Broken Promises of the Future - Page 2

Not Afraid · 08-08-2005, 10:36 PM

In the future, everything was supposed to be right-sized and this stupid idea of forced perspective would not exist.

flippyshark · 08-08-2005, 10:52 PM

There's a long story here that I'll tell some other time, but as a kid, I always thought the Star Child was huge, and he looked kind of pissed. I thought he was coming back to destroy the earth, and I found him the most terrifying image I had ever seen on a movie screen.

Since he's really pretty much symbolic, the question of whether or not he's baby-sized is pretty academic.

Boss Radio · 08-08-2005, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

There's a long story here that I'll tell some other time, but as a kid, I always thought the Star Child was huge, and he looked kind of pissed. I thought he was coming back to destroy the earth, and I found him the most terrifying image I had ever seen on a movie screen.

Since he's really pretty much symbolic, the question of whether or not he's baby-sized is pretty academic.

If the Starchild was really depicted in proper scale, then his diaper would be the size of the Pacific Ocean.

This in turn would mean that his bare baby bottom would be roughly the size of the moon.

Which is what we are actually seeing every month, as the Starchild completes another revolution.

He's mooning us, the bastard.

Which proves that the moon landing was faked on a soundstage, and the earth is flat.

Thank you.

(Hey, I bet if Karl Rove told this to George, he'd buy it...)

sleepyjeff · 08-08-2005, 11:22 PM

I think that many of the things predicted did come to pass......video phones(cordless, no less); playing board games with kids on the other side of the World( I remember reading this prediction in a Popular Science Mag back in 1975----); Powered Skateboards; Space Station(yeah, it's no L-5 Colony, but there is something at least); and who would have thought just how powerfull our personal computers would be now? I was thumbing thru a copy of Money Mag from 1987 a few weeks ago and after reading some of the ads for computers estimated that the computer I have at home would have cost about $400,000 back in the late 80s.

Now if we can just get those flying cars

€uroMeinke · 08-08-2005, 11:33 PM

Hmmm - I suppose there's a flipside to this about what things surprised you - Cell phones - I mean who would need to reach me 24/7? Message Board Communities - who would have thunk I could spend so much time in a virtual world with people I might not ever see in real life? Cable and Satalite TV with hunderds of channels - and nothing to watch. And we made it through the cold war without having a nuclear holocaust

lizziebith · 08-08-2005, 11:41 PM

Two words: moving sidewalks.

Yes, we have them in airports, but in the filmstrips of my youth (there, I've gone and done it -- only about three of you know what those are) I was promised MOVING SIDEWALKS. EVERYWHERE. DAMMIT!

Whenever I think broken promises, I think moving sidewalks.

And whenever I ride on the airport versions, I note, disapprovingly, how they stop every 75 feet or so, presumably so we can jump-start the blood in our legs after soooooooooooooooo much inactivity. Weak.

Not Afraid · 08-09-2005, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by lizziebith

Yes, we have them in airports, but in the filmstrips of my youth (there, I've gone and done it -- only about three of you know what those are)

I think I saw a picture of a film strip contraption once. I was copied by my teacher on a ditto machine.

God I LOVED that smell!

So, do you think message boards are the modern versions of having pen pals?

dsnylndmom · 08-09-2005, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I think I saw a picture of a film strip contraption once. I was copied by my teacher on a ditto machine.

God I LOVED that smell!

Oh GOD me too!! That and there was one type of marker that always smelled so good, not the ones that were fruity just a marker smell! Damn this swiss cheese memory of mine what were they called!!

Drince88 · 08-09-2005, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dsnylndmom

Oh GOD me too!! That and there was one type of marker that always smelled so good, not the ones that were fruity just a marker smell! Damn this swiss cheese memory of mine what were they called!!

Magic Markers?
The first time I was exposed to those fruity ones - yecchhh.

Motorboat Cruiser · 08-08-2005, 11:43 PM

I thought that we would have many of the gadgets from the original Star Trek series by now. I thought we would have the magic food machines where you just told it what you wanted and it could make anything appear almost instantly. Then again, I thought we might have the three basic staple gadgets; the tricorder, phaser, and communicator. We've come close, I suppose, with the palm pilot, taser, and cell phone, but they don't look as nifty, nor make the same cool sounds.

Also from Star Trek, I realized early on that the drinks in the future were usually a very cool blue color. Much to my relief, the blue drinks do exist, and my experience has been that they usually pack a punch. At least something lived up to the hype.

I suppose I feel the most disappointment for the lack of flying cars though. I thought the Jetsons would accurately reflect the future for some strange reason and we could remove ourselves from the burdens of traffic. I hope we have at least a couple of guys working on that one somewhere. I'm obviously not the only one who wonders what the hell happened to the flying cars.

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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	In the future, everything was supposed to be right-sized and this stupid idea of forced perspective would not exist.
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	There's a long story here that I'll tell some other time, but as a kid, I always thought the Star Child was huge, and he looked kind of pissed. I thought he was coming back to destroy the earth, and I found him the most terrifying image I had ever seen on a movie screen. Since he's really pretty much symbolic, the question of whether or not he's baby-sized is pretty academic.
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sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	I think that many of the things predicted did come to pass......video phones(cordless, no less); playing board games with kids on the other side of the World( I remember reading this prediction in a Popular Science Mag back in 1975----); Powered Skateboards; Space Station(yeah, it's no L-5 Colony, but there is something at least); and who would have thought just how powerfull our personal computers would be now? I was thumbing thru a copy of Money Mag from 1987 a few weeks ago and after reading some of the ads for computers estimated that the computer I have at home would have cost about $400,000 back in the late 80s. Now if we can just get those flying cars __________________ River Guardian-less
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Hmmm - I suppose there's a flipside to this about what things surprised you - Cell phones - I mean who would need to reach me 24/7? Message Board Communities - who would have thunk I could spend so much time in a virtual world with people I might not ever see in real life? Cable and Satalite TV with hunderds of channels - and nothing to watch. And we made it through the cold war without having a nuclear holocaust __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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lizziebith Wishing these titles could be longe Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pearblossom CA Posts: 984	Two words: moving sidewalks. Yes, we have them in airports, but in the filmstrips of my youth (there, I've gone and done it -- only about three of you know what those are) I was promised MOVING SIDEWALKS. EVERYWHERE. DAMMIT! Whenever I think broken promises, I think moving sidewalks. And whenever I ride on the airport versions, I note, disapprovingly, how they stop every 75 feet or so, presumably so we can jump-start the blood in our legs after soooooooooooooooo much inactivity. Weak. __________________ $ DO \|\| !$ DO ; TRY TRY: COMMAND NOT FOUND
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Motorboat Cruiser Cruiser of Motorboats Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 3,665	I thought that we would have many of the gadgets from the original Star Trek series by now. I thought we would have the magic food machines where you just told it what you wanted and it could make anything appear almost instantly. Then again, I thought we might have the three basic staple gadgets; the tricorder, phaser, and communicator. We've come close, I suppose, with the palm pilot, taser, and cell phone, but they don't look as nifty, nor make the same cool sounds. Also from Star Trek, I realized early on that the drinks in the future were usually a very cool blue color. Much to my relief, the blue drinks do exist, and my experience has been that they usually pack a punch. At least something lived up to the hype. I suppose I feel the most disappointment for the lack of flying cars though. I thought the Jetsons would accurately reflect the future for some strange reason and we could remove ourselves from the burdens of traffic. I hope we have at least a couple of guys working on that one somewhere. I'm obviously not the only one who wonders what the hell happened to the flying cars.
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