I'm looking for an American illustrator from the 1940s/50s who painted detailed, photorealistic, optimistic visions of the future, often with scientific explanations of how and why things would pan out this way. [more inside]
posted by gentle on May 18, 2009 - 12 answers

Dear Ask Metafilter: I'm searching for recipes from the future of the past. [more inside]
posted by hilatron on Nov 29, 2007 - 24 answers

Help me remember the name of a show that I used to watch! It was a sort of futuristic (possibly post-apocalyptic) gladiator arena where the contestants fought in large (think gundam wing) sized battle suits that couldn't fly. I remember watching it in the 90's as a youngin. It was all 3d computer animation, around the same time (I think) as the transformers: beast wars series.
posted by KingoftheWhales on Dec 7, 2006 - 8 answers