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If someone from the 2090s were to travel back to our current era

posted 13 years ago by ash_dolohov
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in a similar fashion to this movie, what artists do you think will appear, either as representative of contemporary cultures or as pioneers? I can think of Darren Aronofsky, Chris Nolan, and Julian Casablancas.

[–] EddieAdamsFromTorrance 11 years ago

David Foster Wallace
Chuck Palahniuk
Jonathan Franzen
John Updike
Don Delillo
Bret Easton Ellis
etc.

[–] flask 11 years ago

Kanye West? really?

Yes, really! The moral of the film is not to undervalue your current generation.

Our modern-day luminaries easily outshine those talentless figures of the past. We are far, far superior:

F. Scott Fitzgerald = Kanye West
Zelda Fitzgerald = Kim Kardashian

Ernest Hemingway = Stephanie Meyer
T.S. Eliot = E.L. James

Gertrude Stein = Justin Bieber (Most recognizable voice of the modern-day feminist movement)

Joséphine Baker = Britney Spears (Like Baker, Spears overcame insurmountable racial barriers)
Billie Holiday = Miley Cyrus

Rudolph Valentino = Robert Pattinson

Pablo Picasso = Banksy
Luis Buñuel = Michael Bay (Greatest cinematic innovator since Stanley Kubrick)
Salvador Dalí = Uwe Boll (Both have fascist undertones in their works and cult followings)

Gloria Swanson = Gwyneth Paltrow (Her performance in Iron Man 3 easily tops anything Swanson did)

Steve Jobs, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Margaret Atwood, Daniel Day-Lewis, Meryl Streep, Takashi Murakami, Coen Brothers, Bill Gates, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Hawking, Cormac McCarthy, John Updike...

What?! No! No--no--no! Crap, crap, crap, and more crap! No one will remember any of those hacks.

In contrast, Vanilla Ice, Oprah, Carrot Top, Katy Perry, Nancy Grace, Bill O'Reilly, Ashlee Simpson, Lil' Wayne, Beyonce, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Rebecca Black and Taylor Swift are the true geniuses of our time.

And author Bret Easton Ellis would be the first to agree with me.

[–] adman1780 9 years ago

Best troll statement I've read this week. Thank you for the laughs!

[–] AlexDuran 11 years ago

I expected Owen Wilson to run into someone jumped back from the future, but didn't happen. I liked the multiple time jumping though.

[–] Insomniatic102 10 years ago

That would've been a bit much, but might have been nice. Even more, have them gushing to meet Gil. They run into Gil and the French girl at the end, and they exclaim 'this must be' whatever he name was, as a nod that they do end up together. Sappy as hell, but there's a sweet idea in there.

[–] peahen78 10 years ago

Actors: Will Smith, Tom Hanks, Adrien Brody (wink wink)

Directors: Woody Allen (again, wink), Scorsese and Speilberg... Wes Anderson, actually might work, because I think he'll end up being iconic as time goes on.

Writers: hmm... JK Rowling, maybe? Tom Clancy?

Musicians: Adele, Adam Levine... strictly for the way they kind of represent the era. Not saying they're legendary or whatever.

[–] bringbackberniew 10 years ago

Philip Roth or John Updike or Kazuo Ishiguro would be in the fashion of MiP. (sorry to fixate on US & Europe but that was what MiP did)

Though, if they really wanted to represent "contemporary culture", they'd use:

somebody from the reality show from New Jersey (was there a guy called "the situation" or something? & that girl with odd nickname)

the lady who wrote The Hunger Games & JK Rowling

Miley Cyrus &/or Justin Bieber &/or Fabio

Jim Cramer &/or Tony Robbins

Flava Flav

Lance Armstrong

Peter Jackson

[–] fanaticita 9 years ago

I seriously wonder if there will be a future for this messed up world. . .

[–] ecvz 9 years ago

You guys are forgetting that we don't only have artists in our time now who are worth meeting.

2090s Gil: Elon Musk? Wow!
Elon Musk: Sorry, do I know you?
2090s Gil: Oh, I'm Gil. Hey, I had a really great idea for your company, SpaceX. You should build a backwards time travel mechanism by creating wormholes in space, otherwise I wouldn't even be talking to you right now- err...
Elon Musk: What?
2090s Gil: Yeah, just think about it, maybe one day when you're shaving or something. :)

[–] Fading_Gigolo 9 years ago

Woody Allen

Woody Allen is the only genius whose work I have seen and understood.

[–] chilone 9 years ago

R.S. Connett.

I don't love her.. She kicked me in the face!!