Back to the future of the past

Now that ‘Back to the Future’ is in the past, we wanted to show that movie wasn’t alone in predicting the longevity of newspapers.

First, of course, the USA Today edition from ‘Back to the Future’:

back to future newspaper

USA TodayBut there is also George Jetson, who gets his edition delivered digitally:

George Jetson

And Blade Runner, who turns to the old-fashioned print version:

Scene from the movie "Blade Runner," featuring a newspaper.

Tom Cruise has a flexible-screen newspaper in ‘Minority Report’:

minority-report-flexible-newspaperThe corner newsstand on Babylon 5:

babylon-5-newspaper

One thing we didn’t really see develop is the whole newspaper-printing radio:

radio set prints newspaperBut — news Flash! — there are still developments to come:

flash newspaper 2 flash newspaper

Including the delivery drone:

newspaper delivery drone

 

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