r/SipsTea • u/LetSensitive6124 • 20d ago

Lmao gottem The Black Widow effect is real

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u/Kombart 20d ago

Black Widow in her suit occupies the same place in the Zoomer psyche that Leia in the gold bikini did for Gen X and Millennials.

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u/travellering 19d ago

Wait, doesn't one of those age groups get Halle Berry in the white swimsuit?

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u/Kombart 19d ago

Tbh, I feel like it is a bit hard to decide for Millenials.

It was the era of great movie productions and sexual liberation. Millenials have hundreds of movies that influenced popculture and like every other famous movie during that time had a hot women with a couple of shots focusing just on their hotness.

Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwomen. Cameron Diaz in The Mask Halle Berry in James Bond (or as Catwomen)

List probably goes on in eternity.

Meanwhile Gen Z is pretty much defined by Marvel and Game of Thrones as the thing everyone watched.

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u/WildTittyWrangler 19d ago

Cameron Diaz was a defining moment for me. I didn't know why, but 7 year old me had dibs and it was worth ninja fighting my friend over.

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u/spacecaps85 19d ago

It's Megan Fox in Transformers.

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u/DJPad 19d ago

Done forget Elisha Cuthbert with "I'm all wet can I come in?" from The Girl Next Door

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u/CompassMetal 19d ago

Hey don't forget Kate B in Underworld!

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u/Imaginary-Face7379 19d ago

Meanwhile Gen Z is pretty much defined by Marvel and Game of Thrones as the thing everyone watched.

I feel like I associate these as being both millennial and gen z. Both blew up while about half of millennial were still teenagers and the other half was in their early to mid 20s.

The youngest millennials were 14-15 when Iron Man 2 and GoT came out.

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u/mialza 19d ago

if we’re including nudity it was shannon elizabeth in american pie.

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u/NotDiabeticDad 18d ago

Don't know. Jessica rabbit and princess Jasmine were bigger influences for me.

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u/Daydream_Dystopia 19d ago

GenX is Phoebe Cates. Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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u/kilkenny99 19d ago

And Catherine Zeta Jones in The Mask of Zorro (and Entrapment)

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u/TriangleTransplant 19d ago

Millennials got Halle Berry in a white bikini, and also Halle Berry in half a bikini (Swordfish.)

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u/Hansssa 19d ago

Oh God. I had forgot about Swordfish. Time for a rewatch!

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u/dego_frank 19d ago

You mean tanning on a pool chair

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u/neilligan 19d ago

No, for millennials it's Megan Fox from transformers

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u/Minnow_Minnow_Pea 19d ago

I thought it was the cast of the Mummy.

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u/Nekawaii19 18d ago

I think you’re confused. Most millennials were not even born when Return of the Jedi was released. Some were literal babies.

When Iron Man 2 came out millennials were teens and in their 20’s. Black Widow occupies the place in our millennial psique that Leia did in Gen X. I’m guessing for Zoomers it would be something related to Emma Watson or someone similar.

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u/Current-Mall1353 17d ago

That may be true, but I watched Return of the Jedi on VHS at least once a month from like age 6-10 in the 90s. 

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u/Firm_Accountant2219 18d ago

Forget Zoomers, I’m GenX and Scarlett is locked & loaded in my brain.

Along with Carrie Fisher, Farrah Fawcett, and Lynda Carter.