This Hodchka guy is just a little too competent for a man from the future. Even if you were a rocket pilot those skills would not necessarily translate to knowing how to ride a motorcycle that requires an understanding of how to clutch and shift and brake. No one can look at a contraption, discern its operation and then expertly operate it. That's just expecting too much. In fact, people of the future might be the least competent in operating primitive vehicles as they would have developed an entirely different set of skills. Besides that, he makes a number of conveniently accurate assumptions that are just unrealistic to expect from a person from the distant future.
@ragged rat The Terminator was hardly realistic but Reese was from the near future. The technology had not changed that much. I could go back to the 70s and figure things out but maybe not the 1880s. Still, going back in time to a more primitive time is not the same for every time traveller. Going back in time for me, say 50 years, would or could be wholly different than someone in the future coming back in time 50 years. It would depend at least partially on how certain kinds of technology had changed.
@ragged rat BTW I'm 53 so the 70s were my favorite times, just picked a decade when technology was fairly different. Remember rotary dial phones? Could a 20 year old today go back and use one? It'd be interesting.
"There was an ancient nation ... which was famed for its idealistic humanitarianism." LMAO at the idea that a belief American exceptionalism is going to persist 100 centuries into the future. It's already extinct in most of the world right now, and what's left of it won't even last until the end of this century.
I believe that as things get simplified more and more down to core principles as history grows, the US may be viewed as the most relatively “exceptional” nation, for its economic and cultural contributions towards global aspirations.
Quite a good story 👍
Nice. Thank you
Hell, yes! Zeppelin! (I'm one of your never-Mormon followers, by the way!)
Check out the mag. cover art, the guy's face is the only thing showing LOL I'm sure this was very risque for the early fifty's
good stuff....
This Hodchka guy is just a little too competent for a man from the future. Even if you were a rocket pilot those skills would not necessarily translate to knowing how to ride a motorcycle that requires an understanding of how to clutch and shift and brake.
No one can look at a contraption, discern its operation and then expertly operate it. That's just expecting too much. In fact, people of the future might be the least competent in operating primitive vehicles as they would have developed an entirely different set of skills.
Besides that, he makes a number of conveniently accurate assumptions that are just unrealistic to expect from a person from the distant future.
@ragged rat The Terminator was hardly realistic but Reese was from the near future. The technology had not changed that much. I could go back to the 70s and figure things out but maybe not the 1880s. Still, going back in time to a more primitive time is not the same for every time traveller.
Going back in time for me, say 50 years, would or could be wholly different than someone in the future coming back in time 50 years. It would depend at least partially on how certain kinds of technology had changed.
@ragged rat I haven't heard of Space Vikings but I would probably be tough on it too😆
@ragged rat BTW I'm 53 so the 70s were my favorite times, just picked a decade when technology was fairly different. Remember rotary dial phones? Could a 20 year old today go back and use one? It'd be interesting.
"There was an ancient nation ... which was famed for its idealistic humanitarianism." LMAO at the idea that a belief American exceptionalism is going to persist 100 centuries into the future. It's already extinct in most of the world right now, and what's left of it won't even last until the end of this century.
I believe that as things get simplified more and more down to core principles as history grows, the US may be viewed as the most relatively “exceptional” nation, for its economic and cultural contributions towards global aspirations.
Could make quite a good movie out of that story.
But it would have to be done without loads of CG.