Movies that took place in the future: Why is it that RUNNING MAN is cheesy today?

[Frozenpinky]

I was just watching RUNNING MAN. This used to be one of my favorite films. But seeing it today made me think of it as more of a "joke" film than the serious "cool movie" that it used to be.

Now that could be because I was younger when this came out, but I doubt it because I clearly remember adults thinking RUNNING MAN was a cool film too.

Is RUNNING MAN cheesy today because it was an 80's movie that was supposed to take place in the future, but the future, which is today doesnt look like that?

The 80's version of the future had bad computers, horrible monitors and graphics on said monitors, no internet, cassette tapes, big huge numbers for passwords...etc So is that why it's bad? Because we surpassed that vision of the future?

Then why is ESCAPE FROM NY still cool? That was an 80's movie that took place in 1999 and the president of the USA recorded that all important message on... A CASSETTE TAPE

Maybe it was because of the music. I mean, listen to the ending credits song in RUNNING MAN. It sounds like a giddy, happy, quiffy upbeat song you'd hear during a Rocky montage.

Why doesnt RUNNING MAN hold up?