What in pop culture defines our generation?

Generation Y. Also known as the Millennials. The generation widely considered to be from the late 1970's to the mid 1990's. A generation that grew up as the Internet did. A generation that saw video games and technology as a whole change. One that's known for its multitasking and constant need for gratification. It isn't our fault we're like this, it's our parents, often called "helicopter parents" for always hovering and shielding us. It's also our sports leagues for constantly declaring us winners when, let's face it, the fat kid who struck out every time in baseball is just not a winner at sports.
But what types of things in pop culture define our generation? That is a good question. For I grew up towards the end of our generation, I wasn't quite alive long enough to see a lot of things that made this generation famous. What's interesting though, is why they made the generation's time frame when they did. When you look at pop culture and other aspects, the 80's are almost nothing like the 90's, but the 2000's are pretty similar to the 90's. They are both very technologically related. So, for all practical purposes, the things I come up with may not have been made during the generation expert's time frame, but they define us nonetheless. Trying to come up with movies that defined our generation is a tough task. One movie I came up with was "The Matrix". It helps to show the coming of technology and what it could possibly become. Another movie that defined this generation, is "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". How this movie defines us is an interesting story. It was actually made in 1975, which fits the technical years of our generation, but became very popular in America in the early 2000's and continues to be very popular to this day. The reason this movie defines us, is because it was one of the first movies that incorporates pointless and often stupid humor that was actually popular. In a sense, about 30 years before, this movie paved the way for YouTube, which is littered with videos of stupid and pointless humor (see Numa Numa, and Powerthirst). One final movie that defines our culture is "300". This movie was revolutionary technology for movies. It began a trend of simple storytelling mixed with extreme detail and spectacle.
What songs define our generation? This, like movies, was a little difficult to come up with. One song that almost no one can argue against is "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. This song revolutionized music in so many ways. It laid the foundations for modern rock. Everything around that time was still quite 80's retro music. Nirvana came out of nowhere with this song and it hit the music industry like a bomb, to this day bands like Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, and Audioslave all remain popular because of Nirvana and what they did.But beyond that song, in my opinion, there isn't quite a defining sound for this generation. Maybe artists like 2pac or the Notorious B.I.G. set the standards for Hip Hop and Rap, but think about this: What if the defining sound for our generation is actually all the music today? If you look back at past years, 60's and 70's had the psychedelic rock/softer music, 80's had its "retro" music and hair metal, but beyond that, there wasn't much else to be found. Today, every genre of music has so many sub-genres. Take, for example, the music I listen to, rock. Within the simple word of "rock" can be found: Alternative, Indie, Hard-Rock, Metal, Screamo, Death Metal, Metalcore, Mathcore (yes, really), Grindcore, and so on. That touches on barely any of the genres out there. So maybe a defining sound will step out, but at this point I think the defining sound is the smorgasbord of music available.