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GQ: How 2000ad Predicted The Future

Started by Frank, 27 April, 2014, 08:15:03 PM

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Sector Chief

Long after the 2014 World Cup the influence of the infamous Luis Suárez would continue, an affliction that would become known as Biter's Disease (aka Tetanus 27).


Bubba Zebill

Judge Dredd : The Dark (Gamebook)
http://tinmangames.com.au/blog/?p=3105

Bubba Zebill

'Fat Acceptance Movement' AKA 'Fat Pride' 'Fat Power' ...in 1980 this would have been science-fi...I'll get my belly-wheel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_acceptance_movement

http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Issues/Health/Body_Image/Fat_Acceptance
Judge Dredd : The Dark (Gamebook)
http://tinmangames.com.au/blog/?p=3105

Hawkmumbler

Quote from: sauchie on 11 May, 2014, 05:20:58 PM

From winning the affections of Nikolai Dante in 1997 (prog 1066), to winning Eurovision in 2014. Tharg, predicting the future since 1977:



Except Conchita Wurst is, what would generally be considered, a male. And the Lady Eudoxia Looshin is deffinelty, what would be considered by most, a female.

IAMTHESYSTEM

"You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension."

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― Nikola Tesla

JayzusB.Christ

Which prog was that biter scene in?  The only MC1 biter I remember was in the first Kenny Who story. 
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"

Sector Chief

Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 27 June, 2014, 04:19:34 PM
Which prog was that biter scene in?  The only MC1 biter I remember was in the first Kenny Who story.

Daily Star strip called 'Mega-City Biter'

Satanist

Quote from: sauchie on 10 May, 2014, 06:41:54 PM

Smart gun technology is the latest consumer product and hot topic in the USA - the NRA don't like 'em. Sensors in the grip detect the user's palm print and stop the weapon being fired by an unauthorised user. They were initially developed for use by law enforcement officers ...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/josephsteinberg/2014/05/04/smartguns/

I wrote a letter to Tharg about that years ago, cannae remember the prog though.

What about Batgliders and those mad bastards in wingsuits?
Hmm, just pretend I wrote something witty eh?

judgerussell

There was a recurring section in the prog back in around 1995ish that showed how the tech was coming into the real world. I would hunt for pictures, but I can't upload pictures on this website with my iPad.

ZenArcade

The early annuals did a lot of tech stuff: NASA mainly, facinating when you were a kid. Z
Ed is dead, baby Ed is...Ed is dead

JayzusB.Christ

Quote from: Sector Chief on 27 June, 2014, 04:50:48 PM
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 27 June, 2014, 04:19:34 PM
Which prog was that biter scene in?  The only MC1 biter I remember was in the first Kenny Who story.

Daily Star strip called 'Mega-City Biter'

Cheers - I've probably read it, but it would have been many years ago
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"

pert


Rogue Earthlet

Quote from: sauchie on 27 April, 2014, 08:15:03 PM

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/comment/articles/2014-04/23/2000-ad-the-comic-that-foretold-the-future

Wagner and Grant foresaw TOWIE and Banksie, apparently. I share the author's disappointment that Dave The Orangutan has neither been elected nor assassinated as yet, but feel he may have missed the point Wagner and Grant were making about all elected office if he thinks we don't already live in a world of Dave The Orangutans.

I remember about thirty years ago a Stronty Dog tale predicted riots against the poll tax, and sure enough it came to pass. But I hadn't realised so many events had been predicted accurately. Some of Tharg's droids must have an oracle programme!

Frank


Dog elected Mayor of Missouri town. Whether you think that's more or less ridiculous than an orang-utan holding the same office in MC1 depends on your estimation of the respective intelligence quotient and trustworthiness of each species.

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JayzusB.Christ

There was also the Labour leader John Smith dying of a heart attack in Zenith, shortly before he did in reality.
Less impressive was Tony Blair becoming Prime Minister in Maniac 5 - he committed suicide some time before the first series, then Mark Millar forgot and he came to life back in the third.
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"