100 Years of Beauty: Aging

May 14, 2015 8:49 PM

Soon-to-be-married couple gets to see themselves and each-other as they might look over the years. (slyt)
posted by curious nu (15 comments total)

That second set of prosthetics was more Zombie than Elderly.
posted by Scram at 9:00 PM on May 14, 2015 [7 favorites]

It's like they got into a knife-fight somewhere in their 60's.
posted by the uncomplicated soups of my childhood at 9:02 PM on May 14, 2015 [1 favorite]

I thought that would be gimmicky but it was surprisingly affecting. The Mr and I just had our 4th wedding anniversary; he turned 50 this year and I will next year, and the topic of how we take care of each other for the next few decades has been a lot on our minds.
posted by matildaben at 9:11 PM on May 14, 2015 [1 favorite]

It's like they got into a knife-fight somewhere in their 60's.

Hey, they were told that using the precogs was optional.
posted by yoink at 9:14 PM on May 14, 2015

That was adorable.

I wonder if the croaky voices were because they were getting emotional or just that they were getting into character.
posted by a car full of lions at 10:19 PM on May 14, 2015

Kids today.
posted by biddeford at 11:49 PM on May 14, 2015

That was sweet, but are haircuts not available to men in their 90s?
posted by Short Attention Sp at 2:24 AM on May 15, 2015 [7 favorites]

The changes for the 50s seem pretty mild to me; I'm there now and when I look back at me in my 20s, I can barely recognize myself.
posted by octothorpe at 4:53 AM on May 15, 2015 [1 favorite]

I like that they just got older in the face, no dad-gut, no arthritic stoop, no post-partum baby weight, no hair loss for him or hair gain for her. They remain a hot couple FOREVER!
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 8:03 AM on May 15, 2015 [1 favorite]

I found this extremely touching, and I thought the make-up artists did a nice job.
posted by likeatoaster at 8:44 AM on May 15, 2015 [1 favorite]

You could watch understanding hit them on a visceral level that they're going to age, and someday die. It makes me wonder if this sort of makeover could be a kind of vaccine against fear of aging - you face it in a sudden rush, preferably with someone you love by your side going through the same thing - and realize hey, it's shocking but maybe not so bad after all. Maybe weeks from that time, when all the makeup has washed off, but you discover a new crop of crows feet or grey hair, part of you would be able to say "oh yeah, I've been here and then some. No big deal."
posted by prewar lemonade at 8:52 AM on May 15, 2015 [3 favorites]

The one thing that was kind of disappointing to me was that the fashions they were wearing were what someone of that age would wear today. I wanted to see what they thought old people would be wearing 25, 40, 60 years in the future. At least I hope for nanotechnology cardigans that stay clean even when you spill your soup on them.
posted by matildaben at 10:11 AM on May 15, 2015 [1 favorite]

That second set of prosthetics was more Zombie than Elderly.

I thought this too! But then it occurred to me that people don't really age from teens to adulthood in a perfectly linear fashion--sometimes you go through awkward phases, take a while to "grow into" your face or what have you. Don't see why that might not also apply in middle age and later.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 10:40 AM on May 15, 2015

I wanted to see what they thought old people would be wearing 25, 40, 60 years in the future.

You're assuming we will still even use/need meat bodies then.
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 11:20 AM on May 15, 2015

I wanted to see what they thought old people would be wearing 25, 40, 60 years in the future.

Old people to day wear the same stuff they wore when they were younger, to the extent that they can still afford it / fit into it.

When current 20 somethings are old, they'll be wearing jeans and T-shirts.

It's the young people who will be wearing the foil mini-skirts.
posted by OnceUponATime at 3:38 PM on May 15, 2015