The Future Has Already Happened

HBO's The Last of Us took place in the year 2023, now the past. I talk a bit about other past-tense futures from 1984 to 2001, and how odd it feels to live in the future.
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[@KyleKallgrenBHH]

So! What did I miss?

[@ronanodonovan3673]

Part of me wants to say the "Sentinels run America" future from X-Men, either the comics (where it was 2013) or the films (where it was 2023), but both of those bad futures were averted so I'm not sure they count, and honestly the timeline flows so well without them it's no loss

[@KKDWTotalObelisk]

2020: The forces of Zelda occupy Mars and begin attacks on Earth (Terrahawks)… still better then the actual 2020.

[@suicaedere7244]

Back to the future? Or did I just miss that one?

[@davidcraig6903]

1991: Caesar leads his apes to glorious conquest against the humans.

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

The Big One of 2017 which lead to the creation of San Angeles.

[@rebeccaliar9873]

My writer brain immediately trying to figure out a way to reconcile all these events into a cohesive timeline: Oh *no*.

[@jordanloux3883]

Congratulations, you just became Alan Moore

[@VideoGuyIdiot22]

I used to have that problem. I lobotomized that urge.

[@hartthorn]

Just throw in the SCP Foundation. They've got SCP-2000 which lets them reboot the earth after any K-end-of-the-world scenario.

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

@@jordanloux3883 And on that note, HYPERTIME. It was in his notes for Twilight of the Superheroes.

[@MissSallyB1]

Just say a wizard did it.

[@EnterTheMorg]

"We are always haunted by dreams of lost futures." How beautifully phrased and achingly true.

[@shifty220]

💯 Mark Fisher has also written interesting things on the "lost futures" we were promised by modernity that were crushed under the disappointment of neoliberalism

[@DavidJBradley]

Dang, We Didn't Start the Fire goes different to how I remember

[@ronanodonovan3673]

Contrasting the fictional events with the real music that came out in the relevant years is a brilliant touch. Just making the audience lean all the way into the absurdity before breaking our hearts. Beautiful.

[@phoenixrising1992]

I like that cheeky little Shakespeare reference at the end. Even in a horrible, dystopian, nightmarish future, he will forever be quoted by everyone.

[@Feasco]

*Everyone.*

[@thehopeofeden597]

Everyone.

[@ROZWBRAZEL]

*_"EVERYONE."_*

[@kyletowers9662]

this reminded me of the league of extraordinary gentlemen video with the timeline of fictional years and blink-and-you-miss-it annotations

[@jaydee4697]

I genuinely smiled when "The Tenth Planet" reference came up. Love that silly sci-fi show so much.

[@juliagoodwin9510]

God, I miss when people were optimistic for the future.

[@ThePonderer]

You and me both sister

[@ConvincingPeople]

I think people have always been both optimistic and pessimistic about the future on and off; it's just that right now we're in the middle of a trough in confidence in the concept.

[@juliagoodwin9510]

@@ConvincingPeople No kidding...

[@alexanderdesmouceaux4395]

Watch for all mankind, In this show humans Keep doing stupid shit, but at least we are trying our best better than in this reality

[@kleptrep94]

Aye that’s why I dig IGY by Donald Fagen, it’s of course a wry sarcastic song (again don’t expect sincerity from Steely Dan) but the song itself is about the naive optimism of the 1950s view of the future. An optimism we’ve long since outgrown like a cultural version of The Logical Song.

[@MainelyMandy]

Oh god, remembering how they made immortals space aliens for a movie before (very wisely) retconning that hurts me on an almost physical level

[@pashlyn]

I cannot tell you how happy that Double Dragons reference made me

[@BringSomeNoise]

Considering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have Sinn Fein as the largest party in their respective legislatures, that TNG prediction might end up being pretty much accurate

[@thefollowingisatest4579]

I love your in depth longer form pieces but this little treat was lovely!

