Sleepcore: Late-Night Science Fiction Theater

[@michaelhoste_]

2052 will see a trend to retro 1950's bakelite knobs and crt screens. Can't wait!

[@davidlong1786]

It's a real tribute to Dr Jarvis in the year 2052 that he uses an oscilloscope from 1952 and gets such great results. A true genius!

[@libradragon]

I agree! The scene took place two months before I was born, in 1952. Fun serendipity for me.

[@kd4pba]

It's a favorite topic of mine. It's called cultural bias.

[@outerrealm]

Looks like a Eiko - I still have one in my lab, er, basement. No really, I used it for guitar amp repairs.

[@fredblonder7850]

@@outerrealm PRECISELY: It’s perfect, so there is no need for the design to evolve.

[@hyperspaced0]

…really early model 😅

[@jsl151850b]

18:22 *The stage manager forgot to light the Bunsen Burner.* The actors had to improvise and say that the formula burnt up when it fell off the table out of sight of the camera.

[@byzcath]

Possibly one of the best episodes of Sleepcore yet! “Ahead of His Time” really made it for me. Thanks!

[@notpub]

THIS. This is real entertainment.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

The little ad for the Sci-Fi channel. I remember that and yes I called my cable company and asked then to carry the Science Fiction Channel. I was especially excited because I had thought of the idea a couple of years before and couldn't stop talking about how what the world really needs is a cable channel devoted to Science Fiction. I was kind of disappointed when I did finally get the channel on our carrier but hey, you cant have everything. This is the kind of content I had in mind, not that schlocky 90s crap they were showing.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

Before the advent of video tape the only way to record a video image was to point a movie film camera at a television monitor. That is what you are seeing here. This was performed live and the video image was recorded on film. These films would later be transferred to video tape and eventually digitized but you're still watching a movie of a TV image.

[@sundaywasabi]

Was asleep already, but just woke up. And I saw this. Perfect! Thank you so much, picsandportraits!

[@nektu5435]

It appears that in 2052 everybody had stopped using smartphones in favor of ink and paper 🎬🔮

[@Nono-hk3is]

Smart.

[@friendswitdadealer]

Makes sense actually. I always say folks will eventually get tired of so much technology and return to analog.

[@christopherfjwood5494]

And solid state tubes. Analog technology predating microchips. Could there be a reason?

[@cyberGEK]

33:37 “…inspired by the chain-mesh armor of The Crusades” 🤣

[@libradragon]

This is a great way to begin celebrating my birthday month! Lifetime fan of nearly all Science Fiction. Thank you for uploading! 💖🌠🌃🌍🔭📺

[@sitaroutreachministry6289]

Thank you, excellent and thought provoking as always!

[@simonf8902]

Almost correct. 30 years out. End of the world is 2022.

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

Here we still stand my baby!😂💯🤟🏻

[@tenebrousoul9368]

Awe yeah!

[@jsl151850b]

Speaking of Time Television, those of you with Amazon Prime should check out *Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes* A clever Sci-fi story where two video monitors somehow become linked except for a two minute time gap. They can only see each other but one shows the past and the other the future. First it's fun but then they feel compelled to do what their future selves have already done. Then things go wrong. *Oh. Turn on subtitles.*

[@strangeluck]

I really enjoy this channel. For me it's not sleep inducing but strangely calming.

[@toupac3195]

George McFly loved Sci-Fi theater until some kid in a hazmat suit from 1985 paid him a visit. 😂

[@Harbalz]

Darth Vader Fox 🦊

[@WSNO]

Um excuse me that was obviously Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan. And to be fair, he needed his butt kicked into action....Loraine WAS his Density after all.

[@abundantYOUniverse]

@@WSNO Nice!

[@croiners4166]

Nice work, thanks!

[@fredwood1490]

O...M..G...! I had forgotten about Sci-fi like this!

[@mikedrown2721]

The background music is also used in the second season of the Adventures of Superman tv show

[@jeremyknifley]

2052 will be an interesting year!

[@abundantYOUniverse]

Its the candy cane off the face of that dish that makes the Time Machine work.

[@lelandthomosoniii4743]

When, wee were inspired! Now, 24 hours of selling U Stuff u don't need.

[@adinocc2042]

In the year 2525, If man is still alive, if woman can survive, they will find.... ....A stamp in the image of Martha Raye, Cranial ports put you in touch with your world . . . . .

[@Kreln1221]

*This is like a **_Wood/Lugosi_** Production...* 🍿

[@lelandthomosoniii4743]

This man is crazy

[@lelandthomosoniii4743]

He doesn't have a pocket protector

[@vega1925]

Oh hi there!!!

[@RonsHere123]

He did The Mash...

[@archenema6792]

That'll put a Whipple in your jaunt.

[@abundantYOUniverse]

Wait a minute, Dick Clark is still alive in 2052, we will send him back in time!

[@fonziebulldog5786]

Thats strange, they used that old equipment in 2052 !!. 😄

[@notpub]

So do our future imaginations drive our technological advancements and expectations, or do our technological advances occur in spite of our imaginations?

[@travismcgowan9698]

id like to know whats in that soda bottle to make him smile like that

[@appidydafoo]

♥

[@abundantYOUniverse]

His shirt is from 2042

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

So dated!😂

[@travismcgowan9698]

this is the fate of the gen z eraand their kids

[@christopherfjwood5494]

Analog technology, solid state tubes and crystal radio systems.

[@Eric-qo8vv]

Signet Jewelry by Chrysler bahahaha gold filled. Bahaha. Junk just like their cars

[@outerrealm]

Shot on videotape.

[@jsl151850b]

No. That technology was still being developed at the time. Imagine 1/4 inch tape running at 240 inches per second. A two foot reel could only hold a few minutes of video. The only solution at the time was a special movie camera synchronized to a video monitor to eliminate flickering. That's a nice trick with a 24 frame per second camera and a 60 interlaced fields per second screen.