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Cinematic visions of the future

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Miabifilms

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Feb 1, 2014
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Hey all,
I'm on a quest to see as many movie interpretations of the future as I can. But I'm looking for a specific type of vision. It's sort of that reimagined city, usually under some form of totalitarian rule. The architecture is usually very bleak and rigid. Sometimes dystopian, sometimes not. I guess i'm talking about Cyberpunk, but I'm trying not to limit it like that. They can be big budget blockbusters or cheesy low budget movies or anything in between.

Here are some examples in my head. I think the first 4 are closest to what I'm imagining.

Dredd
Equilibrium
Aeon Flux
THX-1138
Total Recall
RoboCop
Minority Report
The Matrix
Gattaca
Batman beyond
Blade Runner
Demolition Man
 
Back to The Future 2 is technically still a vision of the future for a few more months. (At first glance it doesn't seem like a bleak dystopia, but consider how quickly people receive sentences in court, the fact that the police take unconscious people home rather than to a hospital, and that your employer is constantly monitoring your calls)
 
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I, Robot. Decade old film and still not there yet but making progress towards it.
 
Miabifilms said:
Hey all,
I'm on a quest to see as many movie interpretations of the future as I can. But I'm looking for a specific type of vision. It's sort of that reimagined city, usually under some form of totalitarian rule. The architecture is usually very bleak and rigid. Sometimes dystopian, sometimes not. I guess i'm talking about Cyberpunk, but I'm trying not to limit it like that. They can be big budget blockbusters or cheesy low budget movies or anything in between.

Here are some examples in my head. I think the first 4 are closest to what I'm imagining.

Dredd
Equilibrium
Aeon Flux
THX-1138
Total Recall
RoboCop
Minority Report
The Matrix
Gattaca
Batman beyond
Blade Runner
Demolition Man
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Why would you seek only a dark view of the future? I have hope that if the human race survives, it will find its way to the relatively boring Socialist Eutopia, unless using a spiritual framework, our time on Earth is ment to be an eternal adversarial mortal test. Then bring on the dark! ;)
 
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Thanks guys,
I actually had Dark City on the list but took it off. Maybe I haven't seen it in a while, but that's more Sci-fi than future-gazing no? it's a beautiful looking movie, but not exactly what i'm looking for.

I've actually never seen Metropolis so i'll put that on my weekend watch-list.

Brazil and Clockwork Orange are great ones. What else is there? I find it strange that architecture is always one of 2 ways.. it's either really clean and bright like the space station in 2001 or dark and concrete like Dredd.
 
Alimar said:
Book of Eli and Children of Men come to mind.
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Book of Eli and Fahenheight 451 get big thumbs up!

I'll add, Planet of the Apes, The Post Man, Terminator series, Sleeper, Star Trek eco system, and The Time Machineoriginal and remake, Soylant Green and The Omega Man.
 
Huntn said:
Why would you seek only a dark view of the future? I have hope that if the human race survives, it will find its way to the relatively boring Socialist Eutopia, unless using a spiritual framework, our time on Earth is ment to be an eternal adversarial mortal test. Then bring on the dark! ;)
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Socialist eutopia? Like the one Hitler, Stalin & Mao spoke of? Somehow socialist eutopias tend to end up not being such a good idea.

On topic: I think Running Man was not mentioned.
 
Strange Days
Johnny Mnemonic
Tron and Tron: Legacy
9
AI
Alien (whole series)
Elysium
Gamer
Surrogates
Renaissance
Ghost in the Shell (Anime)
Divergent
Hunger Games
Oblivion
Looper
In Time
Resident Evil
Priest
Repo Men
eXistenZ - one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen
The Fifth Element
12 Monkeys
Ultraviolet
The Island
 
Strange Days
Soylent Green

And of course the best movie ever made:

Original_movie_poster_for_the_film_Zardoz.jpg


Don't forget to bring mescaline instead of popcorn ;)
 
mscriv said:
Strange Days
Johnny Mnemonic
Tron and Tron: Legacy
9
AI
Alien (whole series)
Elysium
Gamer
Surrogates
Renaissance
Ghost in the Shell (Anime)
Divergent
Hunger Games
Oblivion
Looper
In Time
Resident Evil
Priest
Repo Men
eXistenZ - one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen
The Fifth Element
12 Monkeys
Ultraviolet
The Island
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You took all my answers :mad:
 
satcomer said:
Why didn't anyone suggest Blade Runner! It's the one older movie that still looks great today.
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It was mentioned up thread. One of my favorite movies, BTW. It's always fun to see the ads for now-defunct companies at the beginning, plus the CRTs.

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I know it was a TV show, but how about Max Headroom?
 
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