Every generation thinks its entertainment looks modern until enough time passes for everyone to wonder what we were thinking.

In this episode of A.J. Chat, we look at entertainment trends from the 2020s that future audiences may find incredibly dated. From multiverse overload and endless nostalgia to digital de-aging, influencer casting, self-aware humor, and AI-generated entertainment, some of today’s biggest trends could eventually become instant timestamps for this era.

That doesn’t mean these trends are all bad. Some have produced genuinely great movies and television. But twenty years from now, we may be explaining that you really had to be there.