Inaccurate Futuristic Movie Predictions

[Jeremy1983]

Here's an article on Yahoo of the "Top 10 Inaccurate Movies About the Future."

http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/celeb...ture/fp#photo0

I always thought that sci-fi movies that get real whacky with their visions of the future should just set their films WAY in the future, like hundreds of years. So at least you won't be criticized for your inaccuracies in your lifetime.

If you really think about it, the world hasn't really changed THAT much in the last 30-40 years. I mean, we basically just have much more buildings and the Internet. But basic things like the way we eat, sleep, dress, travel, etc. haven't changed much at all in a LONG time.

I thought that Children of Men did a decent job of toning down the visions of the future into a more realistic world.

[Mike53421]

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

[Variable]

it never bothered me ever, and I don't really consider them predicitons...

but yeah children of men was great, more of a classic sci fi look at the future.


edit - and really more has changed in the last decade than in the 40 years before. you have to look less at the physical stuff, eat/dress/etc. and more at how we communicate and how we think.

[newtype]

I noticed it had twelve monkeys, the actual atmosphere of the future in that movie isn't really a big deal. Things like 2001 and back to the future make me laugh though.

[tommyboy81]

Don't know if the Back to the Future's 2015 stuff is going to come. Including a Cubs World Series Win. But they did predict a Miami Baseball Team though.

[Sussudio]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

Don't know if the Back to the Future's 2015 stuff is going to come. Including a Cubs World Series Win. But they did predict a Miami Baseball Team though.

with the rate sequels are shooting out of hollywood, i'd say jaws 9 isn't far off tho

[Batman1980]

I really don't care as long as the movie is believable and enjoyable for what it's trying to do.

[Beta Man]

Damn.... That huge insurance policy I took out on the Statue of Liberty went to waste.......

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by Gambit

I noticed it had twelve monkeys, the actual atmosphere of the future in that movie isn't really a big deal. Things like 2001 and back to the future make me laugh though.

One thing about !2 Monkey's is the it can still happen. Well actually happen. Just forget the year.

[donaldheil]

I agree they all could be predictions... But just forget the dates. Some things haven't happened, but they could.

I think this report is a cheap way to attack movies (some of them based, by the way, on books). If some of them were taken literally, they wouldn't be considered classics even today.

[assydingo]

People like to ***** and focus on the negative.

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by donaldheil

I agree they all could be predictions... But just forget the dates. Some things haven't happened, but they could.

I think this report is a cheap way to attack movies (some of them based, by the way, on books). If some of them were taken literally, they wouldn't be considered classics even today.

Thats why if i ever make a futuristic movie it will be set in 5015.

[EricJ]

Yep, thought this Yahoo List O' The Week would be Forum-recycled as "original" within a matter of hours...

And so far no one's mentioned the list conspicuously ignoring:
- "Escape From New York"'s date: 1997 (the year we got "Escape From LA", which pushed the date up to...2013--It is a busy decade, isn't it?)
- "Back to the Future II" predicting that we'd STILL get Jaws sequels in 2015 (or still remember Max Headroom)
- "Blade Runner" predicting that in 2019, Perrier would be the drink of choice, Pan Am would offer off-world flights (presumably to 2001's space station), and cities would be in the shadow of an all-powerful corporate computer conglomerate....ATARI!!!

[Jeremy1983]

Originally Posted by Variable

edit - and really more has changed in the last decade than in the 40 years before. you have to look less at the physical stuff, eat/dress/etc. and more at how we communicate and how we think.

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.

[Another_Dude]

Idiocracy looks to be running ahead of schedule...

[fatediesel]

What about Demolition Man predicting Taco Bell would be the only restaurant in the future?

IMDB disputes the whole Marlins winning the World Series part of Back to the Future II. From the trivia page:

Despite the rumor that circulated in 1997, shortly after the Florida Marlins beat the Cleveland Indians for the World Series, the movie does not "spookily" predict the result. No mention is made of "Florida" winning the World Series at all, and the only mention of a Florida-based team is in a news broadcast which announces that the Chicago Cubs beat Miami in the 2015 World Series (a joke at the Cubs' expense - they hadn't won the World Series since 1908). This rumor re-surfaced in 2003, when the Cubs and the Red Sox (both "cursed" teams) were in the playoffs. The rumor in Boston was that the movie said the Sox would win, and the rumor in Chicago was that the movie predicted the Cubs would win. The latter rumor was correct, but the former team went on to win the following year, in 2004. Also worth mentioning is that the Florida Marlins will soon change their team name to the Miami Marlins around 2011 (as part of an agreement to having their own ballpark built in Miami), so technically a Miami-based team would exist by 2015; another spookily-correct prediction.

[P@t_Mtl]

Uusaly don't bother very much, looking back these movies were classics (even if I actualy don't own any one of them on DVD or BD) they were well made and still entertain us to this day and they will for years to come. Not every writer or director can be as succesful as Jules Verne was

[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.

[BluLobsta]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Damn.... That huge insurance policy I took out on the Statue of Liberty went to waste.......

YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP! OH, DAMN YOU! GODDAMN YOU ALL TO HELL! YOU DAMN DIRTY APES!!

[Mike53421]

Originally Posted by Another_Dude

Idiocracy looks to be running ahead of schedule...

lol.