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Semi-related question: why is all the consumer tech in a movie set in the 2030s circa 2015?
by Bluestrike2 11y ago
Semi-related question: why is all the consumer tech in a movie set in the 2030s circa 2015?
- headcanon 11y agoMy view on that is that it simply maintains focus on the story instead of crappily-made-up fake gadgets that a lot of 90's to early 2000's movies did (take Mission to Mars as an appropriate example). Opinion of course, but I think it makes the whole thing feel more "real" to a modern audience.
- mynameisvlad 11y agoWell, it is the government, so about 15 years too old sounds about right. :)
- Bluestrike2 11y agoIn space? Sure, there's always a lag between what's used when a mission is planned and when it's actually implemented. But I'm including all the scenes on Earth where you have televisions and cell phones, etc. And the GoPros all over Mars? Somehow, I can't see those lasting for 20+ years in NASA's stores.
- mynameisvlad 11y agothatsthejoke.jpg. But seriously, the government is always hopelessly behind on times. Hell, the US Navy paid Microsoft millions in a support contract for XP (http://www.computerworld.com/article/2939435/government-it/us-navy-paid-millions-to-stay-on-windows-xp.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2939435/government-it/u...) earlier this year. Coincidentally, XP was RTM'ed just over 14 years ago.
- TrevorJ 11y agoProduct placement.