Worst Movie Future Predictions

Oh man, where to even begin with this? It's 2007. Again, as in most films of the 80s, the world is a giant dump of a dystopia, where people survive however they can and dress like how us, 90s people, imagined 80s people must have looked. Giant corporations and their owners live high above the rabble, and crime runs rampant. Two brothers race a T-1000 (well, Robert Patrick, anyway) in search of a magical, mystical two-parted medalion, which grants its wearers super powers and sparkly, neon-colored gis. Because even in a dystopian 2007, 80s fashion is alive and well. Did it suck? Yep. Shame, too, because it's based on a hugely-iconic beat'em'up that deserved far better Hollywood treatment. If you haven't played it, stop reading and go do so now. Tl;dr: Great game, horrible movie, one of the worst movie future predictions. Next!

What is this intense fascination with 1997? Is it some sort of magic number? Did screenwriters just hold a huge guild meeting and decide that this was the year it all went to s***? It seems that every other dystopian future film from the 70s and 80s was set in that year. In Escape From New York, the crime rate in the United States has grown by over 400%, and New York City has become a giant prison. Snake Pliskin, that's his name, is a one-eyed, patch-wearing, BAMF convict who is promised freedom if he can get the President of the United States, whose plane went down in the middle of New York, out of the city safely. I work in New York City, and I can tell you that it's a pretty nice place. Although, having Isaac Hayes as our Duke would have been pretty cool.

A little over a decade has passed since New York City became a giant prison, and they've cleaned up pretty well. Good job, New York, but your efforts are all for naught. This time, a deadly virus breaks out across the city in 2009, turning it into a dead zone. Some manage to escape the quarantine, others do not. Soon, Will Smith, fresh as he is, seems to be the only one left. Yeah, good luck EVER being the only human in New York. This film is one of many, many, many versions of this story, from Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, to film classics like The Last Man on Earth and The Omega Man. Which is better? Watch all three and decide for yourself. (I like Last Man on Earth the most. It had Vincent Price in it. Can't go wrong with Vincent Price.)

Well, back to the post-apocalyptic wastelands, eh? No surprises in this movie. The Earth has become a giant version of the Australian Outback, and gasoline has become commodity number one. People live in tribes and hunt to survive -- and dress like they just finished another game of leather dominatrix. If you have gas, you have power. Since the latest film takes place in 2004, I'm gonna have to say that it was one of the worst movie future predictions. Gas prices were bad, sure, but not that bad. Now, where's my boomerang?