Every once in a while, life imitates art and fiction becomes reality.
Outlandish plots of yesteryear suddenly seem prophetic in retrospect.
We’re not suggesting that TV writers are ever going to be confused with
Nostradamus, mind you, but for some classic TV shows, there is just that
sort of prescient aura surrounding the scripts. Let’s take a look at
some examples of TV fiction that became real-life technological fact:
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- Shazam! – This live action adaptation of the comic book hero was also known as The Shazam!/Isis Hour for 5 seasons. In a show that preceded cell phones by a full decade, one character, Mentor, was known to make phone calls from a mobile unit in his RV, with help of a mobile operator.
- Space:1999 – The comlock device was a hand-held unit with a small television screen and camera which could provide computer access, open doors ans communicate as a mobile device. Sound familiar, anyone?
- Knight Rider – An anthropomorphic car with interactive menus, GPS capability and high-tech security features. What a concept. Nice to see that some very positive developments came from a TV show we thought was kinda cheesy and far-fetched at the time.
- Star Trek – Who could possibly miss the resemblance between those communicators and modern-day flip-phones? We think the Enterprise could have been sponsored by Motorola, and maybe could have even gotten a decent deal by signing up for their 5-year mission phone plan.
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