Topic: Movies and Franchises about the Future   This week, we’re looking at a collection of media about the future that either has yet to happen or never happened in our lifetimes.  In a lot of this, we really talked about what we all thought the future would be, and how quickly we thought it would happen.  Would you agree that the progress of the future is slowing down, or would you say we were just too unrealistic with the future?     Futures that Should have Happened:   Star Trek Tells of a war between 1992 to 1996 about the Eugenic War; a war where genetically altered humans attempted to take over humanity, causing nearly 37 Millions deaths. This is the same Eugenics Wars as Kahn Noonien Singh.  2053 - World War 3 ends after a nuclear exchange 2063 - We develop the First Major warp ship, which gets the attentions of the Vulcans and begins the early foundations of the federation and exploration. 2103 - Mars is colonized.   Thundarr the Barbarian 1994 – Premise tells of a runaway planet that drifts between the Earth and Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction and radically changing the Earth’s climate and geography   A Clockwork Orange 1995 – A future Britain is laden in crime, and a new technique that reforms prisoners with aversion therapy.   V for Vendetta 1995 - 1996 – In the Comic Version: Series of events highlight how a nuclear war year in the 1980 that leaves much of Africa and Europe devastated. While Britain is not bombed itself, it feels the effects and the corporations and fascist groups take over the country, leading to the series of events. 2025 – 2026 – In the Film Version: As a result of the United State’s Second Civil War, a worldwide disease began to spread. Britain is taken over by a neo-fascist, police state government which rounds up undesirable individuals, including political opponents, immigrants, Jews, Muslims, atheists, homosexuals, and others to be imprisoned and executed.   Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1997 – Tells that an AI will take over all computers and cause a war, leading to the near end of humanity.   Escape from New York 1997 – Humanity’s crime rose by 400% in 1988, and forced Manhattan island to be turned into a massive   Lost in Space 1997 - Jupiter 2 was said to launch due to overpopulation of the world.   Demolition man 1996 – Cryogenic freezing of Criminals is established 2010 – A great Earthquake merged parts of Northern and Southern California 2032 - San Angeles, a merging of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Barbara is a major megalopolis, and a utopia for the setting.   Knight Rider 2000 2000 – Predicts a future with Sonic Pistols, and talking Cars   2001: A Space Odyssey 2000 – Space travel itself is common place, with advanced AIs that help manage all the functions of these ships and people.   Mega Man Franchise 200X to 20XX – Stories tell of a Robotic evolution and development that replaces a lot of common jobs and functions with robots, leading to a peaceful future. Mega Man battles with Dr Wily and his rogue Robots, which are often reprogrammed from their original function order and turned to terrorism. 21XX – Later version of the game sees X, the successor to Mega Man, being used to create the first series of Reploids(Replicated Androids) that have human feelings and personalities. X fights against Mavericks Reploids, Reploids who have turned to crime or been infected with a virus, in order to protect humanity.    Time Cop 2004 – Time Travel exists as a means of stopping Crime.   Transformers: The Movie 2005 – The Autobots, giant transforming robots that turn into various vehicles and devices, have helped advanced human’s technology to the point of being similar to the Autobots.   Bicentennial Man 2005-2020 – Androids have become sophisticated butlers and house hold tools.   Freejack 2009 – The super wealthy have figured out immortality, by traveling back in time to just before a person dies and using their bodies as substitutes. This is due to most of the population