Tomorrow, tomorrow…always a day away. Fortunately.
Bad Futures, Better Films: Answers
The good news about dystopian predictions is that they're often worse than the reality. The bad news is, sometimes they're not. Compare 1984's view of Britain to…no, we won't say it. You think it.
Here are the matching answers.
| Synopsis | Film |
- 1930s 'science' runs amok, and soon everybody's chewing sexy gum.
- The Commies win...the rats.
- Not trusting anyone over 30 leads to life in a shopping mall. Peter Ustinov and the cats inherit Washington.
- Mutual Assured Destruction lives up to its acronym.
- A trip to the future proves it: humanity can be replaced by better actors.
- Turn off the computer, and go outside. You might get stuck that way.
- Everybody's gone to other planets, and we're left behind with Rutger Hauer.
- The aliens show up. They look like giant Porktown Prawns, and the humans still haven't learned anything.
- We told NASA to keep an eye out for those pesky asteroids.
- Only book clubs can save the world. Has anyone notified Oprah?
| - Brave New World
- 1984
- Logan's Run
- The Day After
- Planet of the Apes
- The Matrix
- Blade Runner
- District 9
- Armageddon
- Fahrenheit 451
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Did you get them all? Have you seen all these films? We recommend binge watching some night when you're feeling really pessimistic…they'll cheer you right up. At least you don't live in that universe.
Post Quiz and Oddities ArchiveDmitri Gheorgheni
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