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Raygun Gothic

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Raygun Gothic refers to any creative work from 1900 through about 1959, predicting the future before it became possible. Think rockets and rayguns, flying cars and futuristic cities - especially if the vision never quite panned out in reality. We find this aesthetic in product design, book covers, films, radio & TV. "A tomorrow that never was". The same style as in the Fallout games, The Jetsons and so on but focused on the time period through the 50s.

See also: Raygun Gothic at TVTropes

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The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

This guy Gorts

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That probe looks less than peaceful.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Watch the movie and you'll see the people it was facing had the same thought.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

We watched this over in YT Movies a while ago. Classic film.

https://lemm.ee/post/48300542