- "The Incredibles" features a lot of futuristic-looking tech, computers, and GPS.
- But it doesn't take place in the present or even the future.
- The Pixar movie takes place in 1962. The beginning of the film takes place over a decade earlier.
"The Incredibles" is getting a sequel this year, 14 years after the original movie came out in 2004.
If you haven't watched the movie in a while, you may think the Pixar classic takes place in the early 2000s, when it came out. After all, Mr. Incredible works on a computer, and some high-tech gadgets are used in the film.
But as BuzzFeed pointed out, that's not the case at all.
One small moment early on in the movie will tell you the movie actually takes place in the '60s. Early in the movie as the Parr family attempts to eat dinner, Bob/Mr. Incredible sneaks off to read the news.
Take a good look at that newspaper. It reads May 16, 1962.
Now, if you want to go even further down the rabbit hole, the beginning of the movie takes place around 1947.
Where we're getting that year from
A few scenes earlier in the movie, while Mr. Incredible is sitting at a regular desk job, the movie tells us it skips ahead 15 years.
There are also a few clues early in the movie that should have given you a clue the movie took place in a different time period.
Old-timey-looking cars open the movie.
Superhero costumes worn to the Parr wedding look like nods to older comic characters.
Tell us these costumes don't remind you of Adam West's Batman from the late '60s.
The news cameras look as if they're from the late '40s and early '50s.
Those are just a few examples. The director Brad Bird, who is 60, has said the comic books and spy movies he grew up with in the '60s inspired the film, so it would make sense for him to pay tribute to the past while bringing it into the present.
We'll see more of this aesthetic come into play when "Incredibles 2" is released this summer. The sequel will take place moments after the 2004 movie. You can watch the trailer for the movie here.
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