# Interesting live action "Jetsons" intro **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790 "2016-12-03T23:59:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/1 "2016-12-03T23:59:58Z")
Yeah it’s just really an ad for Arconic (was Alcoa) but still as someone who watched the Jetsons as a kid it was pretty amusing to watch and it was very nicely done. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37waZeR4isc) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/2 "2016-12-04T00:59:55Z")
Perfect post/username combo! And thanks for the vid. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/3 "2016-12-04T01:37:10Z")
Ralfaz? Ruck! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/4 "2016-12-04T02:12:08Z")
Arconic? Sounds evil. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/5 "2016-12-04T02:57:49Z")
If the Jetsons live in San Francisco, that giant condo they live in must be worth a billion dollars. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/6 "2016-12-04T04:49:23Z")
I can’t tell you how much I wanted that to end with out-of-control dog walking. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/7 "2016-12-04T07:30:14Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I can’t tell you how much I wanted that to end with out-of-control dog walking. Yeah, that’s the one thing off about this: It’s tonally wrong because this George Jetson isn’t a loser. He’s a model-pretty man with a model-pretty family who works in a job which looks interesting and fulfilling, as opposed to a cartooney nebbish with a pudgy son and a wife and daughter who are attractive within the limits of 1960s Hanna-Barbera ultra-stylized limited animation who has a completely unfulfilling job which apparently involves pushing buttons all day. It’s hard to imagine _this_ George Jetson getting fired by a corrupt plutocrat or getting into any of the other farcical comedy-of-errors hijinks the original show ran on. Ads _can_ make fun of their main characters, but when your main character apparently works at the company you want to advertise _for_, making him a loser makes your whole company seem like a bad place to work and do business with. That, and it’s an unimaginative vision of the future with the 1960s sound effects overlaid on top of it. I suppose that fits in a meta sense, in that “The Jetsons” was 1960s consensus vision of the future and this is the 2010s consensus vision of the future, but it’s still just like every other 2010s show set in the middle-range future. It does nothing to distinguish itself. And putting it in San Francisco instead of at least trying to replicate the Cloud City concept is extra lazy. They lived in Cartoon Bespin, goddamn it! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/8 "2016-12-04T07:46:09Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Yeah, that’s the one thing off about this: It’s tonally wrong because this George Jetson isn’t a loser. He’s a model-pretty man with a model-pretty family who works in a job which looks interesting and fulfilling, as opposed to a cartooney nebbish with a pudgy son and a wife and daughter who are attractive within the limits of 1960s Hanna-Barbera ultra-stylized limited animation who has a completely unfulfilling job which apparently involves pushing buttons all day. > > It’s hard to imagine _this_ George Jetson getting fired by a corrupt plutocrat or getting into any of the other farcical comedy-of-errors hijinks the original show ran on. Ads _can_ make fun of their main characters, but when your main character apparently works at the company you want to advertise _for_, making him a loser makes your whole company seem like a bad place to work and do business with. > > That, and it’s an unimaginative vision of the future with the 1960s sound effects overlaid on top of it. I suppose that fits in a meta sense, in that “The Jetsons” was 1960s consensus vision of the future and this is the 2010s consensus vision of the future, but it’s still just like every other 2010s show set in the middle-range future. It does nothing to distinguish itself. And putting it in San Francisco instead of at least trying to replicate the Cloud City concept is extra lazy. They lived in Cartoon Bespin, goddamn it! Well, you really couldn’t get away with portraying Jane (his wife) as she was in the original; George takes a bill out of his wallet, Jane grabs the wallet, and then descends to the shopping center. I don’t think that would fly with a modern audience. And the costuming seems a little off. Elroy is wearing clothes that look like they could have been inspired by a '60s cartoon, but the rest are in fashionable, minimalist outfits that don’t even try to capture that retro-future vibe. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/9 "2016-12-04T10:23:47Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Well, you really couldn’t get away with portraying Jane (his wife) as she was in the original; George takes a bill out of his wallet, Jane grabs the wallet, and then descends to the shopping center. I don’t think that would fly with a modern audience. Sounds like very woman I’ve ever known. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/10 "2016-12-04T12:07:25Z")
