Which Futuristic Universe Would You Most/Least Like to Live In?
2Personally, I'd most like to live in the Space Dandy future. Space cats, ramen, hilarious robots, and the ability to never die sound pretty awesome.
Least? Easily Futurama. Earth gets conquered every 8 months, Richard Nixon is the President of Earth, and the travel tubes would just be horrifying (and probably lined in vomit). Plus, my existence would depend on a human without a delta brainwave.
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I wouldn't want to live in Orwell's 1984. Oh wait, we're already living there, aren't we?
Annnnnd, now you're on a list.
Annnnnd, now you are, too.
Least : Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" I don't think the shoe on the head look is good for me.
Most : Jetson's
They know how to rock out.
@sidemouse, I could see that. But the sad reality is, despite the movies, almost everyone in the Star Wars universe is probably a paper-shuffler for the Empire, not a light-saber-yielding Jedi. (So that's pretty realistic, too.)
The Time Machine's future looks pretty rough:
As much as I love Carlin (Rufus Dude) I wouldn't make in a world where society is glued together by Keanu's music.
@denboy, It's sort of a yin and yang. You get to live in a peaceful society with the rule of excellence (and the immortal Keanu Reeves as your god), but you're forced to enjoy the Wyld Stallyns' music for eternity.
peace isn't worth it dude
If a portal opened right this moment and I had to decide, out of fear of every other world, I would chose Futurama. This isn't a well-researched decision, but it seems like a world that with my own set of abilities/lack of abilities, I'd might be able to get along in ok. I feel well-equipped for a world with high-levels of irony.
A similar, but different, question is Which Futuristic Universe Are We Most Becoming? Undoubtedly, as our imaginations become engaged in fantasies we begin trying to work these out in real life. So, for children who dreamed of the Star Wars universe, as adults with real universe-defining jobs little bits of Star Wars become realities. The more intoxicating the dream, the likelier the reality.
@dave, That is the nightmare that Kafka or Gilliam in a Star Wars-like-universe reality create an escape from. In my opinion, it's the force of fantasy in Star Wars that captured our hearts as children, and that still directs our imaginations even in routine labor, even though we know better now than to dream, which yet we draw upon when inventing escapes from the mundane. Often these escapes become the new technologies, so that even though Brazil doesn't lift my spirits (not even the "happy" ending) it definitely informs my need to dream.
Another question might be How are our current science-fiction films attempting to direct our future reality? Avatar and Pacific Rim have very different operating mechanisms...