We need more Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century influences tbh.

[rogueslayer452]

You know in older shows, like from the 80s and even early 90s, where they would do episodes where a character dreams about what the future would look like in the 2000s? I'm always so fascinated by what they envision the future we currently live in looks like, because it's obviously so outdated but there's something endearing about how outlandish some of ideas got particularly with how advanced we would get (not that we haven't been, of course, we've advanced quite impressively technologically, just not as advanced as, say, space travel or time travel as these shows tended to envision). If it was for a sitcom clearly they're going to amp up the ridiculousness of it, but the creativity of what The Near Future would be like is still interesting to see. Inspired, of course, from the science fiction seen during those particular eras since I, too, was also looking forward to the notion of flying cars, but interesting nonetheless. So much high hopes, so optimistic.

It's also interesting how we kinda sorta imitated some of those things, at least in terms of fashion, when it became the 21st century. A lot of early 00s fashion was very much inspired by some of those 80s/90s predictions of how they thought we would look. Metallic, wacky hairstyles and fashion trends, it was very fun and I wish that we could bring those back again. We need less focus on fashion being perfection and more on having it be fun and messy, just but bold and out there.

(On another note, there's a lot to be said about how we all had these kinds of optimistic looks towards the future, until that all shifted and anything futuristic had a more pessimistic tone, and oftentimes a kind of post-apocalyptic or dystopian feel. Not everything of course, but it certainly feels like it with what is being pushed in mainstream.)

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[icecoldrain.livejournal.com]

I always remember the flying cars and people openly living in space. We're clearly not anywhere near this lmao but it's def fun to think about. OMG YESSSS I loved all the metallic clothes and hair stuff. Let's bring this back.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

It's definitely fun to think about, and believe me I think about it all the time. I like fantasizing what living in space would be like, on another planet, on a space station, etc.

OMG YESSSS I loved all the metallic clothes and hair stuff. Let's bring this back.

I KNOW RIGHT? I loved those trends. It may have been nonsensical, but it made fashion fun and unique.