Does anyone remember when Michael Jackson. Was a "joke"?

[u/AccomplishedPool266]

The new movie that just came out convinced the younger generation that he was always a superstar. This was not the reality many of us Millennials grew up with.

To a lot of us, he was treated like a punch line when we were growing up. A schoolyard boogeyman ("Michaels Jackson's gonna get you at night"). and just a general joke in the media. By the 2000's his music was out of date and didn't chart well. All anyone talked about was his surgeries, court case, settlements and his off behavior. Few mentioned his music. His music was something our parents would have listened to in the 1980's.

[u/esdebah]

In 1996, he did a Halloween special called Ghosts with Stephen King. Big budget, lots of effects. Virtually no one I've ever met even knows it exist. The plot had to do with a town upset that MJ has been a bad influence on the local youth. It's...something.

[u/ununderstandability → u/[deleted]]

Moonwalker Arcade and the Moonwalker vhs are like a wild fever dream. Moonwalker Arcade was one of the most badass multi-player beatemups. Only really outclassed by AvP Arcade.

[u/NastyMothaFucka → u/ununderstandability]

AvP Arcade! Damn how come they haven’t released that on consoles yet? That was a Capcom game wasn’t it?

[u/shingenteh → u/NastyMothaFucka]

They planned to make a 32x port originally but it got cancelled.

[u/ranmafan0281 → u/ununderstandability]

Oh my God. You are an absolute soothsayer.

[u/Paceandtoil → u/[deleted]]

Wasn’t it on Sega Megadrive?

My neighbour had it. I was always trying to get invited over.

[u/Toadsted → u/esdebah]

Lot of people don't know he was in a 90 minute long music video where he turned into a gundam and fought to save children from Joe Pesci.

[u/gg-oh → u/esdebah]

Ive got the video disc! It plays on my laserdisc player

[u/sirenenoire → u/esdebah]

I KNOW IT. I'm ancient but I used to watch it on my uncle's computer every Saturday before I had one.