Comments | mongbeany: retro's'cool

mongbeany

retro's'cool

Nov 14, 2006 16:41

Im re-familiarizing myself with a constant love of mine; old-school 1950s advertising and scifi. I love this period's take on the future. It's so happy and peachy and seemed to be a period in which the future was something to look forward to, where the only limits on it where what you could imagine. Or perhaps more precisely, what could be imagined ( Read more... )

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magik76 November 14 2006, 18:13:46 UTC

MORE pictures of this ILK please ;)

mongbeany November 14 2006, 18:40:20 UTC

Are you saying you hated my holiday snaps?! you WITCH!

magik76 November 14 2006, 18:46:02 UTC

Nope, I just think that these photos are UBER-cool!

YoU SO need to be a 50's housewife, you would rock that look!

mongbeany November 14 2006, 19:21:20 UTC

Go nuts: http://www.plan59.com/

doctor_shipman November 14 2006, 18:54:02 UTC

I too have enjoyed this pictard. Although I find the 'food' a bit urgh.

mongbeany November 14 2006, 19:21:38 UTC

Dont you 'DO' food then?

doctor_shipman November 14 2006, 20:01:24 UTC

Food and I are not the greatest of friends, shall we say...

mongbeany November 14 2006, 20:07:43 UTC

oh. woops.

ze_monsta November 14 2006, 22:16:42 UTC

I think it's because the 1950's womnan was never supposed to modernize, only the tools she'd use to have dinner on the table when the husband came home. you know?

mongbeany November 15 2006, 11:18:48 UTC

agreed.
Have you seen a film called "Welcome to pleasantville"?

ze_monsta November 16 2006, 05:48:41 UTC

The name rings a bell and it's not just reminding me of the sims 2.

I think so, i might go have a look see if i can download it.

Have you see Stepford wives?

damnation_gang November 18 2006, 09:32:59 UTC

What the hell is that big white rock with diarrhoea dribbled around its rim?