Whenever talking about " ignore futurity " I tend to point to this film as a great deterrent example . The hereafter being sold includes a fulgent array of technological cash advance , while depicting a mob with the same social and gender norms of the time in which it was create .
An excerpt , along with the piece in its entirety come along below .
The nagging wife will presently be obsolete — another dupe of progress .
But if Dad thinks his days of being biddy - pecked are over , just wait until he meets the new head of the household — the electronic kitchen computer .
The year is 1999 . The fit : a distinctive American kitchen . The caseful : Mom , Dad and Junior . The game : What is for lunch ?
momma go to her automated kitchen console table and weight-lift a serial publication of clitoris . In a few endorsement today ’s bill of fare appears on the electronic screen .
The first one indicate consomme as a first course of instruction for all , a cheese omelette for Dad , cottage cheese and Lycopersicon esculentum for Mom and broil volaille , mashed potatoes , spinach and mushrooms for Junior . All three get fresh fruit for dessert .
The second bill of fare is tomato juice for all , volaille salad for Dad , a Opuntia tuna sandwich for Mom and broiled Salmon River , Brassica oleracea italica and carrots for Junior . Dessert for everybody is chocolate pudding .
Dad say , " Nuts , no machine is telling me what to eat , I ’m suffer a cheeseburger with French french-fried potatoes and a cold bottle of beer . "
mama consults her estimator . The reply is , " no-count , cheeseburger , fries and beer are 400 calories over apportionment . Suggest you try cold knock kick , green salad and low gram calorie beer . " Click .
And Dad scowlingly agrees . Mom press the buttons on her console to put the meal and two minutes later the family sits down to lunch .
After lunch , Dad attempt to sneak off for a nap — but , oh , no , Big Brother has plan for him . fit in to the wellness record maintained by the family data processor , which each morn checks pules , temperature , weighting and rakehell pressure , Dad needs to work out and so off he marches , still scold , to do his pushups and kneebends .
Nor is there any rest in sight . After exercises comes advance hour . First , there is the report of mathematics , space pilotage and foreign voice communication spewed off on tape . Then a session on culture lead by the auto - composer which reproduces the sounds of all legal instrument and offer Dad the opportunity to compose his own music .
lastly , as Dad fall off in exhaustion , the small bleep - beep cue him that he still has his hobby task to finish and so he trots off again , an distressed victim of progress , as the mantle drop on Scene : 1999 .
A phantasy ? An impossible action ? Not according to the Philco - Ford Corporation which has just nail a color move exposure " 1999 A.D. " in which the " House of Tomorrow " as image by caller applied scientist and industrial designers , will be display on motion-picture show screen in various film star sign this fall and winter .
The film1999 A.D.can be buy atAV Geeks .
1967 Oct 16 Fresno Bee – Fresno , CA Paleo Future
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