Are most of you guys stuck in some time warp or something...? WTF? ;-)
SA
I've noticed the same thing, Sketch. Is it possible we're just not recruiting young catfight fans?
But there's other issues. First, back in the day, shows were a lot sexier. You had more medium and full body shots, more leg shots in skirts, more cleavage, etc. In other words, more fuel for fantasies of a particular babe. There were also more nighttime soaps, more bad girls in comedies, etc. Further, network TV was more important, so a large number of catfight fans could fantasize about all the same babes.
Nowadays, there's very little sex appeal on Network TV. Nary a skirt or leg shot to be seen. Very few programs with enough women to generate friction and lead to catfight fantasies. You see a lot more leg on Disney Channel shows than network TV, and most adults don't watch Disney. That Disney exists highlights the vastly wider range of channels and programs available, further diffusing the attention of catfight fans, and increasing the likelihood that one fan's fave is completely unknown to the next 100. And then you have YouTube, where fans of real catfights will never find enough hours in a day to see them all.
The internet has increased my tendency to pay zero attention to celebrities as catfight possibilities or sex symbols. Filmed catfights, when they happen, are usually horrible, as they've always been, but nowadays every badass chick has to be a female Brock Lesnar who knows every martial arts move and can take direct shots to the head that would KO or kill most people. God, I remember how I used to scan the TV Guide, marking every TV show or movie that I thought might have a catfight. I pay no attention to any of that now, and have not paid attention for over a decade. Why bother when I'd rather go on YouTube and look at all the Bollywood catfights and not have to wait years for a fight to happen on some show?
Hollywood catfights and TV characters -- I just don't give a shit anymore. And that is why, in many cases, I still fantasize about all the old possibilities.
There is one show that's different -- Rookie Blue. Missy Peregrym and Charlotte Sullivan are wicked hot, and Missy showed serious, awesome leg while doing Hooker Detail, while Charlotte displayed cleavage. It was like a return to the old days, at least for that episode.
