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down our picks for the top 10 movie
depictions of the future this is a time
machine you tell us what these
contraptions really for for this list
we’re looking at the most inspiring
memorable or iconic movie
representations of mankind’s future
while taking into account their
depictions of Technology society and the
everyday lives of humans she’s a golden
oldie one of our first probably before
your time
number 10 demolition man nothing like
putting your problems on ice you’d be
placed in cryostasis for the duration of
your sentence during which your behavior
will be altered through synaptic
suggestion when humans start freezing
criminals in this science fiction movie
weapons and vice get outlawed to create
an entirely pacifist Society you’ll be
eligible for parole no earlier than the
Year 2046 this future is extra nice
since it doesn’t need an overpowered
police force and its lack of human
contact leads to some interesting
technologies coo cars weird high fives
and a civilization that appears truly at
peace make for a very safe future so
long as those criminals stay on ice you
do what you got to do I know what I got
to do I got to nail that meanie I can
put on my knife that’s what I’m gonna be
the weirder aspects of demolition man’s
vision of 2032 include commercials
totally replacing music
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automatic ticketing for foul language
are you shitting me John Spartan you are
fined One credit for a violation of the
verbal morality statute and Taco Bell
being the only fast-food restaurant to
survive the franchise wars enjoy your
meal sir I’m hungry
number nine idiocracy the years past
mankind became stupider at a frightening
rate here one moment gone the next
okay we’re almost down after being
frozen for 500 years average Joe wakes
up to discover that he is the smartest
man alive and miss a terrible
science-fiction comedy okay wait a
minute I’m the smartest guy in the world
says who IQ test she took in prison you
got the highest score in history brought
to you by Carl’s jr. the human race has
degraded intellectually and the world
has suffered for it but how are we gonna
figure out about the garbage ambulances
and it’s a comedy I what about Doug look
shouldn’t a reactor in Florida
food shortages plagued mankind until Joe
manages to fix the problem through a
simple farming solution he’s gonna make
them
as technology pervades our lives the
potential for Humanity to dovetail
intellectually is ever-present but
surely a monster-truck Derby sentencing
isn’t the dumbest idea this feature has
in store eight
Mad Max no go a sense of humor strike
down the unroadworthy
when the world begins to exhaust its
fuel reserves the main force patrols max
is left to contend with the bikers that
have risen to power in this
post-apocalyptic gem barren landscapes
and a world filled with Anarchy
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and a potent reminder of the danger our
dependence on fossil fuels can create
with an ecological and economical
message that haunts us to this day we
can only help to get on Max’s good side
when he drives by
number seven Akira yeah Tokyo is going
to change soon Neo Tokyo never had an
imagining as realistic as it seems in
this anime masterpiece what in the world
is happening here in Neo Tokyo
what you see here seems to be fires
caused by tank cannon but who is this
young boy standing alone after a nuclear
bomb detonates inciting World War three
Tokyo races into the future with
towering skyscrapers and a seedy
underground
you tried to mess with me and now I’m
gonna kill you the bars are a stark
contrast to the buildings that consume
the sky but it’s the little touches like
electric motorcycles a strong military
presence laser weapons and a city built
on the remains of the past that make
this an awe-inspiring depiction of the
number six her do you want to know how I
because being able to find out the
weather in advance just isn’t enough
email from Los Angeles Times weather
your seven-day forecast is partly no new
emails perhaps the most immediate
potential future on this list in this
sci-fi rom-com we’re asked what would
happen if the technology in our hands
finally went to the next level brimming
with personality
Theodore’s operating system Samantha
sweet our hearts when she reminded us
that AI didn’t always have to turn out
evil and could be a lot more interesting
what are you up to hmm
just reading advice columns a site from
folks falling in love with computers the
future in her shows the believable
evolution of technologies we love today
including a revival of chat rooms the
following are adult female can’t sleep
and want to have some fun number five
Logan’s Run I go red next year your
clock is ticking question do I get my
four years back in Logans runs
conception of the year twenty two
seventy four humans live under the
protection of a dome with their daily
lives controlled by a computer and are
allowed to live until they must be
renewed read die at 30 years old
although there is a promise of rebirth
this population control method seems to
be the only flaw in a society filled
with advanced machinery robots
pyramid-like structures and every
pleasure in the palm of your hand do you
want me to take my clothes off not for
your face though it appears to be a
utopia on the surface we’re not sure how
34 Blade Runner shall we continue do
Androids dream of the future flying cars
known as spinners iconic video
advertisement and a melting pot of
cultures made for one of the most
detailed futures ever conceived in this
the chance to begin again in a golden
land of opportunity and as humanity has
colonized other worlds and sent
replicants there to work I need you Dec
this is a bad the worst yet but it’s
when they return to Earth and Rick
Deckard has to hunt them in the city
that we get our best look at our gritty
future we’ve been dreaming of it ever
since number three Back to the Future
Part 2 2015
we’re in the future where we’re going we
don’t need roads not only do we get jaws
19 but Marty McFly’s run in 2015 also
gave us hoverboards flying cars super
accurate weather predictions Holograms
and even a next-generation microwave to
hydrate your food be a smartass level 4
please this is a future that took us
onto the streets and into the home to
see how a family would live with new
technology and the surprising answer
turned out to be a lot like how we live
today at least it predicted the rise of
motion controlled gaming and nostalgia
sorta use your hands that’s like a
baby’s toy number 2 metropolis
Fritz Lang painted a world of immense
skyscrapers vehicles zipping around and
androids that walk the streets for this
epic black and white science fiction
the cars may be grounded but having
planes fly around the city suggested the
potential for absolute freedom
contrast that with the machines that
keep the lower classes working and you
have a future that serves as both a
warning of technology’s dominance and a
potent reflection on Lang’s contemporary
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions it’s not too late
to back out this is the last day that
because of its enormous popularity
Soylent Green is in short supply
remember Tuesday is Soylent Green Day
indeterminate license number one the
Star Trek franchise done
set your phasers to stun set phasers to
stun the 60s TV show may have started at
all but the movies continued that legacy
unity between humans and intergalactic
space travel sent our imaginations
flying through time I read you captain
that’s happen as we traveled with Kirk
and Picard this is Captain Picard of the
enterprise I’m taking command to the
feet
everything from Star Trek’s high-tech
gadgets to the enterprise itself made us
excited for the final frontier and the
inevitable otherworldly encounters space
the final frontier
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these are the voyages of the Starship
Enterprise
we can’t wait for mankind to warp into
this future one absence of disease
poverty or money and that’s why it gets
the number one spot
no Dennis Hawk set a course for Earth
aye sir
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