DISTANT FUTURE MONTH #6: Forbidden Planet, by Fred M. Wilcox (1956)
/Forbidden Planet is a classic of the 1950s sci-fi film boom, full of spectacle and Freudian psychology undercut by old-timey sexism.
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So many stories take place in the near future. It's easy to imagine where we'll be ten years from now. But what about where we'll be 50 years from now? Or 100 years? Or 5,000? That takes a bit more effort, and sometimes the results can be haunting, alarming, or just plain weird. The following culture recommendations all show what life will look like at least 100 years into the future, whether for better or worse.
So many stories take place in the near future, because it's easy to imagine where we'll be ten years from now. But what about 50 years from now? Or 100 years? Or 5,000? That takes a bit more effort, and sometimes the results can be haunting, alarming, or just plain weird. The following culture recommendations all show what life will look like at least 100 years into the future, whether for better or worse.
Forbidden Planet is a classic of the 1950s sci-fi film boom, full of spectacle and Freudian psychology undercut by old-timey sexism.
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