[Pixie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pixie', 'B')y the way, if I did not believe peak oil was here, I'd have voted for Blade Runner, and in my opinion, that's a far worse future in the long run.

[Lumpy]

Well, my HOPE is "Postman".

Lumpy

[Pixie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lumpy', 'W')ell, my HOPE is "Postman".

Lumpy

[threadbear]

It's a toss up between Children of Men and Sound of Music...hmm.

[Pixie]

How much do you think our expectations for the future are influenced by these movies?

[kmann]

Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown?

[catbox]

Omega Man!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q_fLr7hCZE

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'B')ut the movie only took place in Los Angeles except all the rest of the earthlings had gone 'offworld.' The movie doesn't explain why certain people were left behind

[FreakOil]

I think the "The Postman" would most resemble 2050 for large parts of the Western world, but do you think that the dieoff will have advanced that far by that time?

I hope to be living the last of my days in "A River Runs Through It" territory.

[Pixie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FreakOil', 'I') think the "The Postman" would most resemble 2050 for large parts of the Western world, but do you think that the dieoff will have advanced that far by that time?

I hope to be living the last of my days in "A River Runs Through It" territory.

[drgoodword]

1984.

Doomers tend to ignore or dismiss the power of modern totalitarian governments to maintain rule even under the worst of conditions.

I think Stalin's Soviet Union is the model for most powerdown era governments.

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('drgoodword', '1')984.

Doomers tend to ignore or dismiss the power of modern totalitarian governments to maintain rule even under the worst of conditions.

I think Stalin's Soviet Union is the model for most powerdown era governments.

[Pixie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('drgoodword', '1')984.

Doomers tend to ignore or dismiss the power of modern totalitarian governments to maintain rule even under the worst of conditions.

I think Stalin's Soviet Union is the model for most powerdown era governments.

[bodigami]

No Matrix?

[Pixie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', 'B')ut the OP said 2050, and I figure it's unlikely all those weapons will still be sitting around by then. That's over 40 years from now. I don't think they'll be able to maintain that level of control for that long.

[basil_hayden]

They were only 50 years off...

The only DVD I own.

[Pixie]

This isn't a serious vote, but:

Plot summary for
Firebird 2015 AD (1981)


In one of many unpopular and unsupported policy decisions, the US government of the near future outlaws vehicle petrol in an effort to curb the overuse of limited natural resources - except, of course, for official purposes. There are many renegades who oppose the authorities, and will stop at nothing to allow themselves the freedom of burning around the countryside.

[PrairieMule]

I think we will see "Stange Days" come to fruition in the next 5 years.

2050? Hmmm, I have to go with Hardware.

[Ferretlover]

And, has everyone picked their doom name, or named their home?

[FreakOil]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'A')nd, has everyone picked their doom name, or named their home?