Retrofuturism: Another Night, Another Tomorrow | Sleepcore

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  • Sleepcore returns with another night of better tomorrows! We once again look at retrofuturism from the 1920s to the early 2000s!
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Komentáře • 177

  • @chimpinaneckbrace
    @chimpinaneckbrace Před 3 lety +7

    I’m currently watching this on my CD ROM shoulder pads.

  • @dave3657
    @dave3657 Před 3 lety +56

    "The future ain't what it used to be." Sums it pretty nicely. 🚀

  • @jsherck
    @jsherck Před 3 lety +7

    That prune ad with Ray Bradbury is one of the finest advertisements I've ever seen.

  • @Oblivionbolt1
    @Oblivionbolt1 Před 3 lety +11

    going to refer to my phone as a personal data terminal now.

    • @tolfan4438
      @tolfan4438 Před 3 lety

      You should. The 'phone app is the least used app

  • @martinvenegas748
    @martinvenegas748 Před rokem +2

    Dude the Pontiac Stinger looks sick

  • @AK.__
    @AK.__ Před rokem +3

    "wearable computers" part - we watched in the office. it was lol, like good comedy movie. Instead of thinking about developing new tech, people thought, how to attach all the existing devices to the clothes. Good that they used CD-ROM and not Vinyl.

  • @ShiftingFlesh
    @ShiftingFlesh Před 3 lety +122

    I really don't say this enough at all. But you make extremely radically dope content man.

    • @ZLAKOZILLA
      @ZLAKOZILLA Před 3 lety +7

      "Radically dope content" best description ever :-) ha ha ha

    • @Cracktaculus
      @Cracktaculus Před 3 lety

      Indeed.

    • @tri55555
      @tri55555 Před 3 lety +1

      For sure

    • @thedaggonator
      @thedaggonator Před 3 lety +1

      I cant tell weather your a boomer, or a sarcastic gen z, but either way, that's a great description xD

    • @ShiftingFlesh
      @ShiftingFlesh Před 3 lety +3

      @@thedaggonator Thanks lol. I'm Gen X.

  • @WeeWeeJumbo
    @WeeWeeJumbo Před 3 lety +8

    This channel is the strongest argument I've seen so far for a second monitor.
    I've worked from home since 2014.

  • @cosmiccivic2124
    @cosmiccivic2124 Před rokem +4

    Imagine living in a world that the future looks bright

  • @JetJockey87
    @JetJockey87 Před 3 lety +13

    Just browsing late at night looking for inspiration for a retro dystopian game I'm working on and good god man this channel is a gift

  • @michaelascerno3813
    @michaelascerno3813 Před 3 lety +14

    This stuff is beyond reality for sure. Computer cloths is the funniest thing I've seen in awhile. Keep up your channel please. It's original mind numbness...love it!

  • @ferociousgumby
    @ferociousgumby Před 3 lety +3

    I think absolutely everything in that "wearable computer" line was replaced by the cellphone.

  • @CallMeMrRook
    @CallMeMrRook Před 3 lety +2

    That corvette... just take my money!!!!

    • @PhilipKaskela
      @PhilipKaskela Před 3 lety

      Do it, you can get a nice c4 vette for 5k now

  • @JohnFrancis66
    @JohnFrancis66 Před 3 lety +26

    Man, it's _always_ the central diode.

    • @chimpinaneckbrace
      @chimpinaneckbrace Před 3 lety

      For a second I thought Future Cop Michael Shannon was the Boardwalk Empire Michael Shannon.

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy Před 2 lety

      Whoever wrote that script didn't have a clue about electronics.

  • @RM-yw6xe
    @RM-yw6xe Před rokem

    I love how these are all geared toward working more

  • @rayceeya8659
    @rayceeya8659 Před 3 lety +16

    Me in 1990: That Pontiac Stinger looks pretty cool
    GMC in 2000: We now debut the Pontiac Aztec
    Me: ummmmmm

    • @markjeffels3327
      @markjeffels3327 Před 3 lety

      The Aztec was so ugly and cost so much, it is what killed the Pontiac label.

