{"id":38433,"date":"2021-01-13T09:01:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T08:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/blog\/?p=38433"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:59:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:59:34","slug":"the-wildest-modes-of-transportation-in-film-and-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/blog\/en\/2021\/01\/the-wildest-modes-of-transportation-in-film-and-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wildest Modes of Transportation in Film and Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"

For centuries, books and movies have shown us unimaginable ways of getting around<\/strong>. Smart cars, buses that appear when needed, and even ships that can sail the deepest part of the oceans.<\/p>\n

No matter how fanciful and imaginary these worlds may seem to us, their characters still need a way to get around and go on adventures<\/strong>. We’ll look back at more than 250 years of stories onboard some incredible vehicles.<\/p>\n

Studio Ghibli’s thousand and one inventions<\/h2>\n

\"The The catbus from ‘My Neighbor Totoro.’ Gkids<\/em><\/p>\n

In Studio Ghibli’s movies, a vehicle that lifts off the ground and glides through the air<\/strong> doesn’t necessarily have to be an airplane. It could be a broom, a bicycle, or a big, hairy creature with an umbrella. In their stories, we also see moving castles that can walk and even take characters to different parts of the world with the simple turn of a wheel.<\/p>\n

In reality, the vehicles from this Japanese studio can be anything: seaplanes riddled with pirates<\/strong> in “Porco Rosso,” a moose and wolf in “Princess Mononoke,” and even a catbus in “My Neighbor Totoro.”<\/p>\n

Cars that go back to the future<\/h2>\n

The DeLorean has gull-wing doors, can fly, and uses eco-friendly fuel – but all that seems irrelevant when we find out that it can time-travel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The car from ‘Back to the Future’ was a milestone in science fiction cinema, though it is not the only surprising vehicle in the saga. In ‘Back to the Future 2,’ Marty McFly travels on a hoverboard<\/strong>. According to the film, this sort of flying scooter would be a common mode of transportation in 2015.<\/p>\n

The X-34 landspeeder<\/h2>\n

\"Luke Luke Skywalker aboard the X-34 landspeeder. Starwars.<\/em><\/p>\n

In ‘Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope,’ we find out that X-34 landspeeders<\/strong> are common vehicles for the galaxy’s civilians. Luke Skywalker himself has one that’s seen better days<\/strong>, but it still lets him roam the deserts of his planet.<\/p>\n

These landspeeders aren’t the most impressive vehicles in ‘Star Wars,’ but when the film was released in 1977, they sparked dreams of a future<\/strong> full of extraordinary innovations.<\/p>\n

KIIT, the amazing car<\/h2>\n

A talking car might not be very surprising today, but it was in the 1980s<\/strong> when the ‘Knight Rider’ series was released.<\/p>\n

KIIT has artificial intelligence, which allows it to interact with its owner (usually quite sarcastically). It can also be self-sufficient and make its own decisions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Knight Bus<\/h2>\n