Old Movies

[Torchwatch]

Yesterday I watched 2 old movies 2010 the sequal to 2001 A Space Odyssey 1984 and The French Connection 1971.
In 2010 we meet the main character in this movie up a radio telescope wearing short shorts, at dinner we meet his infant son feeding the dolphins also wearing short shorts. Later in really short running shorts he goes for a run and his son cycles alongside (on a quad cycle) wearing his normal short shorts, they are discussing the father travelling to Jupiter and being away for months. This is a 1984 veiw of the future in which men and boys live through the summer in short shorts as if it's normal.
2010 gets some things wrong though, you can buy tickets to the Space Station on Pan AM.
In the French Connection the main character an American police detective goes down to the main town beach complete with posh restaurant and finds men and women playing volleyball there, although this is still the town centre the men are playing volleyball in speedos and square cut swimming trunks. This wasn't anything special, it's how things were in 1971 in France when Jacques Cousteau was frequently on tv with his minimally clad divers.
I learned recently that his ship the Calypso had a large bulk wine tank installed to make voyages more pleasant.