2019

[Trike]

I don’t pay much attention to the passing of time. When I say something happened “the other day”, that could be last Tuesday or 1985. A couple weeks ago it suddenly hit me that 1999 was 20 years ago. I suffered some chronological whiplash.

I clearly recall anticipating 1997 because that was the year the Robinsons got lost in space, that Snake Plissken escaped from New York, that Skynet became self-aware, that HAL went online... all sorts of cool stuff.

2019 is a year like that.

2019 is the year we discover proof that aliens exist on Alpha Centauri, per The Sparrow, Roy Batty schools Deckard about being a blade runner, Kaneda and Akira face off in NeoTokyo, and The Running Man is a hit reality TV series.

I noticed also that Daniel Radcliffe is going to be 30 this year, making him older than Harry Potter is at the end of Deathly Hallows’ infamous “19 years later”. Heh, nevermind I’m dumb. See below.

Anything else going down this year?

[Silvana]

Dark Angel was set in 2019. Do we have a Manticore program yet? Anyone met gorgeous supersoldiers with barcodes on their necks?

[Phillip]

Trike wrote: "I clearly recall anticipating 1997 because that was the year the Robinsons got lost in space, that Snake Plissken escaped from New York, that Skynet became self-aware, that HAL went online... all sorts of cool stuff."

I had a Terminator marathon in August 1997. Judgment Day happened on my television.

[John (Nevets)]

I'm not sure about your math on the Daniel Radcliffe one, but otherwise, thanks for the jaunt down memory lane.

Just from a high level, how crazy is it that Running Man is as prescient as it is.

[John (Taloni)]

^Yeah, 18+19 = 37. (Echoes of Dante in Clerks saying "I'm 37?!?")

I am still waiting on lunar and mars colonies. Not mention we are 18 years late for an AI and a message from monoliths. *taps feet impatiently*

[Scott]

John Spartan and Simon Phoenix have been frozen cryogenically for 23 years and will be released in 13 years.
Do you know about the seashells yet?

[Paul]

Man, I grew up on Space 1999 so I've been bummed out by this for literally decades...

[Joseph]

Let us not forget that per the timeline of C.J. Cherryh's Alliance/Union books, the first (unmanned) interstellar probe was launched in 2005 and the first manned expedition (sublight) departed probably around 2015.

[John (Taloni)]

On the plus side we can still look forward to Zefram Cochrane's discovery of warp drive, only 44 years away. Keep taking those vitamins kids!

[Rick]

Charlie Stross' Accelerando has been happening for 9 years....

[Trike]

John (Taloni) wrote: "^Yeah, 18+19 = 37. (Echoes of Dante in Clerks saying "I'm 37?!?")

I am still waiting on lunar and mars colonies. Not mention we are 18 years late for an AI and a message from monoliths. *taps feet..."

LOL I just realized used 9 instead of 19. How embarrassing. 😝

[John (Nevets)]

John (Taloni) wrote: "On the plus side we can still look forward to Zefram Cochrane's discovery of warp drive, only 44 years away. Keep taking those vitamins kids!"

But that would mean we are only 7 years away from WWIII, not sure I’m ready for that.

[Dara]

The Matrix turns 20 in March and that just seems impossible. That film still feels new to me.

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

Dara wrote: "The Matrix turns 20 in March and that just seems impossible. That film still feels new to me."

Still my favourite Sci-Fi movie and the best movie ever made in Australia.

[John (Nevets)]

Wow, Dave that's a tall order. It is a great movie, but for my money "Fury Road", may pull ahead of it for made in Australia. I might even put "After Thuderdome" as close runner up to both those, but it's all personal taste.

[Trike]

John (Nevets) wrote: "Wow, Dave that's a tall order. It is a great movie, but for my money "Fury Road", may pull ahead of it for made in Australia. I might even put "After Thuderdome" as close runner up to both those, b..."

Technically Fury Road was mostly made in Namibia and South Africa.

[Joseph]

And let us not forget The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

[John (Nevets)]

Trike wrote: "Technically Fury Road was mostly made in Namibia and South Africa."

Dohh, I forgot that. Wasn't it something like that year it ended up being crazy wet in Central Australia or am I misremembering that as well.

And yes I agree "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" should be in the conversation as well, that was a really fun movie.

*edited for clarity*

[Trike]

John (Nevets) wrote: "Trike wrote: "John (Nevets) wrote: "Technically Fury Road was mostly made in Namibia and South Africa."

Dohh, I forgot that. Wasn't it something like that year it ended up being crazy wet in Centr..."

Yep: https://www.movie-locations.com/movie...

[Dara]

Thanks, climate change.