tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268815075802264109.post6654660243963096412..comments2023-10-23T09:21:36.301-07:00Comments on What's Happening, Vegas?: Today's Science Fiction Is Tomorrow's Big TVMercurialMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479262806271622508noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268815075802264109.post-61381984529995124792008-01-10T13:10:00.000-08:002008-01-10T13:10:00.000-08:00The futuristic wallscreens of "Fahrenheit 451" (th...The futuristic wallscreens of "Fahrenheit 451" (the movie) remind me so much of modern society--we now have these wallscreens along with an increasingly amoral populace that seems to spend most of its lifespan watching TV or living virtually on the Internet. Even the hunting of Montag in "451" was an eerie foreshadowing of the 1990s O.J. car chase seen around the world. Actually, today's science fiction is tomorrow's dystopia--and we're livin' it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268815075802264109.post-49563729196492494532007-01-10T17:23:00.000-08:002007-01-10T17:23:00.000-08:00Even more amazingly, I correct myself: "This Islan...Even more amazingly, I correct myself: "This Island Earth" was a 5o's movie, undoubtably inspired by the invention of the transistor.MercurialMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479262806271622508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268815075802264109.post-25298263441697028692007-01-10T17:15:00.000-08:002007-01-10T17:15:00.000-08:00Thanks, SQT. I remember those two. Another big scr...Thanks, SQT. I remember those two. Another big screen I recall was in the 1960's SCi-Fi movie <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0047577/">This Island Earth</a>" where the scientist-protagonist has to assemble an alien elctronic device called an "interroceter" that is both a two-way communication TV and a laser weapon / tool. Amazing prescience for the 60's!MercurialMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479262806271622508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268815075802264109.post-16186847453948101282007-01-10T16:18:00.000-08:002007-01-10T16:18:00.000-08:00The giant TV also makes me think of movies like "T...The giant TV also makes me think of movies like "Total Recall" and "Lost in Space." Lost in Space didn't have the giant screen (that I recall) but I do remember if you were talking to someone far away, you could talk to a holographic image of that person. <br /><br />And Total Recall had the giant screen that would take up a whole wall. I think it also showed scenic images if you weren't watching a TV program. Shadows of things to come I am sure.SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.com