Greatest Dark Future Movies Of All Time?

**Mulsiphix** · 02-13-2008, 11:14 PM

What do you think is the greatest Dark Future movie(s) of all time and why?

**MortonStromgal** · 02-14-2008, 10:55 AM

For me its Bladerunner Director's Cut. I love the detective story and going along with him without being beat over the head with voice-overs about whats happening. I think it shows a possible future, one that is dark and where earth is full of the poor but they still make a living. Also the comment of "if your not cop your little people" shows the oppressive government and society that is so afraid that they have given control to a minority.

**Mulsiphix** · 02-14-2008, 01:43 PM

BladeRunner is the worst cyberpunk setting I've ever had the displeasure of watching. Such a society is truly sad. I would rather see the world fall to nuclear holocaust than live in such a place. My complaint is with the depressing setting though and not the movie itself. After seeing that, no other representation of Cyberpunk is as defining as BladeRunner o:

**Drohem** · 02-14-2008, 01:46 PM

Mad Max is one of my favorites.

**boulet** · 02-14-2008, 01:58 PM

Blade Runner is a excellent, if not for the plot at least for the setting. I like Clockwork Orange a lot.

**Drohem** · 02-14-2008, 02:18 PM

Oh yeah, Clockwork Orange is awsome!

**rabkala** · 02-14-2008, 09:43 PM

Blade runner is really good.

The mad max movies, The Postman (kind of), Children of Men, I am Legend, Red Dawn, The Time Machine, and Reign of Fire (

) also have some good perspectives.

**boulet** · 02-14-2008, 10:01 PM

Escape from New York was a bit cheesy, but damn Isaac Hayes as duke of NYC that was awesome

Idiocracy in its own "darkness" theme was interesting

**Mulsiphix** · 02-15-2008, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by rabkala

Blade runner is really good.

The mad max movies, The Postman (kind of), Children of Men, I am Legend, Red Dawn, The Time Machine, and Reign of Fire (

) also have some good perspectives.

I've seen all of these except Red Dawn. Loved em all.

**MortonStromgal** · 02-15-2008, 06:23 PM

Johnny Moronic... I mean Nuemonic. Its the greatest in like how you can't turn away from a car wreck. Every time I flip by it on TV I have to stop and stare till it ends

**Mulsiphix** · 02-15-2008, 10:40 PM

That was a cyberpunk movie I did like. Seems like you enjoy the more depressing settings

**boulet** · 02-15-2008, 10:55 PM

Yeah, cyberpunk is this strange genre that's always been clumsy put into movies so far. Oh well, I'll go back to my sweet books

**Riftwalker** · 02-15-2008, 10:57 PM

If you liked Johnny Mnemonic, try reading Neuromancer. (Hopefully they make a movie out of it one day.)

William Gibson wrote both of them. (Johnny Mnemonic was a short story that was adapted to a movie.)

**Mulsiphix** · 02-15-2008, 11:01 PM

I think The Matrix was my all time favorite Dark Future (cyberpunk anyway)

**rabkala** · 02-16-2008, 01:18 AM

Logan's Run a true classic.
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The Planet of the Apes was incredible when I was young.
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I was actually one of the few who loved Waterworld.