FUTURAMA: A view of our future?

by: Maricella D. Valdivia 2013-55498

               Limited with just an episode, because I really don't watch this cartoon series, there are points and questions that popped in my mind. I wonder if year 3000 will look like what Fry have seen. Maybe not exactly the same, but somehow alike. I believe that our technology will further improve after several years. But there is this song telling about the year 3000, it says “Not much has changed, but they live underwater”, then I thought of Global Warming, climate change, and greenhouse gases. Then I thought, maybe it won't be like Futurama, since we are experiencing these catastrophes because of our selfishness and greediness. And in paying the price, we might run out of minerals, sources to make the things that will make our lives better.

               But the advancement of technology in the video was astonishing. You can now find out if someone is blood-related to you, there are robots who can talk and act like a human, there are also flying cars, transport tubes, a museum of heads of famous people, and even a suicide booth! The film is sci-fi, it gives us a hint what the future 'might' be, and comedy for the audience to have a good laugh and to brush so much seriousness.

               We can make our world like what the video showed us of our future world, our lives will be a lot easier(although we're already 1010+ years old by that year), but my advice is not to be selfish. We should be aware about the next generations, they deserve to live, and they deserve a better world. The progress of our world should be increasing, and not decreasing. But my hopes are high that these advancement can happen.