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[[File:Micros.jpg|link=Star Wars|frame|Well, it was a long time ago.<ref>In a galaxy far, far away.</ref>]]
 
{{quote|''We've got screens figured out '''now'''. What happens in the future that makes them worse?''|'''Graham Stark''', ''[[Unskippable]]''}}
|'''Graham Stark''', ''[[Unskippable]]''}}
 
{{quote|''Ugh, you'd think in the future they'd have better graphics than ''[[Pong]]''.''|'''Joel Robinson''', ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]: [[Warrior of the Lost World]]''}}
|'''Joel Robinson''', ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]: [[Warrior of the Lost World]]''}}
 
To the right is what a computer display in ''[[Star Wars]]'' looks like. Now look anywhere at your screen, and compare to what your computer can do.
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See also [[Extreme Graphical Representation]], [[Holographic Terminal]], [[Magic Floppy Disk]]. Related to [[Science Marches On]] and [[Tech Marches On]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
 
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* In ''[[Knight Rider]]'', all of KITT's "complex" displays are source listings of BASIC programs.
* Even worse, in ''[[Timeslip]]'', a futuristic (evil) computer can output ''directly as brainwaves'' or on a video screen. The video screen ''shows the image of a teletype printing out the computer's output.''
* The makers of the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic(1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' made an effort to avoid (well, delay) this trope by using the top-of-the-line graphics systems then available for the bridge display of incoming enemy fighters. They looked rather impressive for about five years.
** Oddly enough, the [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined(2004 TV series)|re-imagined series]] [[Invoked Trope|made a point of this]] with the computers on ''Galactica'', which [[Word of God|have been described as]] being far below the specs of today's systems.
*** It is presumably due to trying to avoid this trope that you don't really see the computer displays on the ''Pegasus'' (which is a more up to date battlestar) or any of the civilian ships, all of which would be running the "current day" (or at least more modern) colonial computers as opposed to the obsolete systems on the ''Galactica''.
*** The spin-off ''[[Caprica]]'' used much more flashy looking displays and technology in general - for instance, the tablet device Zoe uses and then rolls up to put back in her pocket.
** When the film ''[[Space Mutiny]]'' (which used classic ''Galactica'' scenes) was featured on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', Mike and the 'bots took notice of this easily.
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