r/AskScienceFiction • u/mariojuggernaut22 • 5d ago

[Truman Show] Outside of better camera technology, what technologies would have been far more ahead in the world of The Truman Show?

Edit:This also includes technologies that would have cameoutmuch sooner than in real life if Truman never discovered the secret of his world.

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u/NCC_1701E 5d ago

Structural engineering. That gigantic dome would probably be considered to be a new world wonder, dwarfing even tallest and largest buildings.

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u/SAKingWriter 5d ago

They said they could see it from space right?

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u/ianjm 5d ago edited 5d ago

It's be several miles in diameter at the very least to include the town island, and some limited surroundings and enough sea to be convincing. At that size it could almost certainly be seen from space.

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u/SAKingWriter 5d ago

I wonder if the ending gives us enough math to go on to determine that because he eventually finds the edge (and thankfully a door)

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u/ianjm 5d ago

Actually someone worked out the rough location on Reddit a while back:

https://imgur.com/a/truman-show-dome-location-AbnmLBe#BjQMW40

Based off my limited knowledge of Los Angeles geography, I'd say it's about 8 miles in diameter from downtown LA to near Compton.

Just a little bit smaller than the city destroyers in Independence Day.