I also dismissed past eras when I first started watching. It seemed..irrelevant and out of touch. We as fans live in the now. "Living fighters live" cannot compare to "repeats or knowing how it ends". I looked at grainy sped up b&w with old timey audio and though...BAHAHAHA you have to be kidding me ...but after a couple of years It occured to me I might be so caught up in the presentation or tunnel vision love of NOW that I wasn't taking the time with an open mind to appreciate what I was seeing, and more importantly learning. The skill was there, the guile and knack for gameplan. With respects, the thread title may just say it all We're not any different and the same will be done to this generation. If anything we now may have too much exposure, too much hoopla and hype on every single guy with a pulse.