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Re: Terra Nova: updates



On 9/28/2011 9:12 PM, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. wrote:

7) Despite the fact they come from the mid-22nd Century dystopian future,
all the characters names, hair styles, slang, and clothing are just like
today.

Maybe that part is not completely implausible.

Had you told me in 1968 that I would be hearing the songs that were on the AM radio at the time being piped into grocery stores in the 21st century, I would have laughed -- songs a year old were ancient history.

Stylistic stagnation has been the rule w/in cultures over much of human history...