When Does "Kaboom" (2010) Take Place?
"Kaboom" is a science fiction comedy film written by Gregg Araki that released October 6th, 2010. So when is "Kaboom" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because Thor says, 'So I'm, like, really into "Gran Turismo 5" and'... The video game "Gran Turismo 5" (2010) debuted on November 24th, 2010 AD. So it must be after November of 2010 AD.
~2010s AD
We know this because Thor says, 'So I'm, like, really into "Gran Turismo 5" and'... The video game "Gran Turismo 5" (2010) debuted on November 24th, 2010 AD. So it must be after November of 2010 AD.
Furthermore, Smith uses a BlackBerry phone a product that stopped releasing and maintaining new phones in 2020 AD. So it's extremely likely it is during or before 2020 AD (Blackberry fell out of favor after the introduction of the iPhone smartphone, which first became available for purchase on June 29th, 2007 AD).
More specifically, Smith narrates that "I've had this same bizarre fucking dream every night since I moved into the dorms last week. So now I'm wide awake and, being 18"... As most students enter college at 18-years-old and start in early September in the American system, it is almost certainly September of whatever calendar year it is. It is otherwise unplaceable.
Additionally, there is an extremely quick flashback that opens as Smith tells us, "Stella and I first met way back in ninth grade." Most students in the ninth grade in the American system are 14 or 15-years-old so it's 3 to 4 years earlier sometime between 2006 AD and 2017 AD.
2,010 - 4 = 2,006
or
2,020 - 3 = 2,017.
