[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I wouldn't say it's a recent thing at all; there is loads of characterisation and character development in the likes of The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure. Also, films like the Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Jaws would easily be classified as blockbusters.

I think MTDS means that it is a recent thing for him to like 'dumb and CGI filled' films and not that the films themselves have only recently been akin to this. At least this is what I infer from his post.