Welcome, @ObscurityofDCClub and other members of the DC Community! Welcome to Obscurity of DC’s sixteen Ultr-Obscure Book Club! This week, we’ll be focusing on…
THE JETSONS!!!
AGE SUGGESTION: 12+
Number of Books: 6
Not-so-brief description from dc.com: Meet George Jetson, a family man living an analog life in a digital world. Jane, his wife, is a brilliant scientist working off-world at a conference; his daughter Judy is a social butterfly trying to discover her calling; and his boy Elroy is either doing homework or using robotic technology to break the rules. Strangest of all, George’s mother has downloaded herself into Rosie the robot!
Now that that’s over with, here are some discussion questions:
- The Jetsons comics often feature advanced technology and gadgets that don’t exist in real life. What are some of your favorite inventions in the series, and how do you think they would change the world if they were real?
- What is the relationship between technology and humanity in The Jetsons comics? Do you feel technology is portrayed more as a positive or negative force? Why?
- How does The Jetsons address issues related to family, relationships, and personal identity?
- Who was your favorite family member of the Jetsons? Why?
- What are some of the differences between The Jetsons comics and the original TV show? Which do you prefer and why?
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- The Jetsons comics often feature advanced technology and gadgets that don’t exist in real life. What are some of your favorite inventions in the series, and how do you think they would change the world if they were real?
I mean, the big one is definitely being able to put your mind into a robot body, that’s…huge, and would possibly really disrupt what it means to be alive. In retrospect, I’m surprised that Rosie is the only character we see do this, you would think there would be more robots like this.
- What is the relationship between technology and humanity in The Jetsons comics? Do you feel technology is portrayed more as a positive or negative force? Why?
I would say positive overall – a bulk of the story is basically about people using technology to solve impossible problems.
- How does The Jetsons address issues related to family, relationships, and personal identity?
In terms of family, the Jetsons were surprisingly pure and positive – when you are told this is going to be a grittier, more serious version of The Jetsons, I figured there would be more problems in the family life, but the worst we get is Elroy initially lying about where he was at the beginning of the story.
- Who was your favorite family member of the Jetsons? Why?
That’s a hard one – there’s enough to like most of them, but between the series length and the large plot focus there wasn’t a lot to make any character particularly memorable.
- What are some of the differences between The Jetsons comics and the original TV show? Which do you prefer and why?
The biggest difference is genre – The Jetsons animated series was basically a sitcom – The Flinstones in the far future, and the former was basically The Honeymooners but in caveman times. Meanwhile this iteration of The Jetsons felt like Star Trek – where humans in a post-apocalyptic world become united from it and largely foregone all conflict in exchange of scientific discovery and innovation. They just feel impossible to compare since they both offer different things.
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