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Wow, nice artwork in that one! In some shots it looks like a place I'd want to visit, but in others it looks pretty grimy and/or dark. Definitely interesting, though.
In many sci-fi movies and series, vehicle traffic is mostly in the air with elevated high-speed highways, and most things worth seeing or doing are inside skyscrapers with very little street life. I always wonder, how/where do they park all of these flying vehicles? And what's the point of having everything in skyscrapers if you're just going to zoom by at 100+mph? I like some of Star trek's depictions of futuristic San Francisco which don't seem to have the aerial superhighways and actually have very light vehicle traffic. Caprica City in Battlestar Galactica is also pretty cool and perhaps more believable.
Blade Runner certainly was impressive ... and depressing at the same time. I wouldn't want to live in that city.
The futuristic movie cities that are the most disturbing stick in my memory most -- crowded, decayed, oppressive: They Live, Soylent Green, I Am Legend.
In many sci-fi movies and series, vehicle traffic is mostly in the air with elevated high-speed highways, and most things worth seeing or doing are inside skyscrapers with very little street life. I always wonder, how/where do they park all of these flying vehicles? And what's the point of having everything in skyscrapers if you're just going to zoom by at 100+mph? I like some of Star trek's depictions of futuristic San Francisco which don't seem to have the aerial superhighways and actually have very light vehicle traffic. Caprica City in Battlestar Galactica is also pretty cool and perhaps more believable.
They show garages for the cars in 5th element don't they? I'd be more worried about sky high (pun intended) insurance rates.
Metropolis is probably my favorite depiction, too. But I haven't seen a ton of movies that would be considered sci-fi. I remember years ago