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Over The Moon Retrofuture Short Film
April 24, 2017

This Retro Alt History Short Features the First Woman to Walk on the Moon

I love modern films that use retrofuturist visuals and this short film has that in spades. “Over the Moon” is an alternative history short…

The Futurism of Walt Disney Documentary
March 21, 2017

Stream this Documentary About The Futurism of Walt Disney

Many people of my generation (and the previous one) are nostalgic about Disney, whether they have memories from going to Disneyland as a child,…

Roomba of the Future!
September 22, 2016

Retrofuture Come True: The Roomba Predicted in 1959

I was browsing Pinterest when I saw this photograph that immediately caught my eye. I’m obsessed with retrofuturist predictions about homes, especially kitchens. In…

Home of the Future: Kitchen Computer
May 17, 2016

The Home of the Future: Year 1999 AD [VIDEO]

Here is an interesting short film I found on Youtube recently. Originally released in 1967, the short film “1999 A.D.” was released by the…

January 31, 2015

A Bored Alien Travels to Earth in a 1958 German Musical

I found this gem of a retrofuturistic movie clip today from the 1958 German film Bühne frei für Marika (translated to Stage Free for…

January 18, 2015

The World of Tomorrow, Today [Video]

This video features quotes from Marshall McLuhan (the man known for predicting the World Wide Web 30 years before it was invited), set to…

Flight of the Conchords Robots
January 18, 2015

A Song for Robots in the Future… [Video]

A bit of a throw-back today to the fantastic song “Robots” by Flight of the Concords. It takes place during the distant future, the…

Jonathan Larson's Unknown Retrofuturistic Songs
January 18, 2015

Jonathan Larson’s Unknown Retrofuturistic Songs

Joanathan Larson is best known for his ground-breaking rock-opera Rent, but before that success, he worked on a few other projects with more of…

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