Comments on: Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 03 – The Space Car http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-03-the-space-car/ A history of the future that never was Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Chris Sobieniak http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-03-the-space-car/#comment-1000 Chris Sobieniak Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:32:39 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=4926#comment-1000 Dan: "I think that the real world cars of 2012, with touchscreen navigation systems, voice commands, Bluetooth connectivity, collision warning, backup cameras, and park assist systems are far more interesting than “Hey! This is a car! And it flys!”" Just more headaches for the driver alone. Probably why I'm glad never to have driven a car yet in my life. Dan:
“I think that the real world cars of 2012, with touchscreen navigation systems, voice commands, Bluetooth connectivity, collision warning, backup cameras, and park assist systems are far more interesting than “Hey! This is a car! And it flys!””

Just more headaches for the driver alone. Probably why I’m glad never to have driven a car yet in my life.

]]> By: Dan http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-03-the-space-car/#comment-911 Dan Sun, 14 Oct 2012 18:28:18 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=4926#comment-911 I've been a longtime lurker of Paleofuture, and as always, it's fun to see the cheesey, antiquated visions of tomorrow from yesterday. Oddly enough, I've never seen the Jetsons, other than glimpses on the TV as a kid. You know, I find it odd that every discussion of the future inevitably results in a mention (often sarcastically) of flying cars. To me, flying cars, jetpacks, and mealpills are the least interesting ideas of the future. I think that the real world cars of 2012, with touchscreen navigation systems, voice commands, Bluetooth connectivity, collision warning, backup cameras, and park assist systems are far more interesting than "Hey! This is a car! And it flys!" I’ve been a longtime lurker of Paleofuture, and as always, it’s fun to see the cheesey, antiquated visions of tomorrow from yesterday. Oddly enough, I’ve never seen the Jetsons, other than glimpses on the TV as a kid.

You know, I find it odd that every discussion of the future inevitably results in a mention (often sarcastically) of flying cars. To me, flying cars, jetpacks, and mealpills are the least interesting ideas of the future.
I think that the real world cars of 2012, with touchscreen navigation systems, voice commands, Bluetooth connectivity, collision warning, backup cameras, and park assist systems are far more interesting than “Hey! This is a car! And it flys!”

]]> By: Max Power http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-03-the-space-car/#comment-884 Max Power Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:46:25 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=4926#comment-884 http://www.seriouswheels.com/1960-1969/1961-Ford-Gyron-Show-Car.htm http://www.seriouswheels.com/1960-1969/1961-Ford-Gyron-Show-Car.htm

]]> By: Max Power http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-03-the-space-car/#comment-883 Max Power Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:46:01 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=4926#comment-883 That “flying carpet car” from “Closer Than We Think” shares a lot of styling cues with Ford's Gyron concept car. That “flying carpet car” from “Closer Than We Think” shares a lot of styling cues with Ford’s Gyron concept car.

]]> By: Andrew http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-03-the-space-car/#comment-880 Andrew Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:15:32 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=4926#comment-880 I too, was amazed at how sexist The Jetsons was when I got the box-set and sae it for the 1st time a few years ago. Much more sexist than The Flintstones, which was maybe a subtle joke - ie. in the liberated future people are sexist, in the primative past, more reasonable. I too, was amazed at how sexist The Jetsons was when I got the box-set and sae it for the 1st time a few years ago. Much more sexist than The Flintstones, which was maybe a subtle joke – ie. in the liberated future people are sexist, in the primative past, more reasonable.

]]> By: Chris Sobieniak http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-03-the-space-car/#comment-877 Chris Sobieniak Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:10:24 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=4926#comment-877 “The Jetsons, a cartoon series about a family of the future, was so bad that my eight-year-old son turned off and said a dirty word.” I hope he got soap in his mouth before bedtime! “The Jetsons, a cartoon series about a family of the future, was so bad that my eight-year-old son turned off and said a dirty word.”

I hope he got soap in his mouth before bedtime!

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