The Soulmate and I were watching Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back last night and I was stopped in my tracks by Luke Skywalker speaking on his watch phone/walkie talkie.
I pondered this strange technology. A communication device…on your wrist? Jedis used it, James Bond used it, even Penny used it on Inspector Gadget. What was the obsession with watch phones?
Given that many of us use bluetooth technology nowadays and cell phones are the absolute standard by which we all communicate, how didn’t geniuses like George Lucas and the others not put two and two together? We use phones in our houses. Why don’t we make them smaller and attach them right to our ear so we don’t have to hold them? No - that idea sucks….
Let’s put it on a watch! Brilliant!
Let’s put it on something that is nowhere near our mouths or ears, much less our heads. Let’s make Bond talk into his wrist like he’s testing how much cologne he put on this morning before starting his international tour of dangerous, sexy espionage and raking in ridiculous amounts of pussy. It’ll be so chic! Finally the answer we’ve all be waiting for!
*sigh*
I never thought I’d have the context in which to say this…but…Star Trek had it right.