[@MrTizzay]

What an absolutely mind-bending video how did you even approach making this? The editing and media lift alone is absolutely crazy, super well done as always!

[@Glitterblossom]

Thank you so much for uploading videos with captions

[@seanramsdell4117]

Don't forget if you're an MST3K fan: The Phantom Planet was set in 1980 (aka "Our Old Future" as pointed out by Crow T. Robot); Time Chasers had the future set in 2041

[@Lefaid]

I remember you used to do these sorts of shorter videos. This video reminds me how much I used to enjoy them.

[@TheOwlEyes]

Another awesome video, & I actually love the short/sweet format you delivered. Excellent job! Probably will be my go-to video of yours now when i introduce new friends to your content. Keep rockin’! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@MariaVosa]

This was beautiful I'm crying.

[@SquroundSquircle]

I really like how tight and focused this was. I neglected to say that earlier. I hope you do more shortform content if you want, and if it is less onerous for you to do so. This was lovely.

[@dominicgamboa2554]

Happy New Year Bro

[@Feasco]

its not so bad that the Jetsons future didn't come true, according to that we'd also be living in houses on poles because the pollution is so bad they constantly have to be raised to stay above it.

[@multismashify]

Good see you back, Oancitizen!

[@shakibone]

This is a lovely video, that gave me a lot to think about.

[@bensneb360]

Don’t forget in 2017, during the Second American Civil War, Barb Wire owned a nightclub in Steel Harbor, "the last free city" in a United States ravaged by war

[@ActuallyAnanya]

I think my favourite use of On the Nature of Daylight is from Arrival, which, relevant to the topic of this video, comes when the main character gains the ability to feel that the future has already happened.

[@sycoraxrock]

Damn that was perfect, Kyle. That last bit killed me.

[@davehandelman2832]

Sooooo great, Kyle!!!

[@KKDWTotalObelisk]

Was hoping for Dan Dare and Space: 1999 references, yay.😁

[@KealanHilley]

Amazing Kyle. ❤

[@brutalboy1000]

You should have titled this Dates of Futures Past.

[@Mitchellfw]

I love your use of music. 👏🏻

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

A glorious collection of events! 😊

[@ZyllasAthenaeum]

This came out lovely 💟

[@tyrongkojy]

Keanu was fine in Mnemonic.

[@xTheRainFallsx]

thank you for the video, kyle!

[@Jokkkkke]

Woah, I have not been getting your videos on my feed for the past half year 😢 I’ve got some catching up to do!

[@alang.bandala8863]

You literally made a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Timeline

[@ZillMob]

Yay lathe of heaven reference! Haven't read the book but man do I love the weird ass 80s PBS movie. KZbin needs more videos about it

[@DagmaraDevour]

Loved it

[@gabrielrussell5531]

I don't want flying cars: I want robust and well-funded public transit connecting walkable urban planning.

[@claudelarose8831]

A space Odyssey so nice we did it twice!

[@katieschmid988]

And now I'm crying.

[@Advent3546]

"Look up the plot of The Boy and the Dog if you want to make yourself sad" Valid

[@Feasco]

no need, I first read it in a collection of short stories about dogs and let me tell you, that very much an example of "Don't judge a book by its cover." even still it took seeing the movie to spell out what the ending was about.

[@hostandersson4301]

definitely worth remembering tomorrow :)

[@TheMjsanty]

Love this

[@disconnected22]

THANK YOU for mentioning The Apple! 😂 Highlander 2? NOOOOOO!!!!

[@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

Anyone else find it funny that both the Metro & The Last of Us destroys civilization in 2013 while having games coming out in that year?

[@iantaakalla8180]

I mean, given what happened in gaming since 2013, 2013 was the apocalypse and only now in 2024 is stuff post-apocalyptic. Somehow, things have calmed down enough, and the bad actors have mostly been relegated to the sidelines or are about to go bankrupt.