    • @OhioScot
      @OhioScot Před 3 lety +1

      @@markjeffels3327 the road to a car brand going out of business are paved with good intentions! lol

    • @cookiecat1234
      @cookiecat1234 Před 3 lety

      If they just made the stinger it probably would’ve sold well considering everything built in, as long as it wasn’t crazy expensive

    • @cookiecat1234
      @cookiecat1234 Před 3 lety

      Also call me weird but I don’t mind the look.... don’t get me wrong it is ugly and I wouldn’t buy it but there are ways they could’ve made it look better

    • @chimpinaneckbrace
      @chimpinaneckbrace Před 3 lety

      The Stinger sort of reminds me of those weird Polaris Slingshots.

  • @captainarcher2
    @captainarcher2 Před 3 lety +6

    The Pontiac Stinger looks so cool !! I wish I had one. Then I can be the ultimate Beach Douche Bag that all the ladies can love.

    • @rush1er
      @rush1er Před 2 lety

      Hell yeah you'd be makin them basic bitches moist af! As long as you also gots this drip here @3:05

  • @geraldtrudeau3223
    @geraldtrudeau3223 Před 3 lety +14

    "You can work even when you've left the office". How very Japanese. Work like a drone non- stop, till the day you die.

    • @accidentalpatient4152
      @accidentalpatient4152 Před 3 lety +1

      More Chinese

    • @pinkkam
      @pinkkam Před 3 lety +2

      nah, thats the entire 1st world, people continue to work on laptops at home n stuff

    • @johnbockelie3899
      @johnbockelie3899 Před 3 lety

      In Japan it is an honor to die on the job. A dishonor to die doing nothing.

    • @lindaeasley5606
      @lindaeasley5606 Před 3 lety +1

      Some people have lives outside of their job .This whole presentation for combining the human body with the computer is so creepy and wrong,not to mention at this particular time,incredibly uncomfortable for the body making it less mobile

    • @vernonpaigejr.1517
      @vernonpaigejr.1517 Před rokem

      @@pinkkam which I'm doing right now. LOL

  • @lopiklop
    @lopiklop Před 2 lety +1

    trackballs are the future! Literally everything will have trackballs!

  • @picard714
    @picard714 Před 3 lety +4

    Lol Never knew that the great Ray Bradbury did an ad for prunes!

  • @radcheckinski6300
    @radcheckinski6300 Před 3 lety +19

    cd rom shoulder pads lmfaoooo

  • @Libikuroi
    @Libikuroi Před 3 lety +3

    Dude your videos are too awesome and far too interesting to sleep to. Find myself always watching the whole thing. You create this time travel feeling. Like I'm sitting in the past watching tv.

  • @ShoutItFromTheHousetops
    @ShoutItFromTheHousetops Před 3 lety +9

    Great content for comparison from past to present. Crazy how long ago the technologies of today were conceived. Not always advances for the good of mankind...

  • @michaelascerno3813
    @michaelascerno3813 Před 3 lety +7

    Love everything about your channel. Content, editing, storylines...Thanks!

  • @TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores

    19:40 "First, let me get a snack from the vending machine."

  • @zmoore5555
    @zmoore5555 Před 2 lety +3

    Amazing how the smartphone made all the computer clothes completely irrelevant

  • @LouisLeeKH
    @LouisLeeKH Před 3 lety +1

    The green future car is wonderful.

  • @fiercecamaross
    @fiercecamaross Před 6 měsíci

    That Pontiac Stinger was way ahead of it's time without a doubt.

  • @ZCKaiju
    @ZCKaiju Před 3 lety +3

    "I didn't mention prunes in any of my stories, never. I'm sorry to be so candid..." @10:10

  • @j.d.4697
    @j.d.4697 Před rokem

    That Corvette still looks great today.

  • @iplaymytele
    @iplaymytele Před 3 lety +2

    This is my new favorite channel.....!!!

