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[Kccitystar]

Here's Plurality, director Dennis Liu's 14-minute concept piece about a futuristic New York where every handrail and wall can read your genetic material, rendering credit cards and keys contrivances of the past. This newfangled Bentham Grid also has a side that makes civil libertarians cringe — namely that law enforcement is now using it to catch perpetrators.

Here's the short 15 minute clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzryBRPwsog


I'm a fan of futuristic ideas/concepts. It really sounds like an interesting concept for a TV series or a movie. The only thing that comes to mind is the Ubisoft game Watch Dogs.

Can you believe that a small production team filmed this and not some big company out in Hollywood? We need ideas like these, since it looks extremely well done.

Thoughts?

 

[Kinitari]

I missed this, i like future concept videos, and while I think the timeline is a bit ambitious, it does raise the interesting point about the role of government with technology being available that makes them more and more "capable".

 

[Salsa]

paypal still around 10 years from now? fuck that

 

[Bo-Locks]

Angry Fork from the CCTV thread is going to flip his shit when he sees this.

 

[Cjdamon042]

The PS8 looks...interesting...

 

[RPGamer92]

$2.50 to tip? GAF will rage at this.//

 

[Noaloha]

Fun hypothetical thought: The pervasive desire for and insatiable acceptance of increasing convenience will be the Trojan Horse to our social freedoms' eventual neutering (not that we - in the majority sense - will realise it).

 

[Effnine]

Cool vid. Seems plausible by the time 2023 comes around.

 

[shadyspace]

This looks like a really different world for only ten years from now.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

That is probably one of the most interesting sci-fi short that I have seen in a while.

Although the "hero being victim of hi-tec decision system" is bit too much like minority report for me.


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Fun hypothetical thought: The pervasive desire for and insatiable acceptance of increasing convenience will be the Trojan Horse to our social freedoms' eventual neutering (not that we - in the majority sense - will realise it).

I don't consider that to be in anyway hyperthetical.

History shows us time and time again, if you make people comfortable enough and make them feel like its their idea, you can get them to do anything.

 

[Jarmel]

It was interesting until it hit the time travel bit.

 

[Sai-kun]

That was awesome! Really well done.

 

[Jack Scofield]

Wow, even the cigarettes are futuristic. Amazing.

 

[John Rabbit]

this almost seems like viral marketing for watch_dogs.

also seems a little far-fetched for only 10 years.

 

[jett]

Got moronic near the end.

 

[Rentahamster]

Nice short. Very well made. Borrows heavily from Minority Report, but still, not bad.

 

[hoverboarder]

Loved this. It would make for a decent TV show.

 

[Canis lupus]

Awesome.

 

[Angry Fork]

Angry Fork from the CCTV thread is going to flip his shit when he sees this.

Starting the video now, feeling apprehensive...

edit -

This kind of scenario is basically inevitable the better technology gets, which is why it needs to be resisted while it still can be. Recognizing how technology progresses throughout history and how it's used doesn't make you a paranoid tinfoiler (not speaking to you in particular just the types in the CCTV thread supporting the all seeing cameras).

But if this did happen by the time it did I'd be middle aged and have citizenship to other countries. I'd move to a scandinavian country or Cuba, whichever place didn't use their tech in this manner.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Looks like a Bourne film set in the future.

EDIT-Holy shit even the music sounds like Bourne during the chase scene.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

hows East New York?

the same, im guessing.