between a touching music and a series of melancholy images the episode ends, and you find yourself in tears embraced knowing that this moment you will always remember it. 
Streaming platforms have been a substantial turning point in the lives of series devourers, but the ability to watch content - even very long ones - in such a short time has left the real reason for which the series were born: to become attached to the protagonists and become their friends. Constantly thinking about what we would have done in place of our favorite character but also imagining what he will do in the new episode. Diaries full of images, the most famous phrases written everywhere. These are all experiences that today's series don't give you a chance to experience. In ten hours it is impossible to become attached to or get inside a character's head. We went from "Who knows what will happen in today's episode" to "Who knows what they will invent for next season". We are sure that, even today, many think about what would have happened if Kevin Volchock had not participated in that surfing competition that day.
Is there really a need for murder?
In the last few years Netflix has released dozens of original series, some of them hugely successful. As for the world of boys, let's talk about series like Thirteen o Elite, considered by many the same series but in different languages. Both base their stories on crime, murder, drugs and prostitution. It is true that the death of a main character has always been a must of the TV series, that twist that no one expects but that everyone knows that sooner or later will come, but is it really necessary to base the entire series on a murder? As well-structured series as they are easy to watch, if you are looking for a smooth production - without crime or killing - you can hardly find it.
13 Reasons Why is about bullying, among other things. Perhaps there was a need to talk about it (being a plague that has always gripped schools and young people in general) and Netflix he handled the situation flawlessly, recalling at the beginning of some episodes the possibility of contacting one of their sites open specifically for young people in need of help.
As much as Thirteen can go to help someone in a difficult situation, the same is not for series like Elite or Baby. The latter was announced in 2017 and is freely inspired by the baby call scandal. Certainly important, interesting and well-structured themes, but sometimes there is also a need for lightness and as for the TV series, lately, it is not easy to find it.
The music and soundtracks
Who, even today, during his days does not find himself casually singing the theme songs of his favorite series? We remember in particular California by Phantom Planet, the unmistakable acronym of T and Paula Cole's iconic I Don't Want to Wait which became the official theme song of Dawson's Creek.
Music in one TV series it is very important, she is the one who makes you fully enter into its plot. It is what is perhaps missing today, among other things, in the new titles for the small screen. Leaving aside the acronym, now non-existent or only for a few seconds (or that we are still led to jump with the simple press of a button), we are talking about the music put as a background for the salient moments. THE Sum 41 he OneRepublic that were heard during the episodes of Gossip Girl have given way to music without text used only to create suspense.
Un notes succeeds in its intent when a fan associates a song with a scene from their series, something that rarely happens now. A striking example was the use of Bella Ciao within The Paper House, considered a symbol of the series and now remembered by many for that very reason.
Perhaps always linked to the difficulty in becoming attached to series seen in a short time, but there are now very few titles that give an important role to musical sector. As much as you like or dislike a genre, the choice of songs will always be a fundamental part. Rockers will try to prove it wrong, but we all know true GG fans will associate forever With me by Sum 41 at the first real kiss between Blair Waldorf and Chuck Bass.
Rogue nostalgia ...
We hope that our motivations are considered valid and we hope that the new generations who are reading this article will give a chance to all those series that have moved millions of kids. The streaming platforms have decided to give everyone a chance to see the series we have mentioned as Gossip Girl, Glee, Dawson Creek e T (available on Netflix e Prime Video). But please, enjoy them and resist the urge to finish them in a couple of days.
Many will consider us only nostalgic, people attached to the past. Maybe that's true, but let's hope that one day grandparents, parents and children they will be sitting on the same sofa singing, moved, Hallelujah, while Ryan carries the lifeless body of Marissa in his arms.
