I just realized something. Demolition Man, 1993 sci-fi movie set in year 2032, already predicted many things, including self-driving cars, video conferencing, voice-activated technology and touch-screen tablets.
But there is another correlation between the fiction and year 2020...: in the movie, all skin-to-skin contact has been outlawed -- sex, kissing, handshakes, tight hugs, and even high-fives were a thing of the past. As main female character Officer Lenina Huxley says, physical interaction was banned after a "series of illnesses and diseases ravaged the health of mankind".
Sounds familiar, doesn't it...? ; )
/ By the way, Sandra Bullock's character, San Angeles Police Department Officer Lenina Huxley, was named after Brave New World novel's author, Aldous Huxley, and the book's main character, Lenina. Brave New World is a 1932 dystopian novel about genetically-engineered future where life is pain-free but meaningless. The book heavily influenced George Orwell’s 1984...
But there is another correlation between the fiction and year 2020...: in the movie, all skin-to-skin contact has been outlawed -- sex, kissing, handshakes, tight hugs, and even high-fives were a thing of the past. As main female character Officer Lenina Huxley says, physical interaction was banned after a "series of illnesses and diseases ravaged the health of mankind".
Sounds familiar, doesn't it...? ; )
/ By the way, Sandra Bullock's character, San Angeles Police Department Officer Lenina Huxley, was named after Brave New World novel's author, Aldous Huxley, and the book's main character, Lenina. Brave New World is a 1932 dystopian novel about genetically-engineered future where life is pain-free but meaningless. The book heavily influenced George Orwell’s 1984...
