How Futuristic Movies Predict the Future

i, robot movie future

2035
I, ROBOT

Every household will employ the services of a robot with artificial intelligence. But it’s cool, because they’re all bound by the three laws of robotics (one of which is apparently “No genitals allowed”). Oh, until they all rise up against their human overlords, of course.

looper

2039
LOOPER

Mobsters will forgo burying their victims in New Jersey construction sites and Staten Island landfills in favor of zapping them to the past to be executed … in New Jersey construction sites and Staten Island landfills.

red planet
2045
RED PLANET

When Earth is rendered uninhabitable thanks to pollution and overpopulation, scientists will attempt to colonize Mars. In the process, they will lose $50 million at the box office.