5 Sci-fi Movies With Positive Looks At The Future
It says something about the natural state of mankind that the overwhelming majority of popular science fiction paints the years to come as a dystopian nightmare. It seems to take some special imagination to consider the possibility that generations of human development and worlds of new technology could improve things somewhat.
Utopian sci-fi is best represented by Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, which takes place in a largely scarcity-free society made up of eager space explorers. The current state of that franchise, dipping it into a world of militaristic violence and chaotic nonsense demonstrates how hard it is to keep a fictional utopia going.
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The primary place fans of utopian sci-fi can find the sub-genre represented on the big screen is in kids' media. Sci-fi intended for the entire family is allowed to make the future look whimsical and thrilling. Criminally underrated Disney classic Meet the Robinsons takes that opportunity and runs with it. The film centers on a brilliant young lad named Lewis who longs desperately for a family he can't seem to find. Lewis is whisked away to the future by a mysterious kid who claims to be a time-hopping cop. Once there, he's introduced to a world of fantastical technology and joyous retro-futurist aesthetics. The stated year of the film is 2037, which imagines a lot of incredible leaps forward over the next decade and change. Meet the Robinsons is a charming and emotionally powerful journey that suggests a bright world is only a short time in the future.
This long-awaited conclusion to the Bill & Ted trilogy represents one incredible thing about the real-world future. In a world of constant retreads of things that were popular decades ago, this
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