Is it weird to think shows/movies have only really existed for less than 100 years?

[CyberCubed]

Human history spans back nearly 200,000 years.

The first "real" silent films/movies started in the early 1900's and didn't really become a major thing till 1920-1930 or so. Since we're now in the 2020's, that means "movies" have only really existed for 100 years.

I mean it's weird to think about. There are now probably millions of movies and TV shows created in that timespan that nobody could possibly have the time to watch everything even if everything was available to watch, but at the same time our generation was born at the "right time" to experience shows and movies. Like who knows what things will be like another 100 years from now in 2100?

It's weird to think that just a few decades before I was born, there was still black and white TV shows and movies.

[Prowler]

I think it's more like it's impressive how much technology has evolved throughout the 20th century. Especially during the second half of it.

Before radio, TV and cinema, people just went to theatre to watch plays instead.

[neatoman]

Is it weird that something didn't exist until the technology it's made with was invented? No, not really. Maybe it's a little odd that some technology we take for granted hasn't been around for that long, computer might be an even better example, but there was always going to be a point when it had only been around for a little while. I think a better thing to wonder about is why technology didn't develop earlier. Like, why wasn't electricity used that much in technology up until the past 200 years or so when it isn't really that hard to generate?

[IMJ]

It is weird to think that, yeah. At least for anything more than a second two where you realize film has only been around for less than a century and then move on in thought.