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Sure looks a lot like your father's Oldsmobile...
Electric cars were supposed to be the future – or at least look like it. So now they're here, why do they still look like ordinary petrol and diesel cars and not dazzling props from a science fiction film.
Before they hit the market and became relatively mainstream, many imagined (or at least, hoped) that electric cars would resemble the Light Runner from Tron: Legacy. After all, without the need for an internal combustion engine, an exhaust system and a fuel tank, electric car designers should have the creative freedom to rip up the rule book and create some truly eye-catching vehicles.
But this hasn't really happened. Park a Renault Zoe next to a Renault Clio, for example, and compare the two. While there are subtle differences and styling cues that suggest the Zoe is electric and the Clio isn't, the overall body form is strikingly similar. In fact, the Zoe is assembled on the same production line as the Clio and Nissan Micra.
(Score: 4, Funny) by SomeGuy on Sunday January 14 2018, @05:58PM
Movies and TV shows don't have to stick with what is real, practical, or even possible. They happily go with whatever looks cool. That is not always a bad thing, especially in a fantasy show like Tron or The Jetsons, but people have to remember that is fantasy.
One impractical detail in some fantasy sci-fi show that I find funny is the use of transparent/translucent paper, computer screens, or drawing boards. Movies like it, because they can have the space guy closely reading a document without obscuring their face. In reality that would be completely unreadable, and I'm laughing my ass off "Why is everyone in the future reading from 1980s overhead transparency sheets!?" :)
How about an episode of The Orville that goes something like this:
A male crew member is standing in front of the captain's desk, the captain leans back in his chair, looks at his computer screen to read something, and the "background" of the text is the crew member's well-endowed crotch.
"Uh, could you move a little to one side? Thanks.".