- Fictional story lines are a lot
of fun until they come true.
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Many movies have been praised for their unique
and creative story lines that often involve
outrageous depictions of the future
but as it turns out several films have
accurately and accidentally
predicted world events even
though they were set in a completely fictional future.
These are ten movies that predicted the future.
Number one is Back To The Future II.
We may still be waiting for real hover boards
but Back To The Future II did get a few things right so far.
The second movie, in one of
the best franchises of all time was released in 1989.
Marty McFly played by Michael J. Fox
is transported all the way into the future to the year 2015.
They predicted that movies would be mostly 3D
and that we'd be stuck in a never ending cycle of sequels.
Another thing the movie got right was
the invention of wearable tech that works
like Google glasses and looks a lot like the oculus rift.
Also in 2016 Nike actually did release
self lacing shoes like shown in the movie.
But by far the biggest thing was
the prediction that the Cubs would
win their first world series championship
in over a century in 2015 against the Miami Gators.
Now granted although the team the Miami Gators never existed
the Cubs did win that year just as the movie predicted.
Number two is Jurassic Park.
Okay I'd be lying if I said that when I was a kid I didn't
wish that there was a real Jurassic Park
'cause I totally did.
You know a place where we could go
and be totally dumb struck like Dr. Allen Grant
seeing live dinosaurs just hanging out,
but the truth is that it might not be fiction
or even that far away for that matter.
When Jurassic Park was released in 1993
the animated cartoon talking about using
frogs to create dino DNA seemed pretty legit
but it was quickly written off
as typical science fiction nonsense.
Well think again, because it's estimated
that dinosaurs roaming the earth could
theoretically only be about ten years away.
Just because something doesn't seem like
the safest idea doesn't mean someone out there won't try it.
And believe it or not it looks like
scientists are doing that right now.
Scientists are continually searching
for fossilized dino DNA but when
they do find it, instead of using frogs
they want to mix it with chicken DNA,
that's because chickens and birds are direct
descendants of dinosaurs.
Can we hold off on the raptors
and just start with a nice calm stegosaurus,
you know something vegetarian
that's not gonna eat me like a snack?
Number three is The Net.
Released in 1995 The Net was billed
as a cyber action thriller all about
the then mysterious and unknown world of the internet.
Now despite all of the floppy disks the movie did make
some pretty accurate predictions like online identity theft.
22 years ago someone being able to take over
your whole life because they knew everything
about you from your credit card information
to you address to your favorite music
and food seemed like a totally
impossible nightmare, but surprise surprise.
Today we willingly broadcast our
lives online through hundreds
of different channels 24 seven
and rarely think of the possible consequences.
Partly due to that identity theft
is higher than ever before,
but all of the doom and gloom big brother
stuff aside the most important prediction
that Sandy made was the best use of
the internet ever invented, websites
dedicated to ordering pizza online.
That reminds me, I'm kind of hungry,
time to get some pizza pizza.
Number four is Face Off.
Released in 1997 this movie is action film gold
and stared two of the biggest actors at
the time, John Travolta and Nicholas Cage.
The pretty ridiculous plot has a good cop
and a bad guy have their faces removed and swapped.
With near perfect results pretty, much
zero recovery time, and reversible.
Now while we aren't quite there yet in 2010
a team of 30 surgeons in Spain completed
the first successful full facial transplant.
The donor face was taken from a cadaver to replace
the face of a man who was disfigured in a shooting accident.
But since then over 20 full or partial
facial transplants have been dome all over the world.
Even though most patients will have to be on medicine
for the rest of their lives so
that their bodies don't reject
the donor face, the technology is amazing
and allows patients to have working
facial muscles, eyelids, and even tear ducts.
Face off.
Number five is the Truman Show.
The Truman Show released in 1998 is about
a man named Truman Burbank played by Jim Carey
who discovers that his whole life
has been a reality TV show watched by millions.
Now it seemed crazy that anyone would
actually spend their time watching
the real daily lives of strangers,
but guess what, it happened.
Only two years later on May 31, 2000
the first season of Survivor aired on CBS
and 17 years later not only is survivor still
going strong but reality TV has just completely taken over.
So much so that there are even sub genres
and television stations like TLC
and HGTV practically dedicated to reality programing.
From extreme makeovers to bachelors
and bachelorettes to wanna be singers
and basically every type of wife you could
think of from house to mob, the list goes on and on.
