[bigbob]

Decent choices....

Just the other day I was thinking about watching “A Clockwork Orange” again...some thing may seem less sci-filike about that futuristic, violent thug-dominated culture, where the perps treated their victims with utter disregard.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

What gets me are the sci-fi movies that really predicted the future or some part of it.

The President’s Analyst. A huge dollop of political and social satire, that even underplays today’s situation.

Scanners. What if the next, approved or illegal wonder drug is far worse than Thalidomide?

[Monterrosa-24]

Today, science fiction scenes that are almost beyond belief are happening constantly.

[foto]

Another really good one everyone has forgotten is
The Mind Stealers with Christopher Walken. The only thing lacking from todays tech would be a remote activated trigger
from some pharmaceutical giants smart phone app.

[Dick Bachert]

Everyone should see Soylent Green, especially those who post here as most of us will eventually wind up in the facility.

[Edward Teach]

On the Beach was one of the few books I decided to stop reading partway through. The inevitability of the outcome was too depressing.

[BenLurkin]

TO that particular list I would add “Logan’s Run”

[ApplegateRanch]

1.5 for 3:

Soylent Green...check!
Rollerball...not so much.
On The Beach...check, if you didn’t read the book; only 1/2 check because I had read it.

[kitchen]

Earth vs. The Flying Saucers

This Island Earth

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Late show: Amazon Women On The Moon

[DCBryan1]

The bedford incident. And I can’t believe they haven’t made Alas Babylon into a movie yet!

[discostu]

I always wish somebody would make a rollerball league. You can tell it’s an awesome sport because the stunties would play it on the set on days off (only injury during the movie was during one of their games). I know Jewison is horribly offended that people think it would be a great sport since the movie was in part a diatribe against the increasing violence in sports (specifically hockey and the rise of The Broadstreet Bullies), but too bad for Norm.

[Political Junkie Too]

Does anyone remember Silent Running, also from that era? It was another dystopian future movie.

-PJ

[Sawdring]

Great movies. I would add the original Time Machine to the list. I loved the last scene where one of his friends asks which books would the others bring forward in time to restart civilization.