These stories were considered futuristic at one time but now seem far-fetched.

It never seemed like the kind of sci-fi movie that was trying to be perfectly accurate, though.

Thankfully, it didn’t come to pass in reality.

Sci-Fi Now in the Past

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Rick Deckard in ‘Blade Runner’, sitting in front of the Voight-Kampff machine

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In the lab of Soylent Green.

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Minilla in Godzilla: Final Wars

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Akira (1988)

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A plane flying through collapsing buildings in 2012

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Until the End of the World - 1991

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A pod exits the Discovery One spaceship.

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End Of Evangelion

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