I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese.
Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world.
In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a narrative according to what we know and, where we aren't absolutely sure, what might be most likely to have happened, within the generally accepted rules of evidence and sour

