Why are star trek people only interested in really old stuff?

[StormRider]

Like when they watch a movie on the ship -- it's an old Frankenstein movie.

Tom Parris liked those old black and white "Flash Gordon" type movies. And his hobbies were really old cars.

Picard liked those old detective novels. Janeway liked those Victorian holodeck programs.

They only like really old stuff. Why don't they like more modern stuff that's closer to their time?

 

[notfred]

Cause it took enough effort to come up with model starships and transporters and stuff, and it's easier to go rent Frankenstein than produce a new movie to show for 35 seconds on an episode of Enterprise.

 

[Yossarian]

it makes it easier for you to relate to the characters since they like something that you yourself may like. if they like some made-up movie in the future, who cares? you never heard of it anyway.

 

[dighn]

well it's either the past, the present or the future

the present is kind of boring
the future, well this is a sci-fi we are talking about here, sci-fi in sci-fi would be kind of weird.
what's left is the past. also the "past" would be our prsent so it's more interesting for us.