The Future ... with 20th Century Technology

they had that light healing thing - that's not 20th century.

anyway, if human history has thought us anything, it's that knowledge/science/technology isn't following a straight line. Ancient people used to move and pile enormous rocks, and people today can only speculate on how it was done. Ancient greeks reached levels of advancement that were completely demolished during dark ages, and although we now do have cell phones and computers, some aspects of their society are still out of our reach even today. Right now muslims are wagging wars to bring about sharia law and abandon all knowledge (they call it western knowledge, but it is knowledge in the middle east as much as is here, koran on the other hand is not knowledge being long obsolete peace of fiction). If they are successful in their war, we'll have to say bye bye to our internets and freedom of speech, and new dark age will come, and for all we know, we may never recover from it.

So assuming that future will look flashy is not supported by evidence.
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It all comes down to budget, if they dont have the mony for the cg then expect less futuristic and more realistic weapons.

Considering the fact that I'm STILL waiting for the Hoverboard Back To The Future promised me and the flying cars from The Jetsons, I'd say the show's world is much more realistic than whatever you're envisioning

Guns were first invented in 1000 CE and we are still using them in 2015 over 1015 yrs laters. In that time people colonized a North and South America, Cars were invented; trains were invented; air planes were invented and spaceships were invented. Yet we still use guns. Stronger and more accurate guns but still guns nonetheless. You know why? They are effective, easy to mass produce and easy to use. They can also be repaired if need be. The resources needed to make and repair them are fairly widespread too.

How easy do you think it is to make a laser gun. Much less find the rare earth minerals necessary to build the components. 90% of rare earths come from China. Suppose that supply runs out from over use. What would people do then.

Colonizing a new planet is not unlike colonizing a new continent. All you really need is a bigger and better ship and a hospitable environment. You don't need a new weapon to accomplish that. History has already proven that just because methods of transportation advance doesn't mean weapons have to.

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In downtown Toronto most of the really desirable housing is Victorian era yellow and orange brick townhouses from 150 years ago and in Europe many buildings are hundreds of years old, or duplicate architecture from centuries ago even though we have vastly improved building materials and methods today. Crowbars are unlikely to be replaced by anything electronic even far in the future since they do the job they are designed for and last practically forever. Portable particle or light weapons are not even close to reality today and likely won't be for a VERY long time unless battery tech increases a thousand fold.

I'm sorry for you that Killjoys doesn't have enough teleportation, Phasers, Sonic Screwdrivers, or FTL travel to convince you that it is the future. I guess we'll just have to make do with talking space ships.

Have you followed the show, at all?

There's a clear divide between the rich & poor, between the powerful & the powerless.

Which to me is clearly shown in the different technologies each party has. The RAC for example has technology that even johnny & carleen didn't thought existed.

On another note, no matter how advanced your weaponry is, melee weapons; such as knifes, katanas & whatnot, will always have a place in combat.

I just like to look at Stargate as a good example. You get your futuristic stuff, but nothing's wrong with a good shotgun when facing up to the replicators!