Inaccurate Futuristic Movie Predictions

[jsteinhauer]

Originally Posted by Jeremy1983

Yeah, I agree much has changed in that regard. I just think it's funny how a movie will take place like 30-50 years in the future, and the writer/director think that EVERYTHING will be different, like we'll all be wearing silver space suits, swallowing pills for meals, flying around on personal aircraft, and we all have robots with human personalities. But when you look back 30-50 years, we don't really do things THAT much different.

Well, compare 1900's to 1950's. Autos, Airplanes, Spaceships (primitive), Antibiotics, Televisions, Many more...I'd say is a drastic difference.

1950's to 2000's. Microcomputers at the cellular level, Space colonization is possible, if not economically feasible, Spy satellites that can identify individuals, global positioning, Minimally invasive surgery, transplant surgery, "meal replacement" drink mixes and bars, robots, gene manipulation, electronic viruses, etc.

I think it's quite striking. It's just that a lot of the old stuff is still around, or that we've lived through gradual changes, and it doesn't seem like such a big deal.

[Zvi]

Originally Posted by Mike53421

Haha I always laughed post-1997 when watching Terminator 2, how the world was supposed to be destroyed by then.

Perhaps you should watch it again. At least the part when it ends. The destroy the chips and the future is unset, on more optimistic tones.

[AintNoSin]

I want my flying cars. They promised me flying cars.

[krazeyeyez]

Originally Posted by AintNoSin

I want my flying cars. They promised me flying cars.

screw the cars, i want my hover skateboards with jet thrusters oh yah

[JamesKurtovich]

Originally Posted by krazeyeyez

screw the cars, i want my hover skateboards with jet thrusters oh yah

I grew up thinking that we would have hover crafts in the year 2000.