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They may not be pretty, but they’re certainly iconic and evocative. And besides, our world isn’t much better – countries are renaming national landmarks after distinctly average films, lunatics want to blow themselves up on our trains, and Joanna Lumley has recently assumed command of the Gurkhas, so give the poor people of Tyrell-era LA a rest, will you? Below, we list ten of the best and most impressive depictions of the future in science-fiction cinema and television.
10. The Time Machine
Released: 2002
Director: Simon Wells, Gore Verbinski
Starring: Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Mark Addy
Labour might have you believe that this is the future we’ll have if Cameron gets into power, but there is certainly a class war going on in this horrible version of the world. And worst of all, even 800,000 years after the present day, we still can’t manage to get rid of Samantha Mumba.
9. Earth: Final Conflict
Aired: 1997-2002
Creator: Gene Roddenberry
Starring: Lisa Howard, Von Flores, Robert Leeshock
Something should have twigged with the world governments when the Taelons began growing houses – houses – on the East Coast of the United States, and implanted their security operatives with a distinctly creepy bio-weapon. While hovering above Earth in their ghost ship. Yeah, they’re here in peace, sort of.
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Liked the list but you forgot the future of The Road… OK, maybe that’s not such a pleasant place to live! Would love to have replicators and holosuits in the future…
What’s “Star Wars” doing in there? Future? Wouldn’t it rule itself out by being set “a long, long time ago…”?
And if you’re gonna pick “The Time Machine”, you could’ve at least picked the more memorable 1960 version! Tut!
You’re entirely correct.
Nice compilation! I would have also included “The Fifth Element,” with intergalactic cruise ships, flying taxi cabs, and weird but wonderful couture.
You said the universe in Star Wars is second to none, yet you gave it second place. Seems a bit contradictory.
As with all of our lists, it’s: ‘Ten Of the most interesting’, not ‘The ten most interesting’. The numbers are there for convenience rather than to signify order.
Certainly not “The Fifth Element” a future with Bruce Willis in it would be frightening and sad.
Star Wars all the way baby!
Stu nailed it….”Star Wars” set a long time ago….still, that past, is what I’d like to live in….Coruscant cool, yes, but I’d love to live on Naboo…
Well, Great to see a good Sci-fi got number one. And as for Star Wars … beware while I blast you with my magical powers … hmmm …….
Hmmm… unfortunately the Federation wouldn’t exist for very long as human nature would have those with greed get into power, then after a while it would go the way of the Soviet Union…
Potential spoiler here, but Caprica’s not actually set in the future (if you’ve seen the reimagined BSG, you know what I mean). Anyway, I was still pleased it made it onto a top ten list. : )