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How An 80s Arnold Schwarzenegger Film Predicted Our Future

submitted by ant

6 years 11 months ago

"When Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi film The Running Man first premiered in 1987, it presented a dark vision of the US in the year 2017: economically depressed, ruled by the military, and obsessed with a reality TV show. It seemed far-fetched at the time, even to its creators. But on the eve of reality TV-star-turned President Donald Trump’s inauguration, it seems more timely and plausible than ever. Watch all the parallels between this retro sci-fi film and reality in our inaugural episode of Future Shock..."

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Interesting.

*doublepromote

Double-Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Sunday, February 11th, 2018 2:43pm PST - doublepromote requested by oritteropo.

The book was far better...

I'm still waiting for them to make a movie about that book. Same for World War Z.

LiquidDrift says...

It's about time for it. Or a decent version of 1984.

I'm still waiting for them to make a movie about that book. Same for World War Z.

"How easy it was for the government to totally suspend civil rights".

Should be: "How easy it was for the Democratically controlled state government to totally suspend civil rights".

There is no useful parallel between the movie's show host and the president of the United States and the fact he hosted a TV show. Entertainers have made it to the position of president or governor well before this point in time. It's just a useless coincidence that has no bearing on anything.

The Running Man basically got nothing right about 2017.

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