I watch Demolition Man for the first time the other night. I always heard people say it predicts our current time and I definitely see that. The fines for profanity were funny, but hate speech laws are worse than that. Also the banning of meat and and salt
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Back in the 90s there was still a cultural residue left behind by Star Trek, this idea that the future would be a time of unlimited progress and that a technological utopia was on the way. That had largely dissipated by the 2000s, that's when all science fiction became gritty and grimdark.
That’s a great point because I can’t think of the last thing set in the future that was positive
The Orville. I can't think of anything else since Star Trek: Enterprise.
And even ST:ENT was all like "Hey, we're shiny-eyed youngsters going out into the big ol' world for the first time, absolutely certain we'll make friends everywhere, because we're super-nice! The Vulcans said something about not everyone is like them, but hey, it's us!" .... [several episodes later] "Why does everyone shoot at us?"
They started out with bugger all for weapons, and had to argue for better weapons and shielding .... right up until the Xindi cut a nice trench in North America.
True. That show feels more like Trek than actual current trek.
I love the Orville, but Jesus that most recent season was bland
Orville 2nd season as good but 3 pushed way too hard into feminism and troonery.
That's certainly a big part of it. Declining IQ is another big part.