# Sci-Fi films that present the future as a sunshiny happy place.

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**Created:** [October 20, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-films-that-present-the-future-as-a-sunshiny-happy-place/133043 "2002-10-20T01:51:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-films-that-present-the-future-as-a-sunshiny-happy-place/133043/1 "2002-10-20T01:51:23Z")

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I thought that this would be a much more interesting topic, as there are few movies that do this.

Star-Trek films do so.  
Some people have said that this is a reason for it’s longevity. In an overall benign universe you can always continue to add new bad stuff, otherwise, once the main badness has been defeated the story is over.  
Me use grammar good.

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-films-that-present-the-future-as-a-sunshiny-happy-place/133043/2 "2002-10-20T11:53:31Z")

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_The Thirteenth Floor_, although the “future” bit in that movie was really short.

Hmm…

Is _The Carebears_ set in the future?

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**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-films-that-present-the-future-as-a-sunshiny-happy-place/133043/3 "2002-10-20T12:31:49Z")

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_Demolition Man_ , well sort of.

_Bill and Ted_ or are we talking about serious films?

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**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-films-that-present-the-future-as-a-sunshiny-happy-place/133043/4 "2002-10-20T14:00:27Z")

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_Planet of the Apes_ if you’re an ape.

_Logan’s Run_ until you turn 30.

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**Author:** ![Beardedcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@Beardedcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beardedcrow)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-films-that-present-the-future-as-a-sunshiny-happy-place/133043/5 "2002-10-21T00:43:05Z")

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\*Bicentenial Man \* with Robin Williams