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Raygun Gothic

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Raygun Gothic refers to any creative work from 1900 through about 1959, predicting the future before it became possible. Think rockets and rayguns, flying cars and futuristic cities - especially if the vision never quite panned out in reality. We find this aesthetic in product design, book covers, films, radio & TV. "A tomorrow that never was". The same style as in the Fallout games, The Jetsons and so on but focused on the time period through the 50s.

See also: Raygun Gothic at TVTropes

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[–] atomicpoet@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s neat but I wonder how it performs on crash tests.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

slices right through those annoying pedestrians.

[–] atomicpoet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

you want a moose hardened car you go with volvo. they literally designed their cars around moose impact survivability.

this thing does not look like a volvo. it's gonna slice the poor stiltcow's legs at the knee and send the bastard right into the driver's seat, then the rear seats, then out the back.