There is apparently some neoliberal sporting festival about to take place in London in a couple of weeks – featuring events such as ethnic profiling, merchant scheme monopoly, remove the non-sponsor logo, the all-day traffic jam, spot the celeb in the VIP lane, and other such twenty-first century pursuits in Tory Britain. But since that is all a) boring, b) unethical, c) dull, and d) offensive, how about looking at some photos of cool retro-futuristic (sort of) things instead?
land
Buick Century Cruiser, 1969
Oldsmobile Golden Rocket concept car, 1956
Ford Seattle-ite, 1962
Pininfarina X, 1960
sea
SRN3 hovercraft
DSV-2 Alvin
DSV-4 Sea Cliff
air
Supermarine Type 508
Republic XF-103
BAC Lightning (and Tupolev Tu-95 ‘Bear’)
home
from Fahrenheit 451 (great film, rubbish book)
from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
It Doesn't Have To Be Right... 
2012-07-16 at 12:10
The first image is gorgeous! Almost haunting (especially the concrete domed building)….
2012-07-16 at 12:20
from Fahrenheit 451 (great film, rubbish book)
I can’t tell if you’re being facetious, Ian…
2012-07-16 at 12:27
Not in this case 🙂 I hated the book but loved the film.
2012-07-16 at 12:36
Hunh. In general, that equation for any film-based-on-a-book is usually reversed. (And particularly for something as iconic as this).
2012-07-16 at 12:38
Not always. The film of Marnie was better than the book. Likewise for The Commitments.
2012-07-16 at 13:22
Well, I do like Total Recall more than the Dick story, so yeah, but those are exceptions that prove the rule, in my view…
2012-07-16 at 13:36
Generally NOT a fan of Truffaut (Whispers of the Heart is a terrible piece of crud for example) but loved his film version…. Not sure it was better than the book 😉 hehe
2012-07-16 at 13:38
*oops, got some names muddled — Murmur of the Heart…
2012-07-16 at 13:40
Yikes, and Murmur of the Heart is by Malle not Truffaut — ignore my previous comment… Regardless, the other Truffaut films I’ve seen have been underwhelming as well.
2012-07-16 at 13:44
I must admit I’m not a Truffaut fan – didn’t really like Jules et Jim or Les quatre cents coups. But for some reason, Fahrenheit 451 really appealed to me.
2012-07-16 at 13:49
I enjoyed 400 blows but didn’t think it was a masterpiece and tolerated Day to Night but it was really silly — Shoot the Piano Player is kind of fun…