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The vision of the future in an earlier era like the Jetsons is retrofuturism, but here we post examples of our favorite "modern" media mimicking the style of earlier eras. I've been on a big modern retro kick lately myself so that inspired me to make this post. It doesn't have to be recent, and they don't have to be pitch perfect recreations, just something that captures the spirit. Any media is welcome: posters and visual art, albums, movies, TV, games, etc. Let's kick it off with some media about Hitler! The Iron Dream http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Dream I admit I haven't read this one, but I think I heard about it on this forum years ago. It's an "alt-future" novel about Aryan supermen, as if Hitler had taken up writing pulp novels himself. Danger 5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_5 An Australian TV show about a team of super agents trying to take down Hitler. The first season takes place in 60s with era appropriate filming and soundtrack, and season two airing now takes place in the 80s with all sorts of 80s tropes. I admit I like the 1st season a bit better, since the second seems to be too saturated with "80s" references, oddly enough. Kung Fury http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fury A recently kickstarted movie about a time traveling martial arts supercop that needs to take down the best karate master, the Kung Fuhrer. It comes out in a month or two, and I can't wait. Other non-Hitler related media: Shovel Knight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shovel_Knight One of the best and tightest retro platformers, taking cues from Castlevania, Mega Man, Duck Tales and so forth. It's got a great soundtrack by Jake Kaufman and great 8/16-bit pixel art. Hobo With a Shotgun http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1640459/ Modeled after the grindhouse films of yesteryear, and it's pretty gruesome in places but great for a watch if you're in the mood for a pretty unrelenting and ridiculous action movie, starring Rutger Hauer, the replicant from Blade Runner!
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The Fallout games are basically retrofuturism on steroids. Wolfenstein: The New Order also had some kicking rad music that asked what nazis singing rock and roll would sound like.
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Feb 2, 2015 04:52
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I've been enjoying Archer a ton. It's an animated TV series on FX about an international secret intelligence service set in a vaguely 60's-70's New York. Think mod-pop era James Bond, but very self aware... plus like every other pulp spy fiction that came out around those times. It really plays it fast and loose with the time period, though, and intentionally so. Expect to see people place calls on smart phones in front of banks of reel-to-reel mainframes and such. Very funny, and it has some of the same folks behind Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo making it. It's a whole different beast from those two, though, it's a 30 minute show and definitely more accessible, though if you're familiar with the older shows you might catch a few recurring jokes. Lots of great voice talent too, H. Jon Benjamin does the titular character, plus people like Aisha Tyler, Jessica Walters, and Judy Greer to name a few. I'm not selling it very well with this, so don't take my word for it, there's a thread in The TVIV to celebrate the airing of the sixth season. The first four are currently on Netflix and the fifth should make an appearance soon. Give it a shot, the first few episodes are very strong so if it doesn't pass the five episode test I'll be surprised. Tuxedo Ted has a new favorite as of 05:13 on Feb 2, 2015 |
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Feb 2, 2015 05:03
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Tuxedo Ted posted:I've been enjoying Archer a ton.
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Feb 2, 2015 05:48
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Archer is great. I admit I fell off the show with the 5th season but I might have to give it another shot.
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