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Futuristic Movie Timeline#6 In A Series Of Pop-Cultural Charts
No one really pays much attention to what year sci-fi movies take place. I thought it would be interesting to arrange some classic films about the future into chronological order and see what we’d find. I’ve also charted the years in which they were released as well as the current year. This is by far the geekiest thing I’ve ever done.
* I only included movies in which Wikipedia knew the exact year.

Futuristic Movie Timeline
#6 In A Series Of Pop-Cultural Charts

No one really pays much attention to what year sci-fi movies take place. I thought it would be interesting to arrange some classic films about the future into chronological order and see what we’d find. I’ve also charted the years in which they were released as well as the current year. This is by far the geekiest thing I’ve ever done.

* I only included movies in which Wikipedia knew the exact year.

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    Or if THESE guys are in anyway right then we’re in for a right hoot. I particularly love the “water-polo” players....
  5. melasaurus reblogged this from legbeforewicket and added:
    If movie-makers ideas about the future are in any way true, then we’re pretty screwed aren’t we?
  6. legbeforewicket reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    StumbleUpon just threw me onto this, (L)
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    i pretty much love all of these movies, yeah… well, all the one’s that i’ve seen. which is still a good majority.
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    Futuristic Movie Timeline
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    Crafty “Futuristic...find myself appreciating sci-fi more & more (or rather, dystopias...
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  27. cheersdarlin reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    1984 isn’t on here. :-(
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  41. 42roads answered: Star Wars Fan Boys: “A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away” A long time ago usually points to the PAST.
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  46. justin answered: Effing awesome, can’t believe I missed this, dan!
  47. ronenreblogs reblogged this from petervidani and added:
    Excellent idea/execution.
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  51. unlimitedbxf answered: That’s actually really cool, I guess I’ve never really payed any attention to the years within the movies. I guess I’ll have to do that. =P
  52. inkyeagle reblogged this from danmeth
  53. orangesrhyme answered: You didn’t put Serenity on there? You, sir, need slapped.
  54. melbee85 answered: Damn you’re a geek. That’s actually awesome stuff ;)
  55. jonmtm answered: star wars? :(
  56. Cri Cri answered: Irado!
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  58. zach answered: thinks that they forgot to put i am legend in there
  59. andie answered: I like how Dune goes literally _off_ the chart lol. btw: how bored where you? ;)
  60. fredrickevilcow reblogged this from classics
  61. obo reblogged this from classics and added:
    #6 In A Series Of Pop-Cultural Charts(click here for a larger version) Futuristic Movie TimelineNo one really pays much...
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  67. Kyle answered: You should include the Firefly movie “Serenity”, it takes place in 2517
  68. storyteller answered: excelent geek stuff :)
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  74. Greg-Finzer answered: Correction: Some time traveling episodes of Star Trek happened in the 1960’s.
  75. Marjolijn answered: Hi dan, check: ‘Wandering through the Future’ marjolijndijkman.com/pr… perhaps you’ll like it! best marjolijn
  76. marty answered: Whats great though is Demolition man states the last MDK will be September next year!!!
  77. LeeshaJoy answered: Why isn’t Futurama on here?
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  80. foryourwine reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    This. Is. Perfect.
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  84. jcashell reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    YES ZARDOZ YES!!!!!
  85. Ricardo Williams answered: Zardoz hahahahaha
  86. hardlikealgebra reblogged this from petervidani
  87. rmonterosainz reblogged this from jose87 and added:
    Futuristic movie time line.
  88. theblacklaser answered: Oh man, I’ve been waiting for Blade Runner to happen for at least 10 years.
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  93. tyler durden answered: thats great i’ve been waiting for someone to do this …BUT you forgot ALOT
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  96. aqiul answered: How did you place Star Trek in 2387? Which movie are you going by?
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  98. doublejack answered: Freejack — 2009 / Doublejack — 2009 Coincidence? Or destiny? (Probably just lack of coffee…)
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  102. Leandro answered: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch…
  103. brilliantorange answered: The Postman does not deserve to be called a movie.
  104. luckyshirt reblogged this from delgrosso and added:
    Only SIX MORE YEARS until HOVERBOARDS!!!! I pre-ordered mine from Amazon. …too bad Kevin Costner is going to be the only...
  105. steelopus answered: What about 2010? Fail. Otherwise, fantastic and totally awesome.
  106. Ky answered: ROFL, you trust wikipedia? ROFL ROFL ROFL
  107. citrine reblogged this from chrryblssmninja
  108. lilianpertenava answered: THIS IS GREAT!)
  109. yukkasgi answered: 遠い未来と感じていた作品が、設定上過去になっていたり
  110. bomrr answered: :]
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  114. joostlultwel answered: Haha, this rocks! Now we can see what we can expect.. Whoa, in ten years we’ll have all the great stuff from Blade Runner! Yeah.
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  116. ptiJo answered: missing Buck Roger’s returns [Buck Rogers (c. 2419 — original; 2491 — 1970s TV series).] :-D
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  118. tandn reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    earth, according to Sci-Fi movies. (source)
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  121. Ishmael answered: Cool, but the only Star Trek to happen in 2387 was the flash-forward in the new movie. The bulk of that movie happened in 2258.
  122. jachemita answered: what is this shit xDDDD
  123. funkanoll answered: nice
  124. julião answered: agreed inagaki “future is gone”
  125. inagaki reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    O futuro já passou.
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  143. redjeep answered: orginator of the timeline…unplug, go outside take a look around. what you are looking at is the real world..welcome back
  144. Kspace answered: The Matrix was BELIEVED to be in 2199, but would actually take place between 600 and 800 years later, if you get into Canon mythology…
  145. dansiella answered: Terminator salvation isn’t in this chart!
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  156. moldes answered: la caca de arale es rosa?
  157. Matías answered: Thanks. Something to see in boring times. :D
