Worlds of Tomorrow
Futures Past LLC
Worlds of Tomorrow is a podcast about futures now past.
- 55 minutes 5 seconds#10 - 1984
Released 1984, set 1984. Based on the original by George Orwell.
Featuring: Attractive older men, guest host John Redmon, newspeak, Neil Breen ruling over City 17.
7 June 2019, 11:44 pm - 16 minutes 30 seconds#9 - The Old Grey Hare
Released 1944, set 2000AD. A punny name with British spelling. Classic Merrie Melodies episode.
Featuring: Deconstruction of Elmer Fudd's American Dream, Smell-O-Vision, 1944 jokes.
2 May 2019, 5:08 am - 45 minutes 54 seconds#8 - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Released 1963, set 1997. 4 movies for the price of one. Lots of naps.
Featuring: Spaceships, evil Siri, a version of Skype that doesn't work right, Kubrickian flair.
Click here to check out a 10-minute PBS explanation of 2001's themes. We didn't want to just straight plagiarize from them, and they give the best possible explanation of 2001's ethos and design!
5 November 2018, 11:00 am - 40 minutes 49 seconds#7 - Escape from New York
Released 1981, set 1997. Eyepatche'd man attempts to rescue the President from a city-sized prison, Manhattan.
Featuring: Wireframe graphics, out-of-control crime, fascist police states, shirtlessness, Isaac Hayes.
For spoiler-free discussion, skip to 27:00
21 September 2018, 6:26 pm - 1 hour 2 seconds#6 - Strange Days
Released 95, set 1999. The best cyberpunk neo-noir techno thriller, aside from that other one.
Featuring: brain-scanning tech, urban unrest, militarized police, VR sex, and more 90s per minute than any other movie
6 August 2018, 5:38 am - 47 minutes 18 seconds#5 - Freejack
Released 1992, set in 2009. Featuring Sir Mick Jagger as a leatherclad bounty hunter, Emilio Estevez as a time-traveling speedster, and Rene Russo as a love interest.
Features: evil megacorps, lawless slums of New York, time traveling fleshthieves, and Sir Anthony Hopkins.
9 July 2018, 2:59 am - 37 minutes 53 seconds#4 - Rollerball
Released in 1975, set in 2017. Oh wait, but also set in 2005, released in 2002. A wacky mix-up leads the hosts to enjoy a 70s classic and loathe a real clunker from the oughts.
What's it like to skate with a motorcycle? We don't know, but we do know that the future's looking pretty bright with the corporations in charge.
1 May 2018, 11:53 pm - 33 minutes 57 seconds#3 - Cherry 2000
Cherry 2000: Released 1987, set in 2017. This post-apocalyptic C-Movie reaches for the stars with its A-team of B-list celebrities.
A metal-eating plague, desert bandits, robot wives, fitness fanatics and a lot of dubbing. With the help of some greatly improved audio quality, Devin and Jet trek across Zone 17 to bring you Cherry 2000.
20 April 2018, 5:02 am - 42 minutes 41 seconds#2 - The Sixth Day
The Sixth Day: Released 2000, set in 2015.
The XFL, cloning panic, laser guns, and ANOTHER movie starring Arnold the Austrian. The Sixth Day is a very different future from the 80s dystopia in The Running Man and this one has even more fodder - as well as more plot - to cover.
(Featuring Robbie and Sean as guest hosts, and bad audio quality as recurring friend of the show)
20 March 2018, 4:41 am - 26 minutes 47 seconds#1 - The Running Man
The Running Man - Released 1987, Set 2017
In our premier episode, hosts Devin and Jet are accompanied by Robbie and Sean to discuss one of what is sure to be many more Schwarzenegger films. We explore a world where a single media organization - run by a totalitarian government - puts on the world's most popular television program.
What did they get right? What did they get wrong? And how does this terrible show have so many viewers?
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