2005.02.28
Wild and Dangerous Future
Jon E. just turned me on to a pretty cool show on Discovery called The Future is Wild. Being a big fan of speculative fiction, I seem to be the demographic they were targeting for the series. Being a huge fan of “in demand” on our cable box, Jon E. made sure I watched this and when wasn’t an issue since it’s one of the free offerings. Yes, he’s looking out for my best interest.
What if, two million years in the future after humanity’s diaspora throughout the galaxy, we sent probes to Earth to see how things were going for the life forms left behind? How would some of the creatures and trends of today evolve?
While I think a few of the names they came up with for some of the creatures were kind of dorky like the flying fish thing, cleverly called a Flish, or the land based squid that swings through the trees like a gibbon, called a squibbon. Despite this the possible future is interesting and just a slight bit scary to contemplate. In fact there wasn’t a single cute and cuddly creature in the future. Panda fans everywhere will be disappointed.
Looking at the website it looks like there is more to see. I’ll have to figure out how to use this “in demand” thing myself so I can catch it when it’s on next.
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