'64-65 NY World's Fair FUTURAMA Ride Video

barrania2 Says:

Jan 6, 2010 - This exhibit was sponsored by GM so, naturally, the vision for the city of the future was of cars and highways. Had they actually tried to build a city like that it would have been a Le Corbusier-inspired nightmare. They had the right attitude back then but the wrong idea.

barrania2 Says:

Jan 6, 2010 - They should have invested heavily in mass transit and traditional town planning models, the kind that have existed for hundreds of years and don't require any special engineering feats. The truth is, a city is not a complex organism at all. Its construction is an art not a science.

l11432 Says:

Jan 9, 2010 - Them too. -and us too for taking it

simplythemediocre Says:

Jan 13, 2010 - I'm not saying technology is abad thing at all, it just needs to be used a little more responsibly, the people who are promoting the vision of the future as seen in the video are roughly the same types of people who thought radiation was a great thing and put it in everything from wrist watches to toilet seats. As a result of that kind of attitude people die. When technology is correctly applied it can be wonderful. Otherwise I wouldn't be studying science.

TomsFriendKake Says:

Jan 19, 2010 - While I love this planet, and would like to see more done such as recycling and cleaning up the oceans, we would not have such a good life without technology and companies like GM. Even the hippy vegans have it good because of technology. Furthermore, technology is also allowing us to see the problems that came from technology inovation from 50 years ago, but technology will also allow us to find better solutions while at the same time keep our living standars up.

matrox Says:

Jan 23, 2010 - A laser beam of light cuts through the trees....yeh right. A giant machine picks up minerals...and exactly what is this giant machine called?

matrox Says:

Jan 23, 2010 - I really like that City of Tommorrow" anyone know how to get there?

thesixtiesguy Says:

Feb 2, 2010 - How prophetic this exhibit was. It's just like the video here. Technology is wonderful. They finally tore down all those unsightly forrests in Brazil and now it one big city from Beunos Aries to Caracas.Everyone is rich and hunger is a word almost forgotten.

jtaforJesus Says:

Feb 6, 2010 - @thesixtiesguy ummm...yeah, and they don't ever stop,,,can you imagine in the sixties, being able to take a tour trip to antartica? i disagree about everyone being rich, and hunger a word forgotten tho. the poor and hungry are still here, but the rich choose to not notice. when all the rich people go to the olympics in africa in three years, they aren't going to see the poverty there....

barrania2 Says:

Feb 17, 2010 - I was speaking strictly from a design standpoint. Cities designed for the automobile are unsustainable. Yet, cities that were built 1000 years ago are still usable today and actually meet the needs of people better.

barrania2 Says:

Feb 17, 2010 - Actually it was Le Corbusier (the architect who inspired GM's city model) who wanted to demolish half of Paris to build Soviet style apartment blocks. He also inspired the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago, and we all know what a great success that turned out to be. And BTW, the middle ages produced some of the most beautiful cities in the world (Prague, Bruges, Budapest, etc.)

tgold1968 Says:

Feb 18, 2010 - The green movement lost. You basically got what you asked for, and at huge taxpayer expense.

tgold1968 Says:

Feb 18, 2010 - The future arrived. It is version based on reality, not fantasy.

670Kiester Says:

Mar 6, 2010 - The fair would probably have been great to see, but the reasons behind it and Ed Bernays' involvement etc are depressing.

bicho3200 Says:

Mar 18, 2010 - Well guys i have to catch the next rocket to the moon, seeya XD..

FredFelon Says:

Apr 29, 2010 - I was there and LOVED IT!!!

jimspy1001 Says:

Jun 3, 2010 - "...extracting the vast oil riches of the continental shelves..." Amazing to watch and see how absolutely ignorant we were of the dangers our own technology posed to us. No blame, no finger-pointing...we were all enthralled with the future and technology back then. But when he spoke that line...I felt my heart sink. A moment of silence, please, for the Gulf of Mexico...

jimspy1001 Says:

Jun 3, 2010 - Oh, and one question: If this was Futurama 2, what was Futurama 1? I'm guessing it was the GM exhibit at the '39 Fair, maybe?

captainlarrydart Says:

Jun 3, 2010 - @jimspy1001 That is correct!

sideim Says:

Jun 7, 2010 - @jimspy1001 ...Fuck the gulf of mexico!

jimspy1001 Says:

Jun 7, 2010 - @sideim - Sorry, you're too late.

themamagoatshow Says:

Jun 23, 2010 - i do thingk the 1962 worlds fair is better but this is good to

noxure Says:

Jul 15, 2010 - @jimspy1001 We sure were ignorant. Combustion, plastics, pharmaceuticals and nuclear fission have all left their marks. We can only learn from our mistakes and hope we'll be able to... but wait:"It's 2010 with our powerful computers and advances in nano-technology we're finally able to unravel the mysteries and control life itself, thus we are entering the new era of bio-engineering!"Oh well, never mind...

iscrapman Says:

Jul 21, 2010 - amazing !

edwardsams Says:

Aug 24, 2010 - Yeah -- Great. I guess I will have to settle for my 52 inch flat screen and ipad until they finnaly deliver that flying car and maching moonpack I asked Santa for back in 1968.