  • @drdean9913
    @drdean9913 Před 3 lety +4

    Can't wait. The future looks bright.

  • @railgap
    @railgap Před rokem +3

    if you're gonna start thinking of "retro" after just 30 years (LOL) ya may as well start pushing for the world of Logan's Run!

  • @JoshTheBassist
    @JoshTheBassist Před 3 lety +5

    I found your channel about a week ago. I really really enjoy it.

  • @berighteous
    @berighteous Před 3 lety +33

    nobody will ever wear a laptop. Funny that nobody thought of just small touch screen computers

    • @adamnelson4428
      @adamnelson4428 Před 3 lety +4

      Arthur C Clark did in 1968 for 2001 a space odyssey

    • @Y2Kr4SHM4N
      @Y2Kr4SHM4N Před 3 lety +4

      They did. The Knightridder tablet was prototyped in 94.

    • @durrcodurr
      @durrcodurr Před 3 lety +3

      Star Trek TNG had PADD tablet computers (conceptually -- for filming they had to print out the screen content onto foil).

    • @Y2Kr4SHM4N
      @Y2Kr4SHM4N Před 3 lety +2

      @@durrcodurr Also, around about 2000 I had an Ipaq 5550 which was effectively a smartphone without the phone.
      Biometric fingerprint access ✅
      News apps ✅
      GPS ✅ (GPS sleeve accessory)
      Full length movies on SD card ✅
      Games (Doom, Tomb Raider etc) ✅
      So society had thought of that long before I was using it. I used it, because I knew it was futuristic due to seeing the tech in media. I knew it’s what phones would become. Others didn’t understand what it was, nor would they believe me. “I won’t watch a movie on something that fits in my palm.”
      “Im not reading news on something that small.”
      “I’m not taking directions from a talking machine!”
      Oh yeah?

    • @Bobo-ox7fj
      @Bobo-ox7fj Před rokem

      @@Y2Kr4SHM4N And yet, a screen is inferior for reading, even the largest tablets too small for cinema and GPS navigation has the immediate effect of making its users less able to remember routes and areas themselves. We trade quality for convenience at every opportunity.

  • @edeggermont
    @edeggermont Před 3 lety +5

    Super nice compilation again. I like your editing style

  • @j.d.4697
    @j.d.4697 Před rokem

    "Hmmm which computer am I gonna wear today??" 🤔
    "No need to stop work, just because you left the office!" A dream come true for all humans!

  • @oneeyewanders
    @oneeyewanders Před 3 lety +3

    Another killer set. I am addicted

  • @TheInfinitySystem
    @TheInfinitySystem Před 3 lety +3

    Okay, not gonna lie... if they sold the Stinger in Cherry Red- totally get one.

  • @xtalvt
    @xtalvt Před 3 lety +1

    WOW ... memories !!!!!!!! I still have the original article about the Pontiac Stinger! I had never seen the video .... still dream of building one of these. Another great video !!!!!!!!!

  • @ohem
    @ohem Před rokem

    Your celebration of the medium of TV is one of the highlights of CZcams. You're inspired.

  • @Agustin_Leal
    @Agustin_Leal Před rokem +1

    The wearable computer segment was so cursed 💀

  • @duplicarus
    @duplicarus Před 3 lety

    1:58 … watching this on my computer that fits in my pocket and more advanced than anything they had at the time

  • @orgenoburt8988
    @orgenoburt8988 Před 3 lety +3

    No better channel on CZcams IMO!!

  • @francescaa8331
    @francescaa8331 Před rokem

    These videos are oddly relaxing. Thank you.

  • @rayceeya8659
    @rayceeya8659 Před 3 lety +5

    "All updated 16 times every second"
    LOL 16hz display would give me a headache.

  • @bratfett
    @bratfett Před 3 lety +5

    in the past, even the old times were better.
    a prima channel. _ TanX and cheers.

  • @sandrosantos3622
    @sandrosantos3622 Před rokem

    8:11 The Corvette add is so daft punk!

