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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
2nd Jan, 2021 12:14:53 PM
try the "There Are No Words" episode of Now and Again
I was recently reminded of an old promo for (I think) a TV episode back in the late 90s, that I never got to watch. It was clearly inspired by Y2K paranoia about digital data-loss, only with a scifi twist: instead of electronically-stored information, some kind of microorganism was erasing hardcopy. The ad showed various paper items - the Mona Lisa, money, the Declaration of Independence - all turning blank as their ink/paint was consumed. I used to think it was an episode of Seven Days, but now that summaries of that show are available online I've checked, and nothing matches. Was there some other weird-catastrophe-themed TV show, that aired during that Y2K-paranoia period? Or an anthology series that explored ideas like that? Been bugging me on and off for ages.