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One of my favorite things in scifi is when later movies/shows have to try to write around old design chocies. (startrek.website)
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[–] drlecompte@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, not everything is super utilitarian. The other day we were in Antwerp's old harbor, which has these big open hangars. The roofs and pillars are pretty ornamental, and these are basically 19th century industrial buildings. Built today they would be all straight lines and flat panels.

I think it's cool if people imagine a future that's not just about technological progress but also culturally very different and even disturbing. I think Dune does a fairly good job at that.