note some details among others :
• the "sound powered electro suspension car" with the ability to stuck to the road -> Spielberg's Minority report Maglev cars
( http://uplink.space.com/attachments/514680-Maglev2cb.JPG
http://images.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2002/07/10/underkoffler_belker/story.jpg
http://www.resnet.trinity.edu/dbourque/dystopia/photos/cap045.jpg )
• the overall architecture depicted in the movie shows many similarity to Brasilian architect Oscar Niemeyer
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Niemeyer
http://www.egodesign.ca/_files/articles/31d_oscarniemeyer_niteroi.jpg
http://www.aboutbrasilia.com/images/alvorada.jpg
http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/gallery2/d/24117-2/cid_IMG_2240-20050516km.jpg )
There are a few things that seems really cool like the lighted highway and the flying ambulance/firetruck vehicle. But the monster highway making machine and that other one that melts the mountain... yikes!
troxworld
— March 10, 2008 Ah, unquestioning faith in technology!
With all those "visionary" ideas, its funny that they seemed to think all this stuff would still be designed with T-squares and triangles! What happened to all the old buildings and infrastructure? Was it obliterated in a nuclear holocaust?
funny and interesting
Cool and creepy
Ah, unquestioning faith in technology!