39,327
edits
Everything Is an iPod In The Future: Difference between revisions
Everything Is an iPod In The Future (view source)
Revision as of 23:03, 4 October 2014
, 9 years agoupdate links
m (update links) |
m (update links) |
||
Line 21:
== Films -- Animation ==
* EVE in ''[[WALL-E]]'' is basically a floating sentient iPod space probe that appears to be made mostly of curves, folds up neatly, and is packed with numerous features. Makes sense, since her character design was done by Jonathan Ive, who designed... wait for it... the iPod.
* ''[[Despicable Me]]'' uses this to contrast Gru's classic [[Mad Scientist]] style villainy with the upstart, next-gen villain, Vector. Gru's base looks like something out of a [[James Bond]] film, Vector's looks like if Steve Jobs had designed an iFortress.
Line 31:
** Ironically, the pop art bright colors in the Original Series make more sense as it prevents cabin fever among the crew.
** At the end of ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home|Star Trek IV the Voyage Home]]'', we very briefly see the NCC-1701-A ''Enterprise'''s bridge, which is just the STTMP bridge set [http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/tvhhd/tvhhd2278.jpg painted completely white with black touchscreens], anticipating the iPod style in 1986. However, the design of the bridge would be significantly changed in ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier|Star Trek V the Final Frontier]]''.
* The Starship Heart of Gold and Marvin the Paranoid Android in the film adaptation of ''[[The
** The films artbook actually almost outlines this trope word for word. It also refers to how the designers wanted the titular guide to look like the ''previous'' generations iPod to the Heart of Gold's current gen model.
* In the second ''[[Cube]]'', instead of something out of hell with dark shadows, visible circuit boards, spinning doorlatches and rumbling elevators, the environment of the new tesseract cube is almost user-friendly with all white surfaces and touch-to-open panels.
Line 41:
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' -- this aesthetic style is very common, depending on the planet or area. High class has this aesthetics, low class has to settle for [[Used Future]]. Straightest example is the insides of buildings at Kamino, the [[Single Biome Planet|rainy planet]] with the extensive cloning facilities, probably to make the place look extra clean and hospital-like.
** Kaminoan interiors surely look like this trope, but it's subverted: the walls of Kamino's cities are actually covered by beautiful art... that's only visible in UV spectrum (and only Kaminoans have UV vision).
** Leia's ship that gets captured at the beginning of A New Hope.
* ''[[Tron]]'', a film that takes place inside of a computer, uses this aesthetic, partly because of the limited CG technology of the time, but mostly because everything is supposed to look sleek and virtual. The video game sequel, ''[[Tron 2.0]]'', modernizes it slightly. The film sequel, ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'', is actually an interesting subversion -- when you consider that the OS that everyone uses was made by a hacker, it makes sense that all the computer use a Command Line Interface, making for something of a Linux future.
* The control room for the Arena in ''[[The Hunger Games (film)|The Hunger Games]]'' [[The Film of the Book|adaptation]] has an Apple-like aesthetic.
Line 81:
* The shinier locales in ''[[Mass Effect]]'', like Illium or the Citadel, tend towards smooth white walls and blue [[Holographic Terminal|Holographic Terminals]]. Both of the Normandy ships also have a sleek, minimalist aesthetic in their interior.
* Terran ships and stations in the ''[[X (video game)|X]]'' Universe are an example of this in sharp contrast to both other races and Argon (human [[Lost Colony]]) ships which are instead [[ISO Standard Human Spaceship|gray, blocky and have more exposed machinery]].
* The Empire of the Rising Sun in ''[[Command
* Aeon technology in ''[[Supreme Commander]]'' is like this, in contrast to the utilitarian UEF look or the Cyberpunk Cybrans.
* ''[[Putt-Putt]] Travels Through Time'' predicted the future would take place on [[Floating Continent|Floating Continents]], with teleportation being possible, having food makers for all living creatures, libraries where you could print your own stories, museums where calculators are ancient mathematics artifacts, and [[Artistic License Economics|there is no such thing as money.]]
Line 120:
** Microsoft played it straight with their view of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxPn4Eo0PRk 2020].
* Many of the exhibits at the Sony Wonder Tech Lab in Manhattan, New York are designed this way.
* This is a common design for the new wave of trendy self-serve frozen yogurt shops that have been sweeping the US in the last few years.
* Subverted by ''[[Consumer Reports]]''' recommended stopgap fix for the Apple iPhone 4's "death grip" problem. Put [[Duct Tape for Everything|duct tape]] on the case - [[Used Future]] iPhone, anyone?
* The "Ceramic White" dashboard trim for the Chevy Volt. [[Law of Chromatic Superiority|The "Dark" alternative is only available if you order one of the leather upholstery options ($1000)]].
| |||