Former reality TV star and California politician Spencer Pratt offered a blistering response on Friday after actor Ryan Reynolds condemned nostalgia for the 1980s.Ryan Reynolds had initially faced backlash Thursday after the "Deadpool" star called the 1980’s "brutal" and a "f---ing mess" while promoting his Cold-War era movie "Mayday" at its New York premiere, prompting critics to question his characterization of the decade and the contrast with his nostalgia-driven new film."When you get far enough away from a time period that’s quite distinct, there’s always a lovely feeling associated with it, almost like you pave over all the trauma with puppy dogs and ice cream," Reynolds said in an interview with Variety."The 80s was a brutal, brutal time for people.
It was a f---ing mess and people forget that."Pratt, however, argued that the 1980s were a time of cultural sanity compared to today’s world, one where there were clearly defined ideals of good and evil.RYAN REYNOLDS STARS AS SHOT-DOWN NAVY PILOT RESCUED BY EX-KGB AGENT IN APPLE TV+’S ‘MAYDAY’Former Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt shared a lengthy video talking about the flaws of modern pop culture.(Highfive/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)"It makes perfect sense that Ryan Reynolds' view of the 80s is the inverse of what normal people think.
In 80s movies, bad guys were villains.Today, the bad guys are the heroes.
Hollywood now bends over backwards to redeem wickedness and mental illness," he said on X."'Top Gun' and St Thomas of Cruise represent the hero generation of cinema.
Reynolds represents the anti-hero generation, and they are both byproducts of their own creations.Choose your path carefully, young man."Reynolds, in recent years, has played the Marvel superhero/anti-hero Deadpool, who is a wisecracking mercenary who breaks the fourth wall of the Marvel Universe and stands as a stark contrast against the more traditional superhero archetype.Pratt shared his tweet with an excerpt from ...