
Hoverboards ... will be with us in 2015 - according to Back To The Future 2
THE future is a dangerous place, according to a new internet viral which looks at what Hollywood has predicted for humanity.
2001: A Space Odyssey may have been wide of the mark but if Roland Emmerich's disaster movie 2012 is accurate then we have just over a year left to live.

Landing ... man's obsession goes awry in 2020 in Mission To Mars
2012, I Am Legend: In the Will Smith film zombies take over the world, while in blockbuster 2012 earthquakes and tsunamis see humans fleeing for escape ships.
2013, Escape From LA: In the Kurt Russell movie Los Angeles is a lawless open jail. Booze and cigarettes have been banned in the rest of the United States and we have holographic projectors.
2015, Back To The Future 2: We travel on hoverboards and Jaws 19 is on at the cinema.
2017, Surrogates: Androids have all the fun – on our behalf.

Rollerball ... violence circa 2018
2019, Blade Runner: Androids are so realistic that humans struggle to identify them.
2020, Mission To Mars: Humans travel to Mars for the first time. It doesn't go well.
2027, Children Of Men: Mankind will die out in less than a century due to mass infertility.

Judge Dredd ... the future's grim answer to crime
2032, Demolition Man: Cop Sly Stallone and gang boss Wesley Snipes are defrosted to wreak havoc in a non-violent future where swearing is illegal.
2035, 12 Monkeys: A virus drives humans underground.
2054, Minority Report: PreCrime law enforcers catch murderers before they commit the crime and computer screens are controlled by hand movements – a bit like with Xbox Kinect, I suppose.

Surrogates, 2017 ... androids have all the fun
2084, Total Recall: Air is a commodity on colonised Mars and memories can be implanted.
2139, Judge Dredd: We live in megacities where judges are police, jury... and executioner.
2154, Avatar: On planet Pandora humans create fake blue natives we can control remotely.

2271 ... aliens threaten Earth in Star Trek
2271, Star Trek: The Motion Picture: We boldly go... into action as aliens threaten earth.
2274, Logan's Run: Everyone is killed by the age of 30 to combat overpopulation.
2688, Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure: We send Rufus back in time to make sure some rock music is preserved.

WALL.E ... cleaning up our mess in 2805
3978, Planet Of The Apes: Apes rule the earth and humans are enslaved.
802701, The Time Machine: Humanity is split in two, the hunting beasts are the Morlocks and hunted foragers the Eloi.

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