Comments on: The Future, as imagined by Hollywood http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jonathan Phillip Sherrill http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1613998 Jonathan Phillip Sherrill Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1613998 Missed the Striped Sweater Sandmen from Logan's Run? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/ Missed the Striped Sweater Sandmen from Logan’s Run? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/

]]> By: retepslluerb http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1613846 retepslluerb Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1613846 Cinema past, too.  Even cavemen or ancient Egyptians act more or less how people act in the time a movie was made. Cinema past, too.  Even cavemen or ancient Egyptians act more or less how people act in the time a movie was made.

]]> By: retepslluerb http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1613843 retepslluerb Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1613843 He had Angry War Birds, which are way cooler. He had Angry War Birds, which are way cooler.

]]> By: georgia http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1613828 georgia Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1613828 I would love to have a list with all the movies used to make this video! :) I would love to have a list with all the movies used to make this video! :)

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1613476 Brainspore Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1613476 Yeah, but Kirk didn't have "Angry Birds." Yeah, but Kirk didn’t have “Angry Birds.”

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1613202 oasisob1 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1613202 Thanks! *Heads over to Netflix* Thanks! *Heads over to Netflix*

]]> By: retepslluerb http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1613164 retepslluerb Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1613164 My pet peeve.  No, we do not carry Star Trek communicators these days.  What we carry relies on a vast network of cells towers, many of which are connected by cable.  Purely radio-based communication with the same range as Star Trek communicators is not available to the general public - especially not at the size. Not to mention that the communicator worked on subspace frequencies, i.e. faster than light. Also, try to destroy a cliff with two cell phones - it's take a little bit longer than the few minutes shown in TOS. My pet peeve.  No, we do not carry Star Trek communicators these days. 

What we carry relies on a vast network of cells towers, many of which are connected by cable.  Purely radio-based communication with the same range as Star Trek communicators is not available to the general public – especially not at the size.

Not to mention that the communicator worked on subspace frequencies, i.e. faster than light. Also, try to destroy a cliff with two cell phones – it’s take a little bit longer than the few minutes shown in TOS.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1613014 robcat2075 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1613014 Cinema future can never be too far from our present.  For it to resonate it has have a bit of "the more things change, the more they stay the same" to it. Cinema future can never be too far from our present.  For it to resonate it has have a bit of “the more things change, the more they stay the same” to it.

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1613002 howaboutthisdangit Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1613002 http://eclecticmethod.tumblr.com/post/33098970513/the-future http://eclecticmethod.tumblr.com/post/33098970513/the-future

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612858 Boundegar Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612858 Interesting how many of the gizmos have become reality.  We all carry Star Trek communicators these days.  And I saw some megapixel billboards that were supposed to seem futuristic...  when?  Five years ago? Interesting how many of the gizmos have become reality.  We all carry Star Trek communicators these days.  And I saw some megapixel billboards that were supposed to seem futuristic…  when?  Five years ago?

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612825 Preston Sturges Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612825 Future may not be available shown.  Future not available in parts of India, Asia, Africa, Central and South America. Individual fates may vary. Future may not be available shown. 
Future not available in parts of India, Asia, Africa, Central and South America.
Individual fates may vary.

]]> By: AnthonyC http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612809 AnthonyC Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612809 No. All decade increments. 1985, 1955, 2015, 1885 No. All decade increments. 1985, 1955, 2015, 1885

]]> By: Nicky G http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612804 Nicky G Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612804 pretty sure the future in bttf2 was 2012? pretty sure the future in bttf2 was 2012?

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612799 Brainspore Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612799 I find it rather amusing that Starfleet Academy is usually depicted in the Presidio, which is the same part of San Francisco that currently plays home to Lucasfilm. I find it rather amusing that Starfleet Academy is usually depicted in the Presidio, which is the same part of San Francisco that currently plays home to Lucasfilm.

]]> By: Kenmrph http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612787 Kenmrph Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612787 Agreed... this compilation really drives home the influence that movie has had! Agreed… this compilation really drives home the influence that movie has had!

]]> By: Larry Rice http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612779 Larry Rice Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612779 No scenes of Starfleet Academy in San Francisco? No scenes of Starfleet Academy in San Francisco?

]]> By: Kenmrph http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612780 Kenmrph Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612780 Right. Although one could make the case that as a retro-futurist film, it's still a vision of the future, just one as imagined from an earlier time. (or , I guess, how we imagine it was imagined.  ok now i'm confused). Right. Although one could make the case that as a retro-futurist film, it’s still a vision of the future, just one as imagined from an earlier time. (or , I guess, how we imagine it was imagined.  ok now i’m confused).

]]> By: spacedoggy http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612776 spacedoggy Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612776 Excellent, I think it's awesome that 2001 a space odyssey, was used so heavily considering it's age. it hardly looks dated today. startling when you consider that it was made 2 years prior to the first moon landing and only a few years after the scientific discovery of LSD. I can't help but thinking out grandkids in 50 years time will look at this compilation and laugh, as we do the old black and white visions of the future from the 1950s60s. Back to the Future predicted the commercial availability of the hoverboard and flying car by 2015. part of me remains hopeful I haven't been lied to by TV. Excellent, I think it’s awesome that 2001 a space odyssey, was used so heavily considering it’s age. it hardly looks dated today. startling when you consider that it was made 2 years prior to the first moon landing and only a few years after the scientific discovery of LSD. I can’t help but thinking out grandkids in 50 years time will look at this compilation and laugh, as we do the old black and white visions of the future from the 1950s60s. Back to the Future predicted the commercial availability of the hoverboard and flying car by 2015. part of me remains hopeful I haven’t been lied to by TV.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612772 Brainspore Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612772 I think I also caught a few shots from "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," which is set in an alternate history version of 1939. I think I also caught a few shots from “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,” which is set in an alternate history version of 1939.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612769 robcat2075 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612769 It's almost like if the Germans hadn't made "Metropolis" in 1928, Hollywood would have had no clue how to make the future look. It’s almost like if the Germans hadn’t made “Metropolis” in 1928, Hollywood would have had no clue how to make the future look.

]]> By: Cameron Postelwait http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612761 Cameron Postelwait Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612761 but cute dog at the end. but cute dog at the end.

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612750 millie fink Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612750 Cool idea, but at least half of them went by so fast that I couldn't really register what I was seeing. Cool idea, but at least half of them went by so fast that I couldn’t really register what I was seeing.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612747 oasisob1 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612747 Full movie list forthcoming? Full movie list forthcoming?

]]> By: Kenmrph http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612738 Kenmrph Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612738 (... although I'm sure all the droid builders clubs will continue to grow exponentially) (… although I’m sure all the droid builders clubs will continue to grow exponentially)

]]> By: Kenmrph http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-future-as-imagined-by-hol.html#comment-1612735 Kenmrph Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201765#comment-1612735 I think we all know full well that R2D2 is not from the future. I think we all know full well that R2D2 is not from the future.

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