Top Ten Prophetic Sci-Fi Flicks

Post by **[Syl]** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:07 pm

The 10 Most Prophetic Sci-Fi Movies Ever

Post by **Mr. Broken** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:02 pm

In no particular order.
Water World (global climate change)
The Road Warrior (fuel starvation)
The Day After Tomorrow (global climate change)
From the Earth to the Moonalibrium (been there done that)
The Running Man ( desensetivity through media )
20000 Leagues Under the Sea (Submarine Technology and oceanic exploration)
Death Race 2000 (reality TV )
The Terminator (rampant technology)
The Fly (genetics )
Equalibrium ( chemical enforced population desensetivity )

Post by **Mr. Broken** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:03 pm

sorry type o on #4

Post by **Cail** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:17 pm

Idiocracy should be on the list.

Post by **Mr. Broken** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:23 pm

agreed.

Post by **High Lord Tolkien** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:57 pm

Sleeper.

Post by **The Dreaming** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:11 am

Thats a pretty great list... and reminds me of a few movies I want to see again. (Gattaca rules!)

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:41 am

Demolition Man (predicts Governor Schwartzenegger will run for president)

Post by **matrixman** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:37 am

That was a very stimulating article, HAL. I mean Syl.

I'm afraid I don't often pay close attention to a sci-fi movie's predictive accuracy. The only film I can think of at the moment (that hasn't been mentioned yet):

Jurassic Park - recreating dinosaurs from fossil DNA was a far-fetched idea in 1993 when the movie was made, but in terms of more recent extinct animals, the notion that they may once again walk among us seems actually plausible. This was illustrated in a show I saw recently about the well-preserved remains of a baby mammoth discovered in 2004.

Could a mammoth be cloned? With today's cutting-edge science, the reality of a living, breathing mammoth is looming closer than ever. Formerly skeptical paleobiologists now speculate that humans might even witness the "rebirth" of the mammoth in our lifetime. New high-tech advances in DNA technology mean that scientists are not only one giant step closer to penetrating the secrets of the mammoth's world, but also to deciphering its very genetic code.

Post by **The Dreaming** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:15 am

dANdeLION wrote:Demolition Man (predicts Governor Schwartzenegger will run for president)

Impossible without SERIOUS constitutional change. (President must be born in USA) I don't see it happening.

Post by **Mr. Broken** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:49 am

Perhaps V For Vendetta should be added?

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:21 pm

The Dreaming wrote:
dANdeLION wrote:Demolition Man (predicts Governor Schwartzenegger will run for president)
Impossible without SERIOUS constitutional change. (President must be born in USA) I don't see it happening.

My point was the part about Schwartzenegger being Gov.

Post by **Montresor** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:14 am

The stuff featured on the televison shows and commercials, and the general tacky consumer degeneration of society as espoused in Robocop has always struck me as being very prophetic.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:31 am

Mr. Broken wrote:Perhaps V For Vendetta should be added?

Uh . . . . don't.

Post by **Holsety** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:55 am

Loremaster wrote:
Mr. Broken wrote:Perhaps V For Vendetta should be added?
Uh . . . . don't.

GASP

ITS ALREADY HAPPENING

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Top Ten Prophetic Sci-Fi Flicks

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