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* ¡Hey! ¡El templo del Avatar en la Nación del Fuego! *huye*

* D'you know how hard it was not to tag the wiki's article about argyria as "RL Smurfs" in del.icio.us? It's scary how mean I can be ~~when sleep-deprived~~. D:

* If I were to say Torchwood is a (dysfunctional) family, I'd go: Jack's the dad, Ianto the mum, Gwen the older daughter, then Toshiko as the nerdy girl in the middle, and finally Owen as the youngest, bratty son.
By the way, I'm watching this mainly because of the ~~pretty boys kissing other pretty boys~~ plot. Totally because of the plot. And the acting. But I'm of the opinion that it needs more ~~pretty girls kissing other pretty girls~~ action and supernatural/alien monsters on screen.
I still want the crossover with Hellsing. =)

* I've been watching some old school serials of Doctor Who here and there, chronological order be screwed, as the mood strikes, but all in all the experience has been very enlightening. Not only regarding the in-show story of the character, to say something, but also because it sort of works as a crash course on the history of the development of storytelling, camera work, and special effects on television. Also, and this is one of the best parts, it shows not only the world's vision of the people from the past decades, but this show is Science Fiction Through the Ages as well; I mean, it makes clear what people expected --or wanted-- their future to be.

By the way, is it fun or depressing to make comparisons between what can be found the in Sci-Fi books/movies/shows of yesterday story-wise based at the early 21st Century and what surround us today?
Whatcha think?

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By the way, is it fun or depressing to make comparisons between what can be found the in Sci-Fi books/movies/shows of yesterday story-wise based at the early 21st Century and what surround us today?

Both, I think. We don't have flying cars or holograms... but we do have the internet. :D

And PowerPoint presentations! There's a Star Trek:TOS movie, which means it's set a lot *after* the 21st century, where there's a meeting of all these really important people from different planets and they have all the best technology and everythnig... and one of them gives a presentation with PAPER SHEETS and a WOODEN POINTER. I kid you not.

We don't have flying cars or holograms... but we do have the internet. :D
Yeah, we're doing it quite good, aren't we? :P Instant global communication as long as there's a connection! (sounds like a slogan Oo;;)

a presentation with PAPER SHEETS and a WOODEN POINTER.
He! That sort of things is what I mean. :P Accurate --and in some aspects, probably even modern-- within the context (and, most importantly, within the budget xP) the show was produced, but lovably vintage years later.
Like those The House of Tomorrow exhibitions. ^^

By the way, is it fun or depressing to make comparisons between what can be found the in Sci-Fi books/movies/shows of yesterday story-wise based at the early 21st Century and what surround us today?
Whatcha think?

As laurus said, it's both. It showcases human imagination: what we imagine it could be and wasn't AND what we NEVER imagined. Computers in general, for a simple example.
But well... I DO want my jetpack.

what we imagine it could be and wasn't AND what we NEVER imagined. Computers in general, for a simple example.
Yeah! You see how they thought computers would always be at least at big as a bus (Re: Asimov's Multivac, for example), and yet, here I am, carrying one more powerful they dared to dream in my backpack on daily basis. ^^U

But well... I DO want my jetpack.
Me too!

Re: 21st century. Sometimes it's fun, and sometimes it's depressing. I think the problem is that they just miscalculated The Future and thought we'd be so advanced too soon. I mean, I understand that, if you compare the 18th century with the ends of the 19th, and the 19th with the ends of the 20th, you see mindfucking progress and you expect it to happen again. And, in some areas like telecomunications, it's happened. But the things most people looked forward the most are harder to get quick advance in.

And yet, sci-fi keeps doing miscalculations. I'm watching the anime Denno Coil, and they have the Internet integrated to reality in this virtual reality setting... and it's just in the 2020's. I say too early, even if it's more plausible than flying cars of living on Mars.

Also: THE BEE. ON AN EYE. JBHSDKGDJKHDJKSSDBKJDS.

if you compare the 18th century with the ends of the 19th, and the 19th with the ends of the 20th, you see mindfucking progress and you expect it to happen again.
Oh, yes. But then again, it'd depend on whether you agree that most of our achievements in technology are because of ~~scavenging alien crashed ships~~ the wars we had last century. u.u

And yet, sci-fi keeps doing miscalculations.
Totally. Let me give you another example: Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is supposed to happen in the year 2030, and most people there have a cyberbrain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberbrain).
The question being: how realistic is that we'd able to play that harsh with something so delicate so near in the future? The movie/TV series is still neat, though. ^^U