Futures that have Passed

chainsaw midget · February 20, 2024, 09:28:33 PM

According to Terminator 2, Judgement Day was supposed to happen in 1997. Later sequels and spin-offs would push it back to 2003, 2004, 2011, and 2017. We managed to avoid a lot of Judgement Days so far.

Back to the Future 2 showed us we were supposed to have flying cars and hover boards in 2015.

Star Trek told us there was going to be Eugenics Wars (that conflict that Khan was created for) sometime between 1992 and 1996.

So, what other futures from movies are now in our past?

LilCerberus · February 20, 2024, 09:31:14 PM

I keep seeing a meme that says Mad Max was set in 2020...

FatFreddysCat · February 20, 2024, 10:20:40 PM

The Running Man starts with a text card which reads:
"By 2017 the world economy has collapsed. Food, natural resources, and oil are in short supply. A police state, divided into paramilitary zones, rules with an iron hand."

The Batman Beyond cartoon series is set in the dystopian Gotham City of 2019.

RCMerchant · February 21, 2024, 12:53:22 AM

2001: A SPACE ODDESSY.
Why ain't we running around space?

Goddammit!

RCMerchant · February 21, 2024, 12:57:31 AM

1984.

Seems like nowadays, it's Big Brother who needs watching!

Trevor · February 21, 2024, 02:23:20 AM

Rollerball said we would have no more disease, war, poverty etc: that worked out very well. 😳

RCMerchant · February 22, 2024, 02:45:12 AM

DEATHRACE 2000 should really be a thing!

bob · February 22, 2024, 08:38:03 AM

Blade Runner - all versions of Blade Runner take place in 2019 Los Angeles

zombie no.one · February 22, 2024, 10:26:18 AM

pretty sure we did this thread not that long ago but I can't find it... maybe we set the thread in the future?

THE ABYSS (1989) - set in 1994

TIME COP (1994) - set in 2004

RCMerchant · February 22, 2024, 10:47:29 AM

JUST IMAGINE (1930) is set in 1980, and had us flying in one man individual planes and flying to Mars.
And Mars has some crazy styles!

Rev. Powell · February 22, 2024, 10:57:05 PM

Quote from: bob on February 22, 2024, 08:38:03 AM
Blade Runner - all versions of Blade Runner take place in 2019 Los Angeles

I don't think BLADE RUNNER 2049 does.

RCMerchant · February 23, 2024, 10:16:23 AM

FARENHIET 451 (1966) , where books are banned and burned, takes place in 2022. And now certain parts of the Republican party are practicing that very thing!

Trevor · February 23, 2024, 02:01:26 PM

Soylent Green was set in 2022.

claws · February 23, 2024, 04:08:42 PM

2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)

claws · February 23, 2024, 04:12:02 PM

Year: 1998

Creepozoids (1987)