I only watched 5 minutes or so, but the predictions weren't so bad, as these things go; I ended with the kid watching his class lesson, at home. Before that, the father worked on, essentially, a computer screen. And the world was still in the early stages of Mars colonization. Of course, it was overly-optimistic, but I think that is part of human nature. More importantly, this was co-produced by Ford Motor Co., so it's obviously going to paint a bright, celebratory picture (could you read the name of that car, at the beginning?-- the script was similar to my family's Plymouth, "Satellite," station wagon, when I was a kid). What struck me as odd was that the music, once it was revealed we were in a shining, future world, was so darkly ominous, as if it were going to be a dystopian image with which we were presented. Considering all of those we have also seen, in film & literature, do you think it is a truer statement, rather than optimism being a defining human trait, that it is exaggeration? The film did have its realistic elements, however, as well: the mother was openly embracing of her ignorance of how things worked, and the kid (who had to be at least 10) was too much of a dimwit to remember what year it was. P.S.-- Full-disclosure, there was one New Year's celebration, in my mid-late teens, when I was temporarily unsure of the exact year, but alcohol played a large role in my uncertainty.
I just had a video call with my good friend in Spain, I'm going to attend class on Zoom and I can dial up YouTube for virtually any song. The Future is today.
