Portrayal of the future in movies

silvervixen84

Forgive me if this has been done recently, but I'm watching Freejack at the moment (guilty pleasure of mine) and as it was made in the early 90s with a 'future' of 2009 I'm surprised that some of the elements of it weren't too far off.

Obviously the bubble cars and police using laser guns aren't around in everyday life, but I think that other things like the acknowledgement of global warning, most of Rene Russo's apartment, the general styling of the characters in the future, and the not too cringy technology make it a credible vision of 2009.

What movies where their future is near or has already passed have been the most accurate?

Carl.Gustav

Pretty much none, all future movies and literature are very optimistic about our future technological progress and are at least a couple of hundred years off

Phony Scott

Like everyone else I'm just waiting for the flying car

just five more years to wait!

The Boys from Brazil was, at the time, considered ludicrous with its predictions on cloning. Now it's considered possible.

actually scratch that, it isn't a futuristic film, i think.

vibe666

Moller needs to get his sodding finger out finishing the skycar, he's been promising us for about 30 years now!

Mint Sauce

I'm still hoping for that hover baord in 5 years time.

Phony Scott

Silvervixen84, you might find this link interesting.

bonerm

Most accurate : Things to Come / 2001 ASO / Gattaca

Least : Back to the Future 2 (tho this was for the most part deliberate)

Mickeroo

Wasn't Blade Runner set in 1996?

krudler

Mickeroo wrote: »

Wasn't Blade Runner set in 1996?

2019, 9 years to go

Heres hoping it'll look like this:

longhalloween

krudler wrote: »

2019, 9 years to go

Heres hoping it'll look like this:

Take out the flying car and it looks like New York.

bonerm

longhalloween wrote: »

Take out the flying car and it looks like New York.

Looks more like Coruscant.

Magic Eight Ball

Space: 1999 FTW.

Hank_Jones

krudler wrote: »

2019, 9 years to go

Heres hoping it'll look like this:

That's my desktop picture.

Also, see location

Phony Scott

bonerm wrote: »

Most accurate : Things to Come

That film is so eerie for its prediction on the start of World War II, I'm not so sure about the end of the war though. Wasn't it thirty years after or something :rolleyes: Nitpicking aside, an interesting movie, if you like Metropolis check it out.

Tomohawk

How about "Children of Men"?

LighterGuy

What about the movie 2012?

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
Lets hope it was way off. lol.

nyarlothothep

A Clockwork Orange was pretty much bang on concerning social disorder, however it did have history to rely on. We could have flying cars if we wanted to except that the number of accidents would skyrocket (yes). Theres no logical necessity for it yet as the costs are to high...However a computer controlled system would make flying cars a lot more feasible as there would be no driver, except for the computer. Its also untrue to say that sci fi is generally 100s of years off in its predictions, it can be off with regards certain technologies, for example a lot of sci fi severely underestimated the progress of computer tech vs space travel, because most of the effort has been invested in the former over the years whereas the rapid advancement in space propulsion was largely a result of the Cold War.