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Friday 3 April 2009

Two-Thousand-Ten or Twenty-Ten?



Retro Futuristic
Two-thousand X is just around the corner.“I have seen the future, and it’s very much like the present, only longer” Woody Allen. In this blog i wanted to show you the future as viewed from the past.

Aurthur C Clarke, the visionary, well known for his 2001 A Space Odyssey, which was beautifully adapted to the screen by Stanley Kubrick, was followed up in 1982 with Clarkes second book in the series 2010 A Space Odyssey Two. With the film adaptation following in 1984, unfortunately not directed by Kubrick. But we were still left with some great retro images of the future.

Moving on in a similar vein. Capcom who have notably been having gamers salivating in 2009 with the most anticipated releases to hit the shelves including Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5, hit us with their own vision of the future. Back in 1990 Capcom released Street Fighter 2010 for the NES, they could see exactly where the Street Fighter franchise would take them! Personally i love the whole pixelated computer graphics. For anyone who remembers the days when arcade machines such as Space Invaders and Donkey Kong made celebrities out of puberty stricken geeks, make sure you check out the genius documentary film 'Chasing Ghosts' http://chasingghoststhemovie.com/

And to finish off my 2010 the retro years, did anyone actually catch Knight Rider 2010 back in the early 90's? I'm glad to say that i didnt but at least it leaves us with one good vision for 2010, no David Hasselhof!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2LAk7sgl6s

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