You know, there have been a lot of old movies that show a future with so many wonderful and miraculous inventions. Well, my friends, the future in those movies has come and gone, but where are the awesome inventions? Where are the pills that can supplement meals? Where are the flying cars? Where are those nifty tubes that use vacuums to move you from place to place? Hell where are the transporters? Where are the robots to do our bidding, our laundry, our cooking, walk our dogs? Where are those cool hats that transmit your thought onto a wall like a movie? Where are all the damn aliens?
I want the future to be here and now!
I want everything to be as cool as they are in the movies!
I want my soylent green!
5 comments:
"Where are the pills that can supplement meals?"
They're called vitamins. ;)
You mean gaming in libraries isn't the same thing as Aeon Flux? :-) Although it seems like one of the important (if not the one and only) themes to movies like that is that all of these advances don't make us/the world any better.
Oh, and the green is cool.
Cars can fly; you just have to get a good head start on a nice hill (only recommended for non-intelligent people). The tube thing was working until the MST3K crew got a hold of it (fiber related problems). If you want a good hat all you need is some aluminum foil and creativity. And as far as the aliens go, you really don't want to know the answer to that question. One aerospace engineer is enough to terrify you for the rest of your life.
Just thinking about the most recent Sci Fi movie I've seen, Aeon Flux. Why is it that in portrayals of technologically advanced societies everyone is cold, sterile, and emotionless (on the surface, at least)? Maybe our messy emotions are standing in the way of our progress.
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