In the year 2000...

[smearbrick1]

When I was a kid, I used to think that the year 2000 was the pinnacle of everything technological, and that there would be colonies on the moon and such... what did you think it would be like?

[yoda313]

Hello,

Well once I was in my teens in the late 80's/early 90's I knew it wouldn't be that much different.

But.... of course it always had the mystical sound to it. You couldn't help but think - Hey the 21st century! Cool! But once we didn't have flying cars and we were pretty much the same as every other decade is was kind of a let down.

But that didn't stop people from hyping it up like crazy

Kevin

[Cobra]

I don't think we will ever attain the stereotypical "futurescape". Would you be comfortable living like that? I wouldn't.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Cobra's right, we'll never have the "all glass gleaming cities" pictured in the most outlandish scifi settings. First of all it's not feasible. The expense alone would dictate the need to preserve older buildings (not to mention the sentimental value - could you see them tearing down the empire state building just to make New York look more modern???)

Kevin

[northcat_8]

I might be dead on my way home from work today...or on the way tomorrow. Therefore planning that far into the future is a waste of limited time I have left. Therefore, I tend to live more in the moment, your future is based on the decisions you made yesterday, that you make today and you will make tomorrow. I never gave much thought to the extended future of my life personally, I save money for my kid's college and try to scrimp every penny so that when I do die their lives will be more comfortable.

I think if you look at the great timeline, you'll see that the 70 year life span of a human being is but a blip on the entire timeline...I think to expect the world to change greatly in that short amount of time is an empty expectation. I know we have witnessed several historical changes in our lifetimes, but that really begs the question...how much has our lives changed individually because of them?

[DVD_Ripper]

Barbara Bain and Martin Landau shaped my mind regarding the year 2000.

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-4026/

[menes777]

I just remember Back to the Future 2 when they went to 1999 and all the cool things that were supposed to be around then. Sort of a disappointment.

[yoda313]

I just remember Back to the Future 2 when they went to 1999 and all the cool things that were supposed to be around then. Sort of a disappointment.

Hello,

Someone needs to watch it again:

The year was 2015
Kevin

[thayne]

I wanna know where the hell my flying car is....

[menes777]

Hehe sorry it's been awhile

(I must have been thinking of the huey lewis song)

[gitreel]

I wanna know where the hell my flying car is....

We are not in 2015 yet. :P

[yoda313]

Hehe sorry it's been awhile

(I must have been thinking of the huey lewis song)

Hello,

No problem.

Huey Lewis??? Prince did 1999 if that's what your thinking of.

Kevin

[gitreel]

Hehe sorry it's been awhile

(I must have been thinking of the huey lewis song)

Hello,

No problem.

Huey Lewis??? Prince did 1999 if that's what your thinking of.

Kevin

I think he was talking about "Back in Time".

That was sung by Huey Lewis.

[yoda313]

Hehe sorry it's been awhile

(I must have been thinking of the huey lewis song)

Hello,

No problem.

Huey Lewis??? Prince did 1999 if that's what your thinking of.

Kevin

I think he was talking about "Back in Time".

That was sung by Huey Lewis.

Hello,

That would work as well!

Kevin

[menes777]

Is it the fifties? or is it 1999? Hehe great song :P

[smearbrick1]

I might be dead on my way home from work today...or on the way tomorrow. Therefore planning that far into the future is a waste of limited time I have left. Therefore, I tend to live more in the moment, your future is based on the decisions you made yesterday, that you make today and you will make tomorrow. I never gave much thought to the extended future of my life personally, I save money for my kid's college and try to scrimp every penny so that when I do die their lives will be more comfortable.

I think if you look at the great timeline, you'll see that the 70 year life span of a human being is but a blip on the entire timeline...I think to expect the world to change greatly in that short amount of time is an empty expectation. I know we have witnessed several historical changes in our lifetimes, but that really begs the question...how much has our lives changed individually because of them?

I wasn't really referring to a longing for the events or changes of tomorrow... merely wondering what type of strange ideas people had for the year 2000 when they were young...

If you were 10 in 1995 or can't remember anything about the 80's because of you were born in them... you probably don't get what I mean.

I think it's kind of funny to read books like I, Robot or Fahrenheit 451 just to see the authors' take on the future.

Arthur C. Clarke was another one who had bold visons of the early 21st century (of course, who hasn't heard of that).