Top 10 Bleak Future Films
In honor of the world going to hell, I offer up todays top 10 list. Here's my list to get things started:
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
Blade Runner: Kind of a must. This was the first time I remember seeing a vision of the future that looked and felt genuinely real.
Equilibrium: We're all doped up to make us passive, and the government sees every single thing we do. At least Gun-Kata is pretty cool.
Logan's Run: Sure everything seems uber-cool. At least until you hit the big 3-0. Then you get to enjoy the fiery ritual of Carosel. Outside the fantasy world that these people live lies a world that is much, much different.
V For Vendetta: Yeah, I'm a little biased because of how much I dig the book. But I really thought the film was equally marvelous.
Matrix: The sequels have tarnished the greatness of the original, but c'mon! Machines turned us into @#$%ing batteries! And none of us know it! That's just @#$%ed! Future's don't get much bleaker than that.
Terminator: Similar in themes of the Matrix, I love the idea that our greatest creations have developed independant thought, and have decided to simply exterminate us.
12 Monkeys: Pure brilliance. But then again it's Gilliam, so what do you expect (I refuse to face the facts about the Brothers Grimm)? We're living underground. It's a nuclear winter above. Bruce Willis still looks pissed, and Brad Pitt's off his rocker. Good times...
Metropolis: When it comes to bleak futures, this film is 101. Just about everything that followed it took a piece of influence. You've got the elite upper class, and a hardworking lower class living underground. Eventually their replacements arrive via the machine. Upheaval, death and revolution follow.
Planet of the Apes: The last five minutes says it all. Actually I want to give an honorable mention to "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes". This is the film that lead to the Apes revolt of the humans.
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
Blade Runner: Kind of a must. This was the first time I remember seeing a vision of the future that looked and felt genuinely real.
Equilibrium: We're all doped up to make us passive, and the government sees every single thing we do. At least Gun-Kata is pretty cool.Logan's Run: Sure everything seems uber-cool. At least until you hit the big 3-0. Then you get to enjoy the fiery ritual of Carosel. Outside the fantasy world that these people live lies a world that is much, much different.V For Vendetta: Yeah, I'm a little biased because of how much I dig the book. But I really thought the film was equally marvelous.
Matrix: The sequels have tarnished the greatness of the original, but c'mon! Machines turned us into @#$%ing batteries! And none of us know it! That's just @#$%ed! Future's don't get much bleaker than that.Terminator: Similar in themes of the Matrix, I love the idea that our greatest creations have developed independant thought, and have decided to simply exterminate us.12 Monkeys: Pure brilliance. But then again it's Gilliam, so what do you expect (I refuse to face the facts about the Brothers Grimm)? We're living underground. It's a nuclear winter above. Bruce Willis still looks pissed, and Brad Pitt's off his rocker. Good times...Metropolis: When it comes to bleak futures, this film is 101. Just about everything that followed it took a piece of influence. You've got the elite upper class, and a hardworking lower class living underground. Eventually their replacements arrive via the machine. Upheaval, death and revolution follow.Planet of the Apes: The last five minutes says it all. Actually I want to give an honorable mention to "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes". This is the film that lead to the Apes revolt of the humans.
posted by Casey at 12:40 PM
8 Comments:
I surprised to see Pluto Nash not on that list? I would say that would be the bleakest of all futures...and I really don't understand Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone not being in there...I know...these supposedly take place in "space", but same thing right?
Dead or Alive: 3 -- by Takashii Miike (who i still don't like, but the alt/verse was a sad one)
The Running Man
Fatherland
Barbarella (she was hot, but that planet was not)
Mad Max (umm hello you didn't mention the road warrior on your main post -- that might deserve suspension)
Escape From New York
Akira
Fahrenheig 451
Invasion of the Body Snatcher -- if a future of mindless bacteria possessed humans doesn't scare you what does? the last scene by itself eff with your head, the two old friends seeing each other in the park and then he starts doing that high pitch squeal.
Road Warrior? G*d*mn*t! I knew I forgot something! That's just inexcusable.
Escape from New York, Akira & Soylent Green all nearly made my list. Good calls.
i don't know if this counts but The Mirror Universe in Star Trek. Yea... i had to go there. Its been touched upon also by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and even the Enterprise series.
I'd even go so far as to give 28 days later an honorable mention.
...indeed Cillian Murphy and his setback skeletor eyes would make most scenes bleak.
28 days later...good call. That movie's effed.
ITS MADE OUT OF PEOPLE!!!!!!
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