[Seth MacFarlane did it better.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ShiCJ5RpKI&app=desktop) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/11 "2016-12-04T13:41:21Z")
Why are they commuting, anyway, given the telepresence capabilities they’re demonstrating? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/12 "2016-12-04T13:47:23Z")
Cool vid, but it does have political correctness all over it. I was surprised they didn’t change the lyrics too, so the mom and daughter are introduced first. I’m so conditioned by modern advertising it stood out. Then again, I have no idea what that company does or who they’re marketing to. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/13 "2016-12-04T14:43:13Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I can’t tell you how much I wanted that to end with out-of-control dog walking. Yup, I spent the entire video waiting for them to stop that crazy thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/14 "2016-12-04T15:22:56Z")
Hows about [Futurama](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-FGgwMt98M) in a higher resolution? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/15 "2016-12-04T16:25:36Z")
What the hell? A black haired Jetson family, and George with a beard? Fuck that! ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/16 "2016-12-04T21:38:31Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Yeah, that’s the one thing off about this: It’s tonally wrong because this George Jetson isn’t a loser. He’s a model-pretty man with a model-pretty family who works in a job which looks interesting and fulfilling, as opposed to a cartooney nebbish with a pudgy son and a wife and daughter who are attractive within the limits of 1960s Hanna-Barbera ultra-stylized limited animation who has a completely unfulfilling job which apparently involves pushing buttons all day. [The Hanna Barbera Wiki](http://hanna-barbera.wikia.com/wiki/The_Jetsons) says he only worked 3 hours a day, 3 days a week. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/17 "2016-12-04T22:40:30Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > [The Hanna Barbera Wiki](http://hanna-barbera.wikia.com/wiki/The_Jetsons) says he only worked 3 hours a day, 3 days a week. Well, when you count all the times he came home with a sprained button-pushing finger, plus having to work under that live volcano Mr. Spacely, I think you can say his job was less than enviable. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/18 "2016-12-04T22:44:20Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Well, you really couldn’t get away with portraying Jane (his wife) as she was in the original; George takes a bill out of his wallet, Jane grabs the wallet, and then descends to the shopping center. I don’t think that would fly with a modern audience. > > And the costuming seems a little off. Elroy is wearing clothes that look like they could have been inspired by a '60s cartoon, but the rest are in fashionable, minimalist outfits that don’t even try to capture that retro-future vibe. All that and you didn’t even mention that Elroy is Chinese with 2 Caucasian parents. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/19 "2016-12-05T01:52:10Z")
I’m loving having this live action under the music and sound effects I remember. But they could have at least paid lip service to Mr. Spacely, R.U.D.I, and Uniblab. Stick 'em in the background, somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790/20 "2016-12-05T02:00:03Z")
Not directly related to this, but there’s a **Judy Jetson** Hair Salon on Mass Ave. in Cambridge, between Harvard Square and Porter square. They didn’t used to have anything related to the cartoon show, as if it’s purely a coincidence: > **[Judy Jetson - Cambridge, MA](https://www.yelp.com/biz/judy-jetson-cambridge)** > > Specialties: We are a collective of stylists who's combined specialties include short and long hair cutting, hair styling, up-dos, hair coloring of all kinds, including every color of the rainbow, keratin treatments, deep conditioning treatments,... But I notice now that they’re invoking Judy’s image on their website: > **[Hair Salon | Judy Jetson Hair | Cambridge MA](https://www.judyjetson.com/)** > > Judy Jetson is an institution of the Cambridge, MA hair scene. We strive to create a safe environment for people to express themselves through their hair [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790.md?page=2)