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  159. filmandfucking answered: that was almost my senior quote
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    Thank you shelbot ! //www.danmeth.com
  162. devongrandy reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    This is a really,...awesome idea. Maybe Dan will do one for
  163. secondside reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    love these pop-culture things you keep coming up with
  164. secondside answered: It may be geeky, but its also AWESOME.
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  166. pureblog answered: A good concept + a good implementation = success
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  169. lectroshok answered: sweet
  170. adultcrash answered: why not start with 1984??
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    Timeline, interesting! :D danmeth:
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    Egy kedves barátom pont az ítélet napján lett nagykorú. Apropos, a Terminátor miért is hiányzik a képről?
  183. arisetyo reblogged this from gueamu and added:
    Futuristic Movie Timeline #6 In A Series Of Pop-Cultural Charts (click here for a larger version)
  184. vidar answered: Gattaca is missing.
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  188. voxmedia answered: love it.. great work!
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  192. rapidblade answered: HOw about Equilibrium?
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  197. freedimensional answered: That’s frickin immense.
  198. Chris answered: Where is 1984? :)
  199. ndra answered: sweeeeeeeet
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  201. radix33 answered: Excellent!
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  204. dhk answered: actually pretty awesome
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  208. humanvise answered: The real geeks are the ones who tell you about all the movies your missing by the way what about “Barb Wire”
  209. themedicine answered: Dune takes place in our galaxy thousands of years in the future
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  211. fillup reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    was just talking...@iomegadrive last week...Minority Reports...
  212. thecakeisalie answered: brilliant!
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    a todo list of films to watch for me.
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  217. katiepalmer answered: this is so good
  218. satrazemis reblogged this from driving2alaska and added:
    I want to own this movie poster.
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  221. 60gritbeard reblogged this from energyface and added:
    I love that Zardoz is on this list.
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  223. agnesnutter answered: this is brilliant
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  228. eve answered: this is pretty sweet =]
  229. rockafireexplosion answered: You are relentlessly awesome
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    Another work of genius from...ever-reliable Dan Meth.
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  246. tfail answered: Star Trek but no Star Wars? Pfft. Trekkie.
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  249. kevinslane reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    Amazing chart, but...was a little upset with...lack of...
  250. E Bags answered: No love for MST3K?? ;)
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  252. kl7 answered: A clockwork orange took place in the future? News to me.
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  255. yarg reblogged this from agentmlovestacos and added:
    Me likey timelines. Glad to see Idiocracy repped in there.
  256. driving2alaska reblogged this from bryanwashere and added:
    Still need to see a few of these.
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  262. activitygrrrl reblogged this from agentmlovestacos and added:
    Agreed. Sweet. agentmlovestacos:
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  264. howdowemakeitdie answered: Frank Herbert played it safe. Lol.
  265. justfeelngtired answered: may be geeky, but it’s beautifully done!
  266. donrownvo reblogged this from petervidani
  267. moth answered: Why is this answer field showing up?
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  270. moth reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    love how every time Dan does one of these charts he notes that it’s...They’re all awesome.
  271. diiego answered: im sure you can still do some stuff geekiest than that
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  276. thenelsontwins answered: blade runner is all too true. I’ve got my Roy Batty costume ready for deployment.
  277. hoogie reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    Don’t worry, I’ll...geekier than you
  278. brs answered: What’s the question?
  279. welcometothisblogbitch answered: How do you leave off the Termintor franchise?
  280. claudiareali answered: love ur geek charts. keep ‘em comin’, please :)
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  285. weker1 reblogged this from lumber and added:
    I Am So happy someone made this chart!!! And Robocop 2015?!?! When did they say that?!?!
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  289. porcupineschool answered: This is great.
  290. letsplaysamantics reblogged this from bryanwashere and added:
    SOYLENT GREEN IS MADE OF PEOPLE!!!
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  292. srhrunner answered: How about 1984, Death Race 2000, not to mention Sex Slaves of 2120? OK, forget the Sex Slaves one. How about Battlefield Earth?
  293. cynthiaangel reblogged this from bryanwashere
  294. michaelbolton reblogged this from dowelikeit and added:
    Where is The Apple? It’s set in 1994
  295. lenier reblogged this from danmeth
  296. bryanwashere reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    feel like we are right on track for both V for Vendetta
  297. lilbumps answered: you forgot ‘strange days’ which came out in ‘95 but took place in ‘99/’00
  298. mybeautifulmesslife answered: What?? No Terminator series??
  299. lauterhaus reblogged this from danmeth and added:
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  300. dowelikeit reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    place.” Dan, that’s all...do! I’m a geek too! BTW: Where’s Time Cop? It’s set
  301. blitherypoop answered: An answer to what?
  302. imcuriousysee reblogged this from danmeth
  303. blitherypoop reblogged this from danmeth and added:
    Reminds me of an essay...write. “Why Futurism Is Shit”
  304. missvengeance reblogged this from puscic and added:
    rocketjumper: danmeth:
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    ever-wonderful danmeth:
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  307. shootyourdukesoff answered: The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
  308. fattaegie answered: Who would win a fight between Ripley, Zed, and Spock? That is what I want to know.
  309. goodshowatson answered: This is great, but I’m sad to see no Brazil and 1984.
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  314. maskake answered: Nice. Didn’t realize how far ahead dune was in it’s time.
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