# in the event a picture actually materializes one can only hope it makes enough of a dent in the culture to displace the tendency using retro arcade playspaces such as outrun indeed any lazy shorthand for quote faux synthwave 80s aesthetic dogslop no doubt it'll end up one of those movies that while a blast in the moment falls apart the second one thinks about it culture itself however is faux too often little but synthwave 80s quote aesthetic sludge fellow researcher henry swanson: doing retro 80s throwbacks is about more than throwing an intense semi opaque neon pink grid filter over the lens and calling it a day isn't it anyone hello in sudden low key existential panic henry tries the nearest lab door only to find it locked // republic of bob