# So when is the next big fictional date to commemorate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2018, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-next-big-fictional-date-to-commemorate/808096 "2018-02-03T11:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-next-big-fictional-date-to-commemorate/808096/1 "2018-02-03T11:36:27Z")
I happened to be at Universal Studios the day that Back to the Future 2 took place and they made a pretty big deal of it. It was also a big deal on social media. I’d never really seen anything like that, a movie with a future fictional date being commemorated like that, and it was kinda cool. So are there any other upcoming dates from iconic movies? The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Apr. 5, 2063, the date in the Star Trek Universe where we make first contact. We blew right by Terminator’s Judgement Day, Aug. 29, 1997. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-next-big-fictional-date-to-commemorate/808096/2 "2018-02-03T11:43:55Z")
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st\_century\_in\_fiction](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_century_in_fiction) The first thing I noticed from that list was _The Running Man_ (tv show and movie? Heard of it, but never saw it), which takes place in 2017-2019. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-next-big-fictional-date-to-commemorate/808096/3 "2018-02-03T14:56:08Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > \ We blew right by Terminator’s Judgement Day, Aug. 29, 1997. Judgment Day is inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-next-big-fictional-date-to-commemorate/808096/4 "2018-02-03T15:14:11Z")
_Blade Runner_ is probably the next well known one. It was set in 2019. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-next-big-fictional-date-to-commemorate/808096/5 "2018-02-03T18:38:03Z")
I’m not sure which type of stories count. But in S.M. Stirling’s _The Peshwar Lancers_ 2025 is significant. It’s when John II dies and his son Charles becomes King-Emperor of the British Raj. Other events in that same year ensure that (probably) there will not be another disastrous Fall to devestate the Earth. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-next-big-fictional-date-to-commemorate/808096/6 "2018-02-03T22:42:59Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > _Blade Runner_ is probably the next well known one. It was set in 2019. Zhora’s bio lists retraining in Polit. Homicide on 09 Feb, 2018. So that’s next Friday. (All 4 of the escaped replicants incept dates were in 2016 and 2017.) Flying cars, offworld colonies, etc., but Deckard has to make a pay video call. Costs $1.25. And both his and Rachael’s numbers are 7 digits (starting with 555 of course). ---
**Author:** ![Panthan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Panthan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panthan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-next-big-fictional-date-to-commemorate/808096/7 "2018-02-05T18:03:36Z")
I think Rollerball (1975) is set in 2018. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-next-big-fictional-date-to-commemorate/808096/8 "2018-02-05T19:04:31Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I happened to be at Universal Studios the day that Back to the Future 2 took place and they made a pretty big deal of it. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > _Blade Runner_ is probably the next well known one. It was set in 2019. I want my flying car!