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Kezzla
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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 16:03
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I was watching TV tonight and saw a representation of the future that was so bad that It drew my annoyance and curiosity.

Please share your media with terrible representations of the the future.


I will start.

Demolition man...
murder death kill... enough said
It takes an outstanding and brilliant officer to think of and utilize GPS to track a fugitives car. pats on the back Sandra bullock.

there are internet kiosks on the street like atm's.(on a side note, the actually managed to accurately represent txt speak)

giving a video camera an electric shock sends disturbance through the audio channel hurting the ears of an entire police station.

people are frozen in awkward and space wasting poses(which are different to their computer image representation)

8 bit computer graphics. = sweet

rob schneider has a place in the future

extremely advanced face recognition software only in cars and for applications that are not helpful for a man hunt.

extremely advanced voice recognition for non helpful technologies.

glass is sidekick proof which = sweet. but not shoulder proof via thrown extra actor.

loaded guns in violence exhibit. kinda like a first aid course where you can catch aids.

...

I'm not watching this movie any more, its pretty bad.

What have you seen that is a ridiculous representation of the future?

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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 16:19 Edited at: 30th Jun 2012 16:20
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Well the new Judge Dredd film looks like it might be bad...



My version...


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mr Handy
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Posted: 30th Jun 2012 17:22 Edited at: 30th Jun 2012 17:22
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*Looked outside from window*
Pfff... where is my spacescrapers and flying cars, huh?
I live in worst future representation :/

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Libervurto
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Quote: "there are internet kiosks on the street like atm's."

There was one of these on the street where I used to live in London.

I think the consensus is that in the future things are worse but we have cooler gadgets.

Shh... you're pretty.
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Mmm, yeah. A lot of them are worryingly cynical about the future.

It's either the world is dying, or everything's 'kay 'til aliens start knocking on the outer colonies of Earth.

One depiction of the future I kinda don't like is Warhammer 40K, because it exists in a world where science is dead, and I really don't like the idea of that happening...
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bruce3371
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What I want to know is why spaceships in prequels always look more advanced than ships that are supposed to be from a later period. Like Star Trek Enterprise and Prometheus etc

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Quote: "Star Trek Enterprise"


How does the NX look more advanced than Enterprise D or E?


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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 02:01
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Because the production companies have more money at the point where they start creating a prequel?
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Neuro Fuzzy
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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 02:07
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Quote: "I'm not watching this movie any more, its pretty bad."

DEMOLITION MAN IS A GREAT MOVIE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT LIKE THAT!

But really, if you nitpick any movie you'll find tons of flaws, there are very few that come close to reality.

To be fair, I have a much bigger problem with the fallout universe. Honestly, after hundreds of years people would rebuild WAY more than depicted.

The Avengers is a popular one with way less realism/sense than demolition man. (also any newish superhero movie)

But yeah, excluding the truly great movies you can't really talk about realism because you're going to find some flaw with it.

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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 02:31
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Hundreds of years of radiation, constant war, no food and mutant attacks eating people?

I dunno.
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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 02:36
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Quote: "Like Star Trek Enterprise and Prometheus"


Well it was a privately funded ship. The guy was a bazillionaire who funded a mission because he thought it might make him live forever. I think he would have had a pretty flashy ship.

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Pincho Paxton
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I don't think that the Demolition Man is wrong at all. There are 3 shells in my toilet, but they do make you feel all clammy!

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Quote: "I have a much bigger problem with the fallout universe. Honestly, after hundreds of years people would rebuild WAY more than depicted."

Who would do the building? You'd be lucky to have any survivors that have the skills to construct proper buildings and all knowledge was destroyed too.

I do think it's odd that there are no mud huts or primitive technologies.

My prediction of the future...

Israel invades Iran. The UN tries to intervene but America sides with Israel anyway. Russia sides with Iran who help Russia conquer Georgia. Britain, France, Germany and other EU countries declare war with Russia. Many Arab states join Iran's alliance. China and Japan are reluctant to get involved. Whoever China sides with wins the war.

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Quote: "Russia sides with Iran who help Russia conquer Georgia"


Alabama and Florida next!
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mr Handy
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Quote: "Israel invades Iran. The UN tries to intervene but America sides with Israel anyway. Russia sides with Iran who help Russia conquer Georgia. Britain, France, Germany and other EU countries declare war with Russia. Many Arab states join Iran's alliance. China and Japan are reluctant to get involved. Whoever China sides with wins the war."


Is that you, Tom Clancy?

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bruce3371
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Posted: 1st Jul 2012 17:35
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Quote: "How does the NX look more advanced than Enterprise D or E?"


I was referring in particular to the ToS Enterprise.

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Indicium
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Quote: "I was referring in particular to the ToS Enterprise."


Well, that's fair enough. After a while I stopped considering that real star trek, they managed the make it look more advanced in the movies.


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Travis Gatlin
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2012 17:55
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Quote: "Alabama and Florida next!"

God no ._.

Lol I've seen demolition man before and I thought it was quite awesome for an action movie. But then again, I don't watch action movies for accuracy, unless it's with a gun.

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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2012 18:35 Edited at: 3rd Jul 2012 18:37
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Quote: "Lol I've seen demolition man before and I thought it was quite awesome for an action movie. But then again, I don't watch action movies for accuracy, unless it's with a gun."


I never watch a movie with a gun, because if I did my TV would be wrecked every time the GoCompare advert comes on.

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Norion
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I don't think that the humanity will last any longer then 500 years from now. I bet that we will blow ourself up eventually. Nuclear weapons WILL be used in WW3 and WW4 and futher. And why ? Well because smart or wise or nice and good people are getting outnumerd. Eventually, the more idiot people will take over. And then its just a mater of time before mistakes are going to be made. It just takes ONE nuclear missile to be fired and then the rest will follow.

this is just my view on the future, I know its not very bright.

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Can I just point out one thing...?

War is expensive. The prize for victory is minute.

The "big countries" aren't going to go to war. They'd have absolutely nothing to gain.
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Quote: "Nuclear weapons WILL be used in WW3 and WW4 and futher."


In the words of Albert Einstein; "I know not with what weapons WW3 will be fought, but WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones."

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In the words of Albert Einstein, "Who are you, get out of my house."

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Norion
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@ CoffeeGrunt

I'm not just talking about the bigger countries, also the smaller one's.

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Okay, Norion. I'll really start quaking in my boots when Lichtenstein invades Russia, then...
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Posted: 5th Jul 2012 14:57 Edited at: 5th Jul 2012 15:19
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@ CoffeeGrunt

The size doesn't matter in a war. Imagine: Lichtenstein has plenty of nuclear missiles, and Russia doesn't have any. In a situation like that, Lichtenstein doesn't even need to invade Russia. They just blow up Moskou and the rest of the country.

Listen, what I am trying to say is that there are hunderds of nuclear weapons in the world. And someday, one of those missiles will be fired during an attack. And the reaction of the rest of the world is: fire more missiles.

Like I said before: it just takes one missile to be fired, and the rest will follow.

But this is just my opinion


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