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Title: Worst dated even in a movie ??? Post by: me on September 06, 2001, 08:24:16 PM My favorite part of "Deathrace 2000" is when we get to listen to someone give a quick inacurate history lesson... when we're told about "the great car pileup of 1999" and so on...
My question is, what's the worst dated event in a movie? What movie mentions 'the World War 3 of 1998' or the 'Apocalyptic devistation of 1999'? List anything you can think of... Title: Re: Worst dated even in a movie ??? Post by: Mofo Rising on September 06, 2001, 09:26:07 PM PRINCE OF DARKNESS
There's a running dream through the whole movie that turns out to be transmissions from the future. It's a nice, spooky idea that ties the whole movie together. Unfortunately it is being transmitted from the year 1999. Title: Re: Worst dated even in a movie ??? Post by: Chadzilla on September 06, 2001, 11:25:08 PM Escape from New York is set in 1997.
Title: Re: Worst dated even in a movie ??? Post by: Hairzilla on September 07, 2001, 12:47:13 AM World War Three breaks out in 1997, according to the first TERMINATOR movie.
The "big one" that separates California from the rest of the United States occurs in ESCAPE FROM L.A..... Title: Re: Worst dated even in a movie ??? Post by: Hairzilla on September 07, 2001, 12:51:23 AM Or, to be more accurate, the "big one" is noted as having already occured during the opening minutes of ESCAPE FROM L.A.
Title: Re: Worst dated even in a movie ??? Post by: AndyC on September 07, 2001, 01:28:29 PM Caesar and his army of apes took over in the early 90s as I recall.
And I think Khan Noonian Singh and his genetic supermen escaped into space in 1996, after having ruled a considerable chunk of the globe for a time. Title: Re: Worst dated even in a movie ??? Post by: Steve. on September 07, 2001, 01:57:51 PM 1984. Damn - that one came true, didn't it? Room 101!
Title: Some others Post by: Apostic on September 07, 2001, 02:21:58 PM The recent B-Masters forum on Days of Future Past
http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/futurepast.html and http://www.jabootu.com/acolytes/bnotes/escape2k.htm#bwtm I also note Just Imagine (1930), which shows us the wonders of 1980, wherein serial codes have replaced surnames and vending machins have replaced copulation. (Long story...) regards, Apostic Title: Re: Some others Post by: Josh Leman on September 07, 2001, 04:35:38 PM Don't forget 2001: A Space Odyssey, where not only is space travel relatively common but also Pan Am Airlines still exists and everybody still has those goofy Beaver Cleaver haircuts.
Still a great film though. Title: Re: Some others Post by: StatCat on September 07, 2001, 05:33:50 PM Terminator was alreadly mentioned but that's the first thing that came to my mind. Terminator 2 shows how people are almost entirely whipped out in August 1999 and then a war between the corporation's machines and humans continues for decades.
Title: Re: Some others Post by: N. E. Moses on September 07, 2001, 10:56:24 PM One for tv, the setting for Dark Angel seem to be in well past 2000, but dialogue (especially between Original Cindy and Max) seem to be of this year
Title: Re: Worst dated even(t) in a movie ??? Post by: Flangepart on September 08, 2001, 12:04:08 PM Shhhhhhh! Big Brother has ears every were! Hey, what about the opening date in Destroy All Monsters? "The year is..." . And a recomendation, just visualise the story as an alternate earth thingy, if it helps. Long Live Orwell!
Title: Re: Worst dated even(t) in a movie ??? Post by: Steve. on September 08, 2001, 05:04:13 PM Citizen Flangepart! Stop what you are doing right now. Yes, you. You are guilty of thinking bad and sarcastic thoughts about perfectly fine motion pictures - you are hereby banished to a "respectable" site for a term yet to be decided.
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