“Children of Men”'s vision of the future is now disturbingly familiar

Re:“Children of Men”'s vision of the future is now disturbin... by tetraodonpuffer on Saturday December 24, 2016 @12:07AM (#13248671)

> "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel" no longer resonates with anyone born the last 20 years or so

when reading that my mind conjures a gray sky, but then again when I was young TVs displayed static if you turned them to a dead channel, not solid blue...

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Re:“Children of Men”'s vision of the future is now disturbin... by c22 on Saturday December 24, 2016 @04:51AM (#13249211)

I own a 60" television with no TV tuner attached to a smattering of devices that play and stream digital content. I suspect when my 1 year old is an adult she won't even have a solid conception of a "channel" let alone be able to imagine the color of a "dead" one.

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Re:“Children of Men”'s vision of the future is now disturbin... by stephancoral on Saturday December 24, 2016 @06:23AM (#13249384)

The grey of a dead OTA channel and the grey of a missing / removed YouTube video aren't too dissimilar

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Re:“Children of Men”'s vision of the future is now disturbin... by icebraining on Saturday December 24, 2016 @09:51AM (#13249967)

That's because YouTube mimics the TV static in their player.

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Re:“Children of Men”'s vision of the future is now disturbin... by doomtop on Saturday December 24, 2016 @12:32AM (#13248723)

I believe gray sky is the intended image.

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