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    What is the most prescient science fiction film?

    This week we explore the multiple ways Hollywood has tried to predict the future, from flying cars to AI to a barren dystopiaModern Toss on science fiction films
    by Graeme Virtue Sep 07, 2020 2 minutes
    Net loser ... Keanu Reeves in Johnny Mnemonic. Photograph: Allstar/20th Century Fox/Sportsphoto

    In the Guide’s weekly Solved! column, we look into a crucial pop-culture question you’ve been burning to know the answer to – and settle it, once and for all

    The thing about the future is that one day it becomes the present. Put a timestamp on your sci-fi and you are laying down a potential rake to (2015). Now all three films seem like quaint period pieces instead of predicted futures.

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