@johnzakour, @Thomas Scott RobertsI gotta admit, I’m with Marty and the Doc on this one…however, a few things from the movie did come through:
Video games which don’t need handheld controllers (Kinect)
Flying cars (a prototype Hovercar was developed some time last year and is still being experimented on)
Thumbprint access, video calls, and cashless digital transactions. (Am I the only one who saw all those in the movie?)
Immersive 3-D (anybody catch Avatar in theatres?)
Inflation (Fifty bucks for a Pepsi. Need I say more?)
And while hoverboards or smartclothes (like that auto-adjust and auto-drying jacket and the autolacing shoes) haven’t arrived yet (thankfully, neither has that tradition of inside-out jeans), I don’t think we’re too disappointed. (The styles of clothes have definitely arrived, though. But I’m still waiting for the transparent necktie and the double ties.)
The future is rarely exciting to those living in it.Overblown expectations sideline the journey so we don’t enjoy the scenery along the way, thinking that the destination is the goal. Only to be disappointed when we get there instead of enjoying what is.
I wonder if many of us had unrealistically romantic notions about what flying cars implied. Soaring through the air, free and unfettered. Sure, if you’re the only one who has one.-—————-If everyone had one, and they replaced cars on the ground as standard transportation, then they would have to be as regulated, and restricted to designated pathways, as cars on pavement are. Otherwise, people would be crashing into each other right and left, making their own rules. You would not have the sky to yourself. That jerk who had a few drinks would fly into other cars. And what if the flying car breaks down? Runs out of power? What if you accidentally cut someone off and trigger ‘sky rage?’ -——————-We’re dreamers, yes, but dreams don’t always come true.
One of the major differences between the future imagined for ‘Back to the Future’ and the one where we find ourselves is that in the movie, they had gotten rid of the lawyers
Michael Thorton about 9 years ago
@johnzakour, @Thomas Scott RobertsI gotta admit, I’m with Marty and the Doc on this one…however, a few things from the movie did come through:
Video games which don’t need handheld controllers (Kinect)
Flying cars (a prototype Hovercar was developed some time last year and is still being experimented on)
Thumbprint access, video calls, and cashless digital transactions. (Am I the only one who saw all those in the movie?)
Immersive 3-D (anybody catch Avatar in theatres?)
Inflation (Fifty bucks for a Pepsi. Need I say more?)
And while hoverboards or smartclothes (like that auto-adjust and auto-drying jacket and the autolacing shoes) haven’t arrived yet (thankfully, neither has that tradition of inside-out jeans), I don’t think we’re too disappointed. (The styles of clothes have definitely arrived, though. But I’m still waiting for the transparent necktie and the double ties.)
Kim Metzger Premium Member about 9 years ago
Tell Doc about the obesity epidemic, he’ll realize that things are quite heavy.
x_Tech about 9 years ago
But one expects the Spanish Inquisition.But sadly it has many forms.Sorry, didn’t mean to be a Debbie Downer.
cdward about 9 years ago
And – sob – it doesn’t look like the Cubs are going to win it even get to the World Series.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator about 9 years ago
Hope we get back to the BACK TO THE FUTURE topic, and this doesn’t just become a long, long thread about baseball teams and their chances. ;)
vwdualnomand about 9 years ago
well, cubs suck. no flying cars.
johnzakour Premium Member about 9 years ago
We will get more into this. But the Cubs have a great year.
johnzakour Premium Member about 9 years ago
Speaking of the future Scott and I are part of this Fantastical Bed Time Stories Kickstarter as we try to create a new generation of Bed Time stories.
MeGoNow Premium Member about 9 years ago
I really want to transfer to the version of 2015 they went to, the one where cell phones were never invented.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator about 9 years ago
I took the background photo around 2008, and no longer live near the location- but I have little reason to suspect it’s changed much.
johnzakour Premium Member about 9 years ago
Self driving cars make far more sense than flying cars.
WTFrank about 9 years ago
The future is rarely exciting to those living in it.Overblown expectations sideline the journey so we don’t enjoy the scenery along the way, thinking that the destination is the goal. Only to be disappointed when we get there instead of enjoying what is.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator about 9 years ago
I wonder if many of us had unrealistically romantic notions about what flying cars implied. Soaring through the air, free and unfettered. Sure, if you’re the only one who has one.-—————-If everyone had one, and they replaced cars on the ground as standard transportation, then they would have to be as regulated, and restricted to designated pathways, as cars on pavement are. Otherwise, people would be crashing into each other right and left, making their own rules. You would not have the sky to yourself. That jerk who had a few drinks would fly into other cars. And what if the flying car breaks down? Runs out of power? What if you accidentally cut someone off and trigger ‘sky rage?’ -——————-We’re dreamers, yes, but dreams don’t always come true.
jmcenanly about 9 years ago
One of the major differences between the future imagined for ‘Back to the Future’ and the one where we find ourselves is that in the movie, they had gotten rid of the lawyers
ChrisV about 9 years ago
Great strip today, guys. 25 years later and still I’m asking… “WHERE’S MY HOVERBOARD?”