Several new futurist movies are due out in the next two months:
Movie: Moon
Release date: Out in some US cities, and due out widely July 10
Futurist element: Mining colony, at least at some scale, on the Moon
Movie: GI Joe: Rise of Cobra
Release date: August 7, 2009
Futurist element: Military exoskeletons
Movie: District 9
Release date: August 14, 2009
Futurist element: Aliens living in South Africa
Movie: The Time Traveler’s Wife
Release date: August 14, 2009
Futurist element: Time travel (though this version may have no scientific explanation)
Movie: Gamer
Release date: September 4, 2009
Futurist element: Brain implants and mental control
Movie: Splice
Release date: September 18, 2009
Futurist element: Genetic engineering runs wild
Movie: Surrogates
Release date: September 25, 2009
Futurist element: Virtual reality and robots, seemingly
Note that some of these dates could shift.
No too spolierish, but the time travel in TTW is compared to an epilepsy type condition, where the “fit” manifests as a time jump.
CEK