  • @carbonunit3191
    @carbonunit3191 Před 3 lety

    I absolutely adore these videos. You must have put so much effort in. Just to help me sleep. Problem is, it’s just so interesting that I often don’t! Please keep up the good work!

  • @Sebastian-xh4cc
    @Sebastian-xh4cc Před 3 lety +1

    90s Lady - Bulky computers are a thing of the past, you gotta wear this sh*t!
    2021 - Bulky computer goes brrrrrrrrrrr....

  • @claudiacann
    @claudiacann Před 3 lety +3

    please don’t stop posting retro

  • @gregwilson825
    @gregwilson825 Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent work here. This material so obscure.

  • @packers12to80
    @packers12to80 Před 9 měsíci

    Cell phones said check mate to the whole pc body segment 😂

  • @CC-fn4ch
    @CC-fn4ch Před 3 lety +6

    20 to 25 hour work weeks 🤣

  • @weeue
    @weeue Před 3 lety +1

    Lesson for companies is never showcase your products not ready for sale.

  • @pedazodeboludo
    @pedazodeboludo Před 3 lety +4

    I love that the old concept is waaaay cooler than the crappy car they show in the "present."

  • @rehetbutler
    @rehetbutler Před 3 lety +1

    Every time I hear " in the not too distant future", I start singing the MST3K theme.

  • @pentizel
    @pentizel Před 2 lety

    The spherical spaceship was one designed by Ulinski and was propelled by electricity.

  • @jaredwblack
    @jaredwblack Před 3 lety +2

    That first film is Retro-Retro Futurism

  • @acasual9923
    @acasual9923 Před 2 lety

    3:55 hilarious how they thought faxing would still be used in the future

  • @AckzaTV
    @AckzaTV Před rokem +1

    i want a pontiac stinger!

  • @marcblack1
    @marcblack1 Před rokem

    I love this guy.!. He could pass for Jerry Louise so funny

  • @DJDEPLORABLE
    @DJDEPLORABLE Před 3 lety +3

    9:41 but I thought the news said those were the rona symptoms 👀💀😆

  • @HiroNguy
    @HiroNguy Před 3 lety +1

    That patient is already a cyborg.

  • @ericsuarez834
    @ericsuarez834 Před rokem

    11:30 my favorite part

  • @brokkrep
    @brokkrep Před 2 lety +1

    Great video again! You help me sleep. Quick question: What is the music called on the Leisure 2000?

  • @TheInfinitySystem
    @TheInfinitySystem Před 3 lety +2

    1:57 You mean the cell phone?

  • @ZCKaiju
    @ZCKaiju Před 3 lety +1

    21:15 This song slaps

  • @notaclam1
    @notaclam1 Před 3 lety

    They're running the future!

  • @Lazarett
    @Lazarett Před 2 lety

    Parquer , Marquer et mis au travail !!! ...

  • @BluetheRaccoon
    @BluetheRaccoon Před rokem

    5:00 The inventors got so caught up in making a wearable tech, they forgot to consider *who* it would be for. It looks more "movie prop" than plausible idea.

  • @tc-tm1my
    @tc-tm1my Před 5 měsíci

    Stinger is a good way to get robbed pretty quick.

  • @jahimjauh-hey5653
    @jahimjauh-hey5653 Před 3 lety

    Robert Lee needs its own video. The discussion in the comments would be interesting.

  • @GhostMacross01
    @GhostMacross01 Před 3 lety

    Tracey Curro is one gorgeous gall from next door.

  • @krebsomaticfourtwenty
    @krebsomaticfourtwenty Před 3 lety +6

    27:31 WTF?

  • @diddykong7354
    @diddykong7354 Před rokem +1

    lol those computers like geez man what we have now is way better than what they imaged. smartphones and ipads

  • @SashkoBljad
    @SashkoBljad Před 3 lety +1

    5:55 postmodern ambulance officer)

  • @sithlordbok420
    @sithlordbok420 Před rokem +1

    If only they knew about the Internet and micro processor boom of the 90's.

