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Re: Terra Nova: updates





On Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Don Ohmes wrote:

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...

Weeelllll, I would probably ascribe it more to the fact that media reproduction and preservation are quite more now advanced than, say 1910,
and old stuff can be find new fans and audiences. Like King Kong...