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Is there any movie about the future that you think represents where we will be? This can be how we live (buildings, etc), how we deal with technology, etc.
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Soylent Green is one of my favorites too. It was bit low budget and the scene where Saul goes to the euthanasia place and watches the movie with the Pastoral Symphony music was memorable.
I take that is a vote for the gritty future. The 50's / early 60's movies had people fighting over nuclear fallout bunkers - not enough room for everyone.
There is also the Matrix where everyone is living sorta ...like a permanent game being used for energy source.
Or for a movie like "They Live" where we learn aliens have taken over the Earth.
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Hi Fellow Earthlings;
"Soylent Green", is a movie about recycling humans because there are too many people and not enough food.
This will never happen, as energy is far too much in short supply compared to food. When the Permafrost melts down deep enough it will reach ancient bacteria spores, viruses and other parasites, that the human immune system has never seen, and has no resistance to. So Mother Nature will have her own solution for our population explosion problem. The melting of permafrost is already well under way, but has not yet reached enough of the really ancient organisms.
I don't see very much technology in the far future. It is far too fragile of a communications medium, being vulerable to solar flares and nuclear detonations in the stratosphere. Already near Earth space is full of so much space junk from dead satellites that it presents a very real threat to our communications infrastructure.
My only regret is that I will probably not live to see it all crumble like the house of cards that it is.
My favorite film of what the future may be like was the one starring Keanu Reeves, in "The Day the Earth Stood Still". It presented a much more believable story line and was very well made and acted.
Keanu Reeves, dislikes remakes, but was a big fan of the original film starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe, and Sam Jaffe, another of my favorite films, about the future.
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Tusken Raider: such a pessimist!
The modern version of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" was nothing more than a politically correct abomination of the original 50's release.
My pick for a movie depicting the probable future of mankind is "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". With all the finger pointing going on these days, I think we're already there.
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Orwell's 1984 has proven far too prescient for me.
I must also say that Brazil, a movie about the past's projection of the future, owes some of its conceit to Orwell, and much the madness of Gilliam, but it's utterly brilliant.
But for painful accuracy, 1984 is spot one.
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Hi again Earthlings;
Yes Benque, body snatchers was a really good film, and I kinda liked the original version also. I think that the 1950s had several good science fiction flicks.
"Space Odyssey 2001", another winner in my opinion. I especially liked the final scene, about unplugging HAL, and the music was on par with John Williams "Star Wars".
The news reports now-a-days is enough to make anyone a pessimist!!!
Still sortin'....
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One of my favorites is Logan's Run.
Another favorite that I watch whenever it is on, usually on Turner Classics is Metropolis.
Last but not least is Chaplin's Modern Times.
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Spot on with 1984 far too many similarities with the modern world its quite spooky given when it was written.
Rollerball - Large corporations running the world
Any past movie on media and 'Hollywood' manipulation would be prophetic
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Westworld - think we're part way there already.
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You guys are awesome. Logan's Run was awesome. Westworld.... classic. "Sloppy with your drink." The westworld on HBO sucksssss
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Futureworld, the sequel to Westworld, was not a good as Westworld.
2001 A Space Odyssey was another one where we have the slick looking future (the space station) but thought Discovery was far more practical.
If you read comments about the current International space station, it is cramped, noisy, stuffy, and smells.
The premise in Alien, mining worlds for precious metals, makes a lot more sense or a different take is Outland with Sean Connery about commercial aspects in space.
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"Judge Dredd" doesn't seem as far fetched as it used to.
"Harrison Bergeron" also has under tones of a somewhat believable future.
When it comes to futuristic films, it's hard to think of one that doesn't give a fairly bleak view of what could be. A combination of Hollywood and human nature, I think.
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2001:Space Odyssey hands down; the future will be all about AI (artificial intelligence). I think that 2001:Space Odyssey was the first film to really explore the AI issue and the moral/ethical impacts.
Just a few weeks ago Facebook cancelled an AI experiment when two robots began communicating with one another in a language that only they understood.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/08/01/facebook-shuts-robots-invent-language/
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Don,
There was another movie, The Forbin Project, where computers decided to do things their way. It usually involves flawed human characteristics (The Day the Earth Stood Still and forget the other one where the aliens give a secret to certain people for a fixed period).
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Think I need to get out more as the only film mentioned that I have seen is "Modern Times".
or should I get one of those new fangled tele picture thingy's?
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I'm still waiting for my future that was shown in Woody Allen's movie "Sleeper". I want my Orgasmatron!
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Sleeper was a great movie. The scene with Woody with the orb was very funny. Everything that was bad (smoking) was good for you.
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Sadly, I hope for 1984 because I fear 12 Monkeys.
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I also get the sense that our biggest threads are weather, incurable disease that ends up as an epidemic, etc.
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We have seen TV and movies predict the future. For example, some movies like Blade Runner have a very gritty view of the future and then you have movies like Edge of Tomorrow (Tom Cruise film) that has that slick extremely clean and spacious look where everything is digital immersion. For example space ships will not have rooms that size of huge living rooms with comfy furniture.
