The Future That Never Was: 70s Retro Futurism.

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[davidk]

I remeber the TV series 'Space 1999' as an 80's kid. That was the future I was looking forward to.

[mxvega]

When I was 9, I was given a big, heavy, hard-cover book called The Usborne Book of the Future. I pored over that thing. Every page, every drawing, every implication of materials use, how propulsion might work, how people would live. And when we would get jetpacks.
That was 1979.

[nathanjustus]

In the 70s, the boomers were not running things. They were the underlings. As soon as they were in charge, everything went away.

[lordMartiya]

Not the jetpacks for everyone. I see how insane people are with simple electric scooters, I don't want to imagine them with jetpacks.

[DrXenolan]

The artwork of Don Davis essentially defined for me as a child what “The Future” would be like. I once posted his interior Stanford Torus picture on a Facebook chat as a response to something that someone said about space colonies, saying that I still liked the aesthetic of the design even though it was from the 1970s, only to find that I had just replied to Don himself with his own picture! That was a great moment.

[VickiCampbell-]

As a kid, I loved 2001 A Space Odyssey, Logan's Run, Space 1999, and anything that had that futuristic look. Jacque Fresco did amazing work on The Venus Project.

[AmigaA-orhj]

The artwork reminds me of; “Rendezvous With Rama.”

[originaluddite]

One element common to many of those images is green open spaces or the blending of indoor and outdoor settings.

[white-dragon]

As for the technology, most of it seems practical and liveable, just like that seen in Minority Report. All too often people go wild with circus like cities that people would never want to live in, but the ones on the pics appear to be sensible enough to one day be built. However, I say "one day", because whilst we've got sociopathic kleptocrats in charge, ones who see more profit in war rather than the advancement of humanity, then these things will take at least 100 years before they're built.

[juliannehunter]

Thank you for sharing these marvelous illustrations from the 1970's. I came of age in that era and was keenly interested in science fiction, but have never seen these before.

[johna]

This is the decade I (mostly) grew up in and this is the stuff that got me interested in futuristic things. My interest in this was initiated in the 5th grade when my teacher taught us about planned cities. I also liked watching Star Trek re-runs.
If anybody remembers it, in the late 70's and early 80's I used to buy Future Life magazine at a local store. I saved 4 of them and still have them. They're in mint condition. They are Sept and Dec 1979 and March and May 1980. They have some of the same illustrations shown in this video.

[AJ-qkwc]

Why the future isn't the same like we imagine, bcoz we don't count all the shortcomings in world, geopolitics, greed, etc

[naturalcambion]

Little did they know that the future would be a diverse, inclusive, and equitable society with beauty and safety and love.

[bearlogg]

Bro thought he could have a golden future without the golden standards he mad!

[Steve-cgek]

1970s Fusion in 50 years. Mars colony in 30 years.

2020s Fusion in 50 years. Mars colony in 30 years.

[jasperdoornbos]

In the netherlands we had the Gebroeders Das, twin brothers that made beautiful pictures of scenes in the future. Rudolf and Robbert. Maybe you can look into that. Kind regards, Jasper

[cristianruiz]

5:16 The suspension bridge is straight and level.
5:25 In a dramatic documentary, a neutron star will pass through the solar system in 70 years and everyone will agree to build one to escape.
5:37 The plane has vertical takeoff and landing.
7:02 Plenty of space between buildings to make it bright and windy.

[ee]

Robert McCall is one of my favorite artist

[julian]

Can you do a spinoff where you describe the future…. But to a late 5th century Roman? 😜😅

[prowlus]

Nice colonies ….. wonder how well they drop! 😂