Comments on: Retro-futuristic poster makes fun of futurism http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 13:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Shrdlu http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-256007 Shrdlu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-256007 #14: My apologies to you, Robert E. Smith, the defunct ATF and its licensees. However, you might have considered the slightly less hackneyed Dom Casual or Brody. #14: My apologies to you, Robert E. Smith, the defunct ATF and its licensees.

However, you might have considered the slightly less hackneyed Dom Casual or Brody.

]]> By: Bouncy Bouncy http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-255018 Bouncy Bouncy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-255018 Isn't Futurism the Italian art movement of the early 20C? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism Isn’t Futurism the Italian art movement of the early 20C? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism

]]> By: chaoflux http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-254769 chaoflux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-254769 This reminds me of the tagline we are using for Esozone this year. Esozone : The Other Tomorrow, basically with that same idea, but less smarmy. Esozone is in Portland, October 10 - 12, esozone.com for details. Dennis McKenna and Paul Laffoley are gonna be there, yadda yadda yadda This reminds me of the tagline we are using for Esozone this year. Esozone : The Other Tomorrow, basically with that same idea, but less smarmy.

Esozone is in Portland, October 10 – 12, esozone.com for details.

Dennis McKenna and Paul Laffoley are gonna be there, yadda yadda yadda

]]> By: Banksynergy http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-255053 Banksynergy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-255053 #7 - indeed it is, but did you read the rest of the page? "The Futurists admired speed, technology, youth and violence, the car, the plane and the industrial city, all that represented the technological triumph of humanity over nature, and they were passionate nationalists." I think this picture fits well. Maybe not the "violence" part... Hrm, maybe I can Photoshop this up to be more violent. /grin Speaking of retro-futurism. Bioshock. That is all. #7 – indeed it is, but did you read the rest of the page? “The Futurists admired speed, technology, youth and violence, the car, the plane and the industrial city, all that represented the technological triumph of humanity over nature, and they were passionate nationalists.”
I think this picture fits well. Maybe not the “violence” part… Hrm, maybe I can Photoshop this up to be more violent. /grin

Speaking of retro-futurism. Bioshock.
That is all.

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-255056 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-255056 Lovely! Still, i've often wondered, and this I say in no way to imply anything wrong with this image or the message their authors want to convey, if someone could introduce blacks, latinos or asians characters into this kind of retro recreations. Of course, all the advertisements for the Future That Never Was, was geared specifically at whites, but I think it would be refreshing, original, to somehow work a little equality into the now-we-know-better-re-vision of the past. Just sayin' Lovely!
Still, i’ve often wondered, and this I say in no way to imply anything wrong with this image or the message their authors want to convey, if someone could introduce blacks, latinos or asians characters into this kind of retro recreations.
Of course, all the advertisements for the Future That Never Was, was geared specifically at whites, but I think it would be refreshing, original, to somehow work a little equality into the now-we-know-better-re-vision of the past.
Just sayin’

]]> By: romulusnr http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-255060 romulusnr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-255060 I'd send a copy of this to the Seattle Monorail Project, if they still existed. I’d send a copy of this to the Seattle Monorail Project, if they still existed.

]]> By: Susan Oliver http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-255070 Susan Oliver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-255070 <i>if someone could introduce blacks, latinos or asians characters into this kind of retro recreations.</i> Or (ahem) women. if someone could introduce blacks, latinos or asians characters into this kind of retro recreations.

Or (ahem) women.

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-255096 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-255096 Actually Susan, women are well represented on retrofuturist art, althought not as equals of men (also a reflection of the era's sensibilities), but in numbers. Actually Susan, women are well represented on retrofuturist art, althought not as equals of men (also a reflection of the era’s sensibilities), but in numbers.

]]> By: wondermark http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-255353 wondermark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-255353 #9 & #11 -- An early draft of the design included one woman & one man, but ultimately due to fidelity to the period style we decided to go with two white men. If I were writing a story set in the period instead of attempting a pastiche of the style I'd certainly have done it differently! #13 -- Normally I'd totally agree, but again that choice was made for period fidelity. See for example: http://media.popularmechanics.com/images/covers/195605.jpg #9 & #11 — An early draft of the design included one woman & one man, but ultimately due to fidelity to the period style we decided to go with two white men. If I were writing a story set in the period instead of attempting a pastiche of the style I’d certainly have done it differently!

#13 — Normally I’d totally agree, but again that choice was made for period fidelity. See for example: http://media.popularmechanics.com/images/covers/195605.jpg

]]> By: Kit10inDublin http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-254878 Kit10inDublin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-254878 That's great! That’s great!

]]> By: eustace http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-255908 eustace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-255908 This is a Devo album cover that never was. This is a Devo album cover that never was.

]]> By: jesseewles http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-254886 jesseewles Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-254886 But all that stuff IS real now. -j But all that stuff IS real now.
-j

]]> By: Strophe http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-254890 Strophe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-254890 Hilarious. On a moderately-related note, Dr. McNinja rocks my very stoic face off. They breath hysterical life into otherwise moribund memes. Hilarious. On a moderately-related note, Dr. McNinja rocks my very stoic face off. They breath hysterical life into otherwise moribund memes.

]]> By: Shrdlu http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-255146 Shrdlu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-255146 Brush Script should be banned like Comic Sans. Can't respect any graphic designer who would use Brush Script. Brush Script should be banned like Comic Sans. Can’t respect any graphic designer who would use Brush Script.

]]> By: eti http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-254899 eti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-254899 It's fun to laugh at the folly of those who dared to dream so many years ago. We're far too smart for that now and all our inventions work without problems. It’s fun to laugh at the folly of those who dared to dream so many years ago. We’re far too smart for that now and all our inventions work without problems.

]]> By: zikman http://boingboing.net/2008/08/07/retrofuturistic-post.html#comment-254956 zikman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-254956 wondermark ftw! wondermark ftw!

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