Comments on Paleo-Future: Home Entertainment of the Future (1981)

The joystick looks like the one I had in an Apple ...

2008-02-10T00:06:00.000-05:00

The joystick looks like the one I had in an Apple II clone, from some 20 years ago, which I used when I was 3 or 4.

And I agree, this article proved to be quite right.

And no messy blood to clean up later! I think we ...

2008-02-08T23:50:00.000-05:00

And no messy blood to clean up later!

I think we all know that Caligula would be acted out more than Julius Caesar.

The whole thing appears to be running off a modifi...

2008-02-08T18:18:00.000-05:00

The whole thing appears to be running off a modified Mac Classic with an Atari joystick, too.
Which is impressive.

"You play the title role yourself!""The play has j...

2008-02-08T10:54:00.000-05:00

"You play the title role yourself!"

"The play has just reached the point where [the title role] is killed!"

Um, what?

So hologram knives won't hurt... but what about th...

2008-02-08T09:43:00.000-05:00

So hologram knives won't hurt... but what about the real-life guy with a real-life knife on the left? He looks a little too into the role, if you ask me.

This is like karioke squared, a descent into the depths of hell. Of course the audience is doing something else or bored -- can you imagine having to sit around at night watching your dad or husband "perform" Julius Caesar? And what happens when Junior comes home from college and says "Let's watch the Sound of Music -- I'll play Maria!"

p.s. Yeah, the audience woman on the left is pretty much all but screaming "I'm not wearing panties! Take me, Brutus, take me!"

I like how there's a couple on the audience that d...

2008-02-08T09:32:00.000-05:00

I like how there's a couple on the audience that doesn't really care about the play and are just flirting with each other. The girl on the far left is a flirt, showing her legs (and a bit more than just that, check the angle) to the Charles Bronson-wannabe on the far right. And he's not behind; the evil, maniac grim on his face and the man-mustache are a dead giveaway.

Julius Caesar is killed? Those damn spoilers of th...

2008-02-08T09:27:00.000-05:00

Julius Caesar is killed? Those damn spoilers of the past century!

Is Brutus holding a Wiimote? Also, I am wondering ...

2008-02-08T08:38:00.000-05:00

Is Brutus holding a Wiimote? Also, I am wondering if the girl in the middle of the audience is bodypainted...

That last paragraph is nearly dead-on. It pretty m...

2008-02-08T08:29:00.000-05:00

That last paragraph is nearly dead-on. It pretty much describes iTunes, Tivo, blogs, Internet, etc...

My mistake, that's probably a 'he' holding the joy...

2008-02-07T23:53:00.000-05:00

My mistake, that's probably a 'he' holding the joystick, unless the guy on the right is a real cool cat.

I like how she's using a joystick to perform Shake...

2008-02-07T23:51:00.000-05:00

I like how she's using a joystick to perform Shakespeare; nevertheless, holograms don't work that way!