  • @shemmac4700
    @shemmac4700 Před rokem

    Wow so many of these things have happens or are happening.

  • @balthazzaarmontague8036
    @balthazzaarmontague8036 Před 3 lety +2

    wait wait wait...why TF would you need to have TWO portable vacuum cleaners in your car?? And why would they include a take-anywhere GARDEN HOSE with the car?? this world is very strange...

  • @sterlinsilver
    @sterlinsilver Před 3 lety +1

    1:45 not sure If that fashion is what i'd call fabulous!

  • @oliversmith9200
    @oliversmith9200 Před 3 lety +2

    Per the last segment's interview forecasts. Time has shown that under the persisting situation, enabling people to be more human turns out to be incompatible with 21st Century market economy elite driven political criteria...
    And of course, what happened to the national influence of organized labor? What orchestrative money-property elite political block subsequently dominates unfettered? Oh yes... Sleep.

  • @martyndyson9501
    @martyndyson9501 Před 2 lety +1

    Id almost feel sorry for them if i could stop laughing for long enough!!

  • @paulbauer8256
    @paulbauer8256 Před 3 lety +1

    2:49 haha among us funny

  • @BillOweninOttawa
    @BillOweninOttawa Před rokem

    So many keyboards. Futurists did not see much future in voice recog as at the time it seemed almost impossible. That was the case right up until a few years ago. Even today Assistant and Siri will fail, but the day will come, and soon, when AI's are better at understanding spoken language better then we do.

  • @goldplatnium
    @goldplatnium Před 3 lety +7

    That’s way to much shit to have in one car, I could see all of those panels falling off within a year.

    • @morbidmanmusic
      @morbidmanmusic Před 3 lety +1

      stolen in a day... that is an ice cooler door!!!

    • @harmanx.
      @harmanx. Před 3 lety +3

      I have one hand-vac for my whole house -- but this car has two of them.

  • @notmyfault29
    @notmyfault29 Před rokem

    Lots of leisure time is right because no one has a job.

  • @mybluemars
    @mybluemars Před 3 lety +2

    28:13 it's 2021 and where is this "Sleep Machine"?

  • @richardnottelmann58
    @richardnottelmann58 Před 3 lety

    NEO would love this 😀 🤣.

  • @franciscobarraza1744
    @franciscobarraza1744 Před 21 dnem

    Love the content of your channel.
    However, it is a shame that someone finds these videos boring and uses them to sleep.

  • @TwiceAsVice
    @TwiceAsVice Před rokem

    Someone threw a spanner in the works and created a living hell instead! #ByDesign

  • @WalterBurton
    @WalterBurton Před rokem

    👍👍👍

  • @GlassSuperstar
    @GlassSuperstar Před 3 lety +1

    Cyberpunk 2077 medic team wear

  • @lindaeasley5606
    @lindaeasley5606 Před 3 lety +2

    "We'll wear our computers "
    Another 90s fail

  • @rosssmith8481
    @rosssmith8481 Před 3 lety +2

    In the future this footage will be found to be problematic.

  • @maverickfox4102
    @maverickfox4102 Před 3 lety

    Before Robo Cop there was Future Cop.

  • @garywilloughby6893
    @garywilloughby6893 Před 3 lety

    Steel Industry, in Gary and Detroit? When was this recorded?

  • @markjeffels3327
    @markjeffels3327 Před 3 lety +1

    LMAO!! Corvette, English or metric. Metric is English but yanks use imperial! Great content in your videos!!

    • @JaredConnell
      @JaredConnell Před 3 lety +1

      Imperial units were invented in england and are still used there for cars although most other applications in the uk have since switched to metric

  • @vernonpaigejr.1517
    @vernonpaigejr.1517 Před rokem

    Damn, good thing smart phones exist. LOL

  • @adamnelson4428
    @adamnelson4428 Před 3 lety

    The stinger everything except for a roof