# Sci-fi Movies that DON'T present a bleak vision of the future... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movies-that-dont-present-a-bleak-vision-of-the-future/133042 "2002-10-20T01:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movies-that-dont-present-a-bleak-vision-of-the-future/133042/21 "2002-10-21T16:38:45Z")
Things were pretty upbeat in _The Fifth Element_, barring evil alien plots to destroy Earth and that nasty black oily stuff. I wouldn’t mind an interplanetary cruise on that funky space-liner, or a Gautier-designed wardrobe. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movies-that-dont-present-a-bleak-vision-of-the-future/133042/22 "2002-10-21T18:01:41Z")
Does **Sleeper** count even though it is a comedy? I’ll admit - I’d be an earlier purchaser of the orgasm-booth-for-the-home. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movies-that-dont-present-a-bleak-vision-of-the-future/133042/23 "2002-10-21T20:09:38Z")
DCU: Nah, that’s a _bland_ vision of the future. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movies-that-dont-present-a-bleak-vision-of-the-future/133042/24 "2002-10-22T06:47:26Z")
Doesn’t that latest Friday the 13th have a civilization that allows dumb horny college students to go on field trips around the solar system and play with nanotechnology? I haven’t seen the film but I’ve read reviews, and it sounds like it may be somewhat upbeat (that is, when Jason isn’t trying to kill you). ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movies-that-dont-present-a-bleak-vision-of-the-future/133042/25 "2002-10-22T07:04:36Z")
You can’t make an interesting movie _about_ a nice happy future. So it’d have to be a story that _takes place_ in happy future, probably depicting nasty events that occur in an otherwise good society. I think _Black Hole_ and _Alien_ qualify. (It’s been a long time since I’ve seen either one though.) _Fifth Element_ definitely qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movies-that-dont-present-a-bleak-vision-of-the-future/133042/26 "2002-10-22T07:14:07Z")
[Just Imagine](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0021016#comment) (1930) depicts a giddy world where private airplanes have replaced cars in New York, Martian colonies are thriving, food comes in pill form and babies are dispnsed by vending machines. Yes, the wondrous world of… 1980! ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movies-that-dont-present-a-bleak-vision-of-the-future/133042/27 "2002-10-22T10:36:45Z")
A really really crappy movie that fits the bill: Mission to Mars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movies-that-dont-present-a-bleak-vision-of-the-future/133042.md?page=1)