Yes, this was a real concern.

No, I am not making it up.

It’s just not how we used cameras back then; instead, it feels very Gen Z TikTok-y.

Rachel Zegler as Laura in Y2K

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Selfies andthe modern way of speaking directly to audiences via self-recording just weren’t really a thing back then.

The ’90s Details Are Too Obvious & Also Not Right

“Tubthumping”?

The ’90s details thrown into theY2Ktrailer aren’t quite right.

Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, and Julian Dennison looking shocked at a house party in Y2K movie still

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Other songs were wildly more popular in the last months of the millennium: “Mambo No.

The hairstyles were different and more extreme, the clothes more distinct.

The problem is that it doesn’t actually feel like it.

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I can tell you what did happen, though: nothing.

No computers became sentient and no machinery went allMaximum Overdriveon us.

We went out thinking we might have to calm panicked parkgoers or restart malfunctioning rides.

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Machines coming to life and trying to kill us was definitely not a concern.

Currently,Y2Kholds a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, which seems about right.

Kyle Mooney smiling in Y2K

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On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Years Eve party, only to find themselves fighting for their lives in this dial-up disaster comedy.

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