They get a bad rap but millions
of people tune in every single week.
Still, please end the Kardashians, please, just please.
Number six is Americathon.
Released in 1979 Americathon has become a comedy cult
classic, starring John Ridder, Fred Willard, ad Jay Leno.
It even has an appearance by Meatloaf
and is narrated by comedy legend George Carlin.
The movie is set 20 years in the future in 1998.
Even though it's a comedy Americathon
is about some pretty intense social,
economic, and political issues.
In 1979 the USSR was still very much
a thing but the movie accurately predicted
that the Soviet Union would fall.
They also got right that China would start
to embrace capitalism and would rise as a world
super power which is definitely happening.
We're also living in a world where American
oil production has gone down
and hybrid vehicles are becoming more and more common.
And maybe not as impressive but they even got it right
that indoor smoking would be banned
and that the Beach Boys would still be around.
That last ones wonderful, it's this classic stuff.
Number seven is Videodrome.
Videodrome was released in 1983 and is a terrifying
sci fi movie directed by David Cronenberg.
Cronenburg is known for exploring
the extremes of technology and the human psychic
and Videogrome is no exception.
The movie predicted our obsession with technology,
viral content, and what is basically
a nightmare version of youtube.
James Woods plays a CEO who
finds a mysterious TV station that is playing
some pretty horrifying dark web level content.
As he becomes more and more obsessed with video
it starts to control his mind and kind of
like viral videos today, more
and more people start discovering and sharing the channel.
Like a lot of content that gets posted to our
modern day social media it's not clear where
the video first came from, or if it's real or staged.
But in this case the viral media becomes
an actual virus, and instead of giving
the viewers more control and freedom
it takes over their minds.
Man that's what happens when you put
subliminal stuff in videos.
Number eight is Network.
Unlike other movies that predicted
the future Network has nothing to do
with futuristic technology and everything to do
with who we are as a society.
Released in 1976 it was a huge hit
and won four Oscars including Best Original Screen Play.
What made Network so popular was just
how realistic the story was.
The movie is about a long time TV news anchor
played by Peter Finch who gets fired from his
job because of his low ratings.
The movie was meant to be an outrageous satire
on sensational news, too bad for us just 40
years later we now live in a society full
of tabloid news and gossip journalism.
Given the amount of information we have access
to online and with 24 hour news, media outlets
are constantly fighting for ratings which
has led to fewer in depth new segments on
mainstream TV, more political pundance,
and attention grabbing headlines,
and has arguably led the way for the rise of fake news.
Number nine is Enemy Of The State.
1998's Enemy Of The State starring Will Smith
and Gene Hackmen took big brother's
watching to a whole nother level.
When Will Smiths character discovers a cover
up of a congressman's murder the NSA tracks
him down and tries to have him killed.
Now at the time it seemed impossible
that the US Government would give the NAS clearance
to hack into any phone, camera,
or computer to track a citizen.
Oh but didn't that change?
In 2013 Edward Snowdin leaked secret NAS documents
and it turns out they did even more than that.
It turns out the government had been secretly
monitoring private emails, phone conversations,
social media, used GPS trackers, facial recognition,
and more on all of it's US citizens,
and not just suspected terrorists despite
that being totally illegal.
Emails released by buzzfeed in January
of 2016 reviled that NASA was not happy
with the movie or director Tony Scott either.
Now that is one list I would not wanna be on.
You know what NSA just forget about that last part,
you're wonderful, you're not spying on
nobody, everything is hunky dory.
And number ten is Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.
Released in 2004 Eternal Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind is a science fiction romantic dramaity
and is consider to be one of the saddest,
and most beautiful movies ever made.
Written by Charlie Kaufman and directed
by Michel Gondry the movie stars Jim Carey
and Kate Winslet as on and off again lovers.
Because they're break up was so painful
they each have their memories of each other
erased and then they have to deal with the consequences.
Even though we've all have gone through some
very painful times Eternal Sunshine doesn't
exactly make a great case for having your memory removed.
But that hasn't stopped some people from trying.
In 20114 scientist working with The America
Psychological Association announced that they were able
to manipulate memories and emotions in mice.
They went on to say the technology will eventually
be used on humans, specifically on negative
memories particularly for PTSD sufferers.
I'll be honest with you I don't want my brain zapped,
please don't poke and prod in there, it's just,
I'll just leave every mistake as a lesson, that's
the best way to look at it.
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