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Thinking about films that show us future society on earth which would be more of a functioning society or civilization. Not such films with a chaotic post apocalyptic world or life on a spacecraft. Human like societies of the future.

Mention any others that are not on the list. You can change your vote also.

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How about I,Robot, Judge Dredd, Ultraviolet and Aeon Flux?

This is one that could turn into a broad sampling of films.  I mean, many post-apocalyptic films could fall into this genre too.  I guess, as a litmus test, you could say that these are films where society has not broken down entirely, nor is it in freefall toward such an end either.  It can be teetering on the edge of collapse or so draconian that we shudder to think of it.  By those criteria, I think all of the movies already listed are valid - along with many others, such as "The Road Warrior" and even "Solarbabies."

You know, what jumped to mind for my favorite was the already-mentioned-today "The Fifth Element."

EDIT:  Mostly I was thinking  out loud about these.  You mention that the society should not be crashed.  However, what about one that has established itself following a crash?  Maybe even one that is climbing back toward what we think as civilization.  "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" would probably fit then.

Quote from: Andrew on January 07, 2007, 09:09:38 PM
This is one that could turn into a broad sampling of films.  I mean, many post-apocalyptic films could fall into this genre too.  I guess, as a litmus test, you could say that these are films where society has not broken down entirely, nor is it in freefall toward such an end either.  It can be teetering on the edge of collapse or so draconian that we shudder to think of it.  By those criteria, I think all of the movies already listed are valid - along with many others, such as "The Road Warrior" and even "Solarbabies."

That is what I was thinking. Films that haven't collapsed completely and you can see some kind of social order.

This was tough because I like alot of movies up there but I went with Blade Runner. Lots of interesting concepts about humanity and technology.

Or films climbing out of chaos and show signs of social order.

Quote from: Scott on January 07, 2007, 09:44:26 PM
Or films climbing out of chaos and show signs of social order.

Does Omega Man fall under that criteria?

Out of that selection, i'll go with Judge Dredd. Mainly because of the cool visuals, and the unintentionally funny acting by Sly Stallone.

I went with Things To Come.
You just gotta love the way that folks back then didn't see the future in pants.

What about METROPOLIS? Or Planet of the APES?Or Z.P.G.?I would probelly go PLanet of the APES.

You know, "Planet of the Apes" is an interesting and good choice.  Human society is gone, but the ape civilization is on the rise.  They have already created a stable system with at least one good law - not to kill each other.  (The Law Giver is what you get when you cross Jesus with a Supreme Court justice).  In the sequel, you also see apes protesting the war. 

Of course, the war in "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" is so invented as to be funny.  The apes know that the Forbidden Zone is home to something strange, but they have no clue as to its nature.  So they raise an army and march off to conquer the unknown.  "I saw rocks floating and walls of fire in the Forbidden Zone.  To arms, my fellow apes!"

How about Land of the Dead? i was thinking Day of the Dead as well but it was focused soley on that group of people, but Land of the Dead had a pretty clearly defined social,political,and economic infrastructure.

Mad Max & Blade Runner are probably my favorites, but I figured I had to give Zardoz some love there.

Loved Bladerunner, and it's a classic and all, but I gave Fifth Element my vote just because it's fun and I enjoyed it.  It just seemed to work for me in that 'I'm fifteen again, and this was what it's like in my head' kind of way.

Other good ones are Equilibrium, Minority Report and Natural City [kind of a Korean action version of Bladerunner I suppose]

In fact I like pretty much all of the films listed there, but of course to different degrees.

I mean, I even enjoyed The Island, so you can tell my tastes are flawed.