Well... you could argue that Twenty Minutes Into The Present is basing itself around sequels and thus could be broadened to include any sequel that takes place a significant period of time into the future but doesn't change any aspect of culture/politics/whatever from the original.
You could argue that. But with a lame snowclone title like this (and as an acknowledged lumper), I wouldn't.
I would've said Twenty Minutes Into The Present isn't thriving, and maybe Next Sunday A.D. is only for sequels.
edited 13th Mar '13 2:32:34 AM by spacemarine50
No, the other one.
While that might be a distinction between them, I don't see how it makes them different as tropes.
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Didn't we have a previous thread about this? I think it died.
I'm still having difficulty puzzling out what this is supposed to be, even after reading the linked thread. Something about how timeskips don't look futuristic enough?
From what I can tell Next Sunday A.D. is about media set a little ways into the future for non-setting reason but because the seators want tp play hard and loose with notable events. Like if the presedent gets assissinated in your movie it is more 'realistic' if it takes place a year from now rather than right now. Other than that the timeframe is irrelevent, so thefasion, political clim, slang, economy, etc etc are all identical to the present day.
The other one seems to be about media that are set in the future in a more significant sense, like a sci-fi meant to take place in twenty years where we are all buddy-buddy with aliens or whatever, but many aspects come across as dated so the effect is a bit questionable. This seeems to be something more apparent in retrospect, like a movie that was made in the 70s set in the year 2000 but cell phones do not exist and everyone is wearing bell-bottoms.
I am nuetral on weither or not the difference is significant, certainly the names do not indicate which is which.
I can't find the difference between this trope and Next Sunday A.D.. Anyone else see a tropable difference, or just merge them and call it a day?
edited 12th Mar '13 4:33:17 PM by Discar