Movie Prophecies?

[dANdeLION]

I was just thinking about the scene in the 1993 Stallone/Snipes movie "Demolition Man" where you can hear the radio in the background talking about Governor Schwartzenneger running for president. I don't know if Arnie will ever run for the White House, but he sure is Governor! That's the only one I can think of right now, so feel free to educate me on any other movie prophecies.

[The Laughing Man]

The Dead Zone, with Martin Sheen as Prez? heh, it could happen!

[dANdeLION]

That's no prophecy......I want to hear about stuff that actually happened in real life, after happening in a movie.

[The Laughing Man]

are you insinuating the West Wing isn't real life?

[Cail]

Thank God.

Martin Sheen as Prez.....<shudder>

[[Syl]]

from Good Will Hunting

Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.? That's a tough one, but I'll give it a shot. Say I'm working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. So I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I'm real happy with myself, 'cause I did my job well. But maybe that code was the location of some rebel army in North Africa or the Middle East. Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels were hiding and fifteen hundred people I never had a problem with get killed. Now the politicians are sayin', "Send in the marines to secure the area" 'cause they don't give a shit. It won't be their kid over there, gettin' shot. Just like it wasn't them when their number was called, 'cause they were pullin' a tour in the National Guard. It'll be some guy from Southie takin' shrapnel in the ass. And he comes home to find that the plant he used to work at got exported to the country he just got back from. And the guy who put the shrapnel in his ass got his old job, 'cause he'll work for fifteen cents a day and no bathroom breaks. Meanwhile my buddy from Southie realizes the only reason he was over there was so we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price. And of course the oil companies used the skirmish to scare up oil prices so they could turn a quick buck. A cute little ancillary benefit for them but it ain't helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon. And naturally they're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, and maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and play slalom with the icebergs, and it ain't too long 'til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic. So my buddy's out of work and he can't afford to drive, so he's got to walk to the job interviews, which sucks 'cause the shrapnel in his ass is givin' him chronic hemorrhoids. And meanwhile he's starvin' 'cause every time he tries to get a bite to eat the only blue plate special they're servin' is North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State. So what do I think? I'm holdin' out for somethin' better. Why not just shoot my buddy, take his job and give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard? I could be elected president.

[Romeo]

In "Back to the Future II" there was a bit about the Chicago Cubs upsetting Florida in the (2015?) World Series (and the guy wished that he could go back in time and put some money on the Cubs - which gives MJFox's character the idea to buy the sports almanac and do exactly that). But at the time, Florida didn't have a Major League Baseball team. Although the league approved the expansion by two teams back in 85, the Florida Marlins weren't selected as one of those two expansion teams until 91 - two years after the film was released (and probably at least three since it was filmed, and longer since it was written). Then in 97 and 03 Florida went on to win the World Series, marking them as a team to be taken seriously.

Now the problem is that the Cubs and Mariners are both in the National League, so they'll never play each other in the World Series. The champion of the National League plays the champion of the American League in the World Series. But ... the Cubs haven't won their League since 1945 (I'm not a sports person - all these stats are gathered online - forgive me if any are incorrect). In 2003, they made it past the first round of the playoffs by beating Atlanta (and I don't think they even got past the first round since 1945). In the second round they played ... the Florida Marlins. Here the prophecy fails - Florida wins the playoff series 4 games to 3, and then goes on to win the World Series against the NY Yankess.

But who knows - maybe there will be another expansion for both the Amerian and National Leagues in the future, and Florida will get a second team by 2015. They wouldn't be the first state/city to have a team in both Leagues - New York (Yankees, Giants), Chicago (Cubs, White Sox), etc. So perhaps the Cubs DO win the World Series against Florida some day.