Is there any movie about the future that you think represents where we will be? This can be how we live (buildings, etc), how we deal with technology, etc.
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Soylent Green is one of my favorites too. It was bit low budget and the scene where Saul goes to the euthanasia place and watches the movie with the Pastoral Symphony music was memorable.
I take that is a vote for the gritty future. The 50's / early 60's movies had people fighting over nuclear fallout bunkers - not enough room for everyone.
There is also the Matrix where everyone is living sorta ...like a permanent game being used for energy source.
Or for a movie like "They Live" where we learn aliens have taken over the Earth.
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Hi Fellow Earthlings;
"Soylent Green", is a movie about recycling humans because there are too many people and not enough food.
This will never happen, as energy is far too much in short supply compared to food. When the Permafrost melts down deep enough it will reach ancient bacteria spores, viruses and other parasites, that the human immune system has never seen, and has no resistance to. So Mother Nature will have her own solution for our population explosion problem. The melting of permafrost is already well under way, but has not yet reached enough of the really ancient organisms.
I don't see very much technology in the far future. It is far too fragile of a communications medium, being vulerable to solar flares and nuclear detonations in the stratosphere. Already near Earth space is full of so much space junk from dead satellites that it presents a very real threat to our communications infrastructure.
My only regret is that I will probably not live to see it all crumble like the house of cards that it is.
My favorite film of what the future may be like was the one starring Keanu Reeves, in "The Day the Earth Stood Still". It presented a much more believable story line and was very well made and acted.
Keanu Reeves, dislikes remakes, but was a big fan of the original film starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe, and Sam Jaffe, another of my favorite films, about the future.
Still sortin'....
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Tusken Raider: such a pessimist!
The modern version of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" was nothing more than a politically correct abomination of the original 50's release.
My pick for a movie depicting the probable future of mankind is "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". With all the finger pointing going on these days, I think we're already there.
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Orwell's 1984 has proven far too prescient for me.
I must also say that Brazil, a movie about the past's projection of the future, owes some of its conceit to Orwell, and much the madness of Gilliam, but it's utterly brilliant.
But for painful accuracy, 1984 is spot one.
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Hi again Earthlings;
Yes Benque, body snatchers was a really good film, and I kinda liked the original version also. I think that the 1950s had several good science fiction flicks.
"Space Odyssey 2001", another winner in my opinion. I especially liked the final scene, about unplugging HAL, and the music was on par with John Williams "Star Wars".
The news reports now-a-days is enough to make anyone a pessimist!!!
Still sortin'....
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One of my favorites is Logan's Run.
Another favorite that I watch whenever it is on, usually on Turner Classics is Metropolis.
Last but not least is Chaplin's Modern Times.
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Spot on with 1984 far too many similarities with the modern world its quite spooky given when it was written.
Rollerball - Large corporations running the world
Any past movie on media and 'Hollywood' manipulation would be prophetic
Regards
Richmond
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Westworld - think we're part way there already.
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You guys are awesome. Logan's Run was awesome. Westworld.... classic. "Sloppy with your drink." The westworld on HBO sucksssss
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Futureworld, the sequel to Westworld, was not a good as Westworld.
2001 A Space Odyssey was another one where we have the slick looking future (the space station) but thought Discovery was far more practical.
If you read comments about the current International space station, it is cramped, noisy, stuffy, and smells.
The premise in Alien, mining worlds for precious metals, makes a lot more sense or a different take is Outland with Sean Connery about commercial aspects in space.
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"Judge Dredd" doesn't seem as far fetched as it used to.
"Harrison Bergeron" also has under tones of a somewhat believable future.
When it comes to futuristic films, it's hard to think of one that doesn't give a fairly bleak view of what could be. A combination of Hollywood and human nature, I think.
WB
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2001:Space Odyssey hands down; the future will be all about AI (artificial intelligence). I think that 2001:Space Odyssey was the first film to really explore the AI issue and the moral/ethical impacts.
Just a few weeks ago Facebook cancelled an AI experiment when two robots began communicating with one another in a language that only they understood.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/08/01/facebook-shuts-robots-invent-language/
Don
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Don,
There was another movie, The Forbin Project, where computers decided to do things their way. It usually involves flawed human characteristics (The Day the Earth Stood Still and forget the other one where the aliens give a secret to certain people for a fixed period).
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Think I need to get out more as the only film mentioned that I have seen is "Modern Times".
or should I get one of those new fangled tele picture thingy's?
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I'm still waiting for my future that was shown in Woody Allen's movie "Sleeper". I want my Orgasmatron!
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Sleeper was a great movie. The scene with Woody with the orb was very funny. Everything that was bad (smoking) was good for you.
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Sadly, I hope for 1984 because I fear 12 Monkeys.
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I also get the sense that our biggest threads are weather, incurable disease that ends up as an epidemic, etc.
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