How Futuristic Movies Predict the Future

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AVATAR

Mankind will travel to a far-away planet inhabited by really scary animals and really tall blue cat people, and they’ll do it in order to harvest a rare element with the ridiculous name “Unobtanium.” Also, mankind will have completely forgotten about Dances With Wolves.

IDIOCRACY
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IDIOCRACY

Due to centuries of reckless breeding and instant gratification, America will become a dumbed-down, corporatized wasteland concerned only with entertainment and sex. Wait, this movie takes place 500 years too late!

Wall-e
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WALL-E

After 700 years of isolation, a sentient robot will spur the recolonization of Earth by planting a tree and falling in love with a much younger machine. Also, cockroaches will be far more adorable.