[@maryhughes1087]

I don’t know why, but KZbin has stopped showing me your videos, despite the fact that I’m subscribed. I only just found this.

[@steepertree]

Wow, a Captain Future reference - cool!

[@Sara_TheFatCultureCritic]

Love it

[@Alejandroigarabide]

1000 years from now a descendant of Kyle might update the list including TITAN A. E., more Star Trek, Batman Beyond, Minority Report, more Dr. Who, phases 4 and 5 of the MCU, Will Smith's After Earth and everything else 2024-3024.

[@ROZWBRAZEL]

what would the future version of youtube be

[@CaptainRufus]

The future Conan? All the way in THE YEARRR TWO THOOOOOUSAAAND! Edit: and it's in the opening bits? You clever sob.

[@171QA]

I get it.

[@louisduarte8763]

Only 1 METAL GEAR reference? We now live in a year well past when REVENGEANCE happened.

[@theonlynolantube]

You missed an alien fortress ship crashing on Earth in 1999, ending the Global Civil War, and the subsequent Zentraedi invasion in 2013/14.

[@xionkuriyama5697]

Incidentally, this video articulates what I actually find interesting about multiverse stories as well.

[@fusionspace175]

Wait a minute, this isn't the future! It's the lousy stinkin' now!

[@RenTheBarbarian]

Your video making style kind of reminds me of Pop Culture Detective, but with a lot more frenetic energy, if that makes sense

[@srwapo]

Your video coming out in the future is about the future???

[@rmeddy]

Yeah this dreams of lost future stuff reminded me of a 99pi episode

[@jaywhangmakes]

I expected you to make a Future Boy Conan reference. But you didn't.

[@MrBGS101]

LoEG has a really weird timeline.

[@egm3912]

I was born in 1984.

[@ErinHeartpenny]

I thought you missed Demolition Man but that’s 2032, not 2023, 8 more years lol

[@DouwedeJong]

'shorter' you say? I hardly notice.

[@vb_blokeboi7251]

Bruh hit me with 7 minutes of terrible soothsaying and KO'd me with Bill and Frank's last day.

[@dliessmgg]

this video has as many minutes as hbomberguy's next video has hours

[@dliessmgg]

(this is not a complaint btw)

[@DjynnFlyssa]

Jeez, Kyle, TOO SOON.

[@ShutItKyle]

H a u n t o l o g y

[@captdbkilowatt6501]

👍❤👍❤👍 Yeah, I subscribe to the tired Jetson air car meme. At my age, I’ve earned that right.

[@Feasco]

considering how bad people are at driving on the ground I think we dodged a bullet there

[@NeonGodzilla87]

I can't articulate why, but knowing Moon Zero Two is now set two years ago fills me with ennui

[@jordanloux3883]

And in 1975, the Japanese rock band Gekirin recorded the song that saved the world 37 years later from a comet that almost struck the Earth. - Fish Story

[@or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS]

sorry but you forget the attempt by eco terrorists to wipe out most of humanity in the 2000 sydney olympics that was stop by rainbow six and also the tiberium meteor crash into the tiber river in italy in 1995

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Love shorter videos

[@Genderkaiser]

literally 1984

[@gibberishname]

I thought this guy quit the internet

[@UnfortunatelyTheHunger]

Not entirely, he just doesn't want too many people to develop a parasocial bond with him. "Don't be a fan of me. Definitely don't stan me! You know the song 'Stan', right? You know how that song ends? A fifth of vodka and a murder-suicide! Over Eminem!""

[@_Snowflame]

You will not besmirch my man Keanu Reeves. There is no -- NO! -- other mode of acting that would be appropriate for the script of Johnny Mnemonic. Your "better acting" would make the movie worse. Technical improvement of *anything* would have made the movie worse, I will not explain. This is the most suitable acting.

[@KyleKallgrenBHH]

Counterpoint: it is extremely funny out of context.

[@iagomartinezdealegriamader52]

Kevin Costner's fake beard sucked