THE FUTURE OF THE FUTURE

MATT TRASK TRAVELS TO TOMORROW AND VISITS 10 OF SF’S MOST FAMOUS FUTURES, FROM WORST-CASE SCENARIO TO UTOPIAN IDEAL

Will it be a gleaming utopia or a howling wasteland? Or much the same but with even pricier train tickets? Let’s find out.

What does tomorrow look like? It’s a question that has long obsessed sF filmmakers as they looked to the world around them to try to predict what shape the future would take. will we have flying cars, space travel and adventure? or will it be war-torn wastelands, rain-soaked cities and technological disaster? If some sci-fi films are to be believed we won’t be here for much longer, so while we wait for the doomsday clock to strike midnight, let’s take a look at some of the big screen’s most famous futures…