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Particularly when the supposedly futurist technology has already become obsolete since (CRT screens, rudimentary 3d animations, lack of portable communication,

by cm2187 4y ago

Particularly when the supposedly futurist technology has already become obsolete since (CRT screens, rudimentary 3d animations, lack of portable communication, absence of networks, etc). Also lots of sci-fi movies underestimate how much will not change, we live today with 200yo buildings, our cities won't look that different in 200 years.

anonymouskimmer 4y ago
Not until improved concrete replaces current reinforced concrete: https://theconversation.com/the-problem-with-reinforced-concrete-56078 https://theconversation.com/the-problem-with-reinforced-conc...
- heikkilevanto 4y ago
  Well, I live in Copenhagen, in a brick building that is some 130 years old, like most of the buildings around here. Reinforced concrete has arrived, and most new buildings are built with it. I guess when the next level of super-concrete comes, we will start building with it, but old buildings will still stand for 50-100 years.
Swizec 4y ago
> Also lots of sci-fi movies underestimate how much will not change My favorite detail of the Battlestar Galactica reboot was how normal it all felt. For the most part your only clue that it’s The Future was that every rectangle had chopped off corners to become an octagon. They even found a clever plot-driven reason for why that’s the case. Loved it.
- goatlover 4y ago
  It also wasn’t set on Earth. It was the future of the 12 colonies.
- midoridensha 4y ago
  BSG wasn't in the future, it was in the distant past. The people there were the distant ancestors of modern humans (in combination with humans who evolved here on Earth separately from the colonists, and were magically genetically compatible, apparently due to likely divine intervention according to the characters). So some technologies were more advanced than ours, but other technologies were very much not (such as cassette recorders, radio, etc.).
  - Swizec 4y ago
    Yeah that ending always felt flabby to me. 4 seasons of futuristic space-faring humans with FTL jumps fighting a war with super advanced AI cyborgs … psyche, joke’s on you viewer, this is actually 100,000+ years ago. Worst part of the whole show
    - midoridensha 4y ago
      I don't see how it could have been handled any other way, given the mythology of the show (that there was a 13th lost colony called "Earth", that everyone had heard of).

by cm2187 4y ago

anonymouskimmer 4y ago

Not until improved concrete replaces current reinforced concrete: https://theconversation.com/the-problem-with-reinforced-concrete-56078 https://theconversation.com/the-problem-with-reinforced-conc...

heikkilevanto 4y ago
Well, I live in Copenhagen, in a brick building that is some 130 years old, like most of the buildings around here. Reinforced concrete has arrived, and most new buildings are built with it. I guess when the next level of super-concrete comes, we will start building with it, but old buildings will still stand for 50-100 years.

Swizec 4y ago

> Also lots of sci-fi movies underestimate how much will not change My favorite detail of the Battlestar Galactica reboot was how normal it all felt. For the most part your only clue that it’s The Future was that every rectangle had chopped off corners to become an octagon. They even found a clever plot-driven reason for why that’s the case. Loved it.

goatlover 4y ago
It also wasn’t set on Earth. It was the future of the 12 colonies.
midoridensha 4y ago
BSG wasn't in the future, it was in the distant past. The people there were the distant ancestors of modern humans (in combination with humans who evolved here on Earth separately from the colonists, and were magically genetically compatible, apparently due to likely divine intervention according to the characters). So some technologies were more advanced than ours, but other technologies were very much not (such as cassette recorders, radio, etc.).
- Swizec 4y ago
  Yeah that ending always felt flabby to me. 4 seasons of futuristic space-faring humans with FTL jumps fighting a war with super advanced AI cyborgs … psyche, joke’s on you viewer, this is actually 100,000+ years ago. Worst part of the whole show
  - midoridensha 4y ago
    I don't see how it could have been handled any other way, given the mythology of the show (that there was a 13th lost colony called "Earth", that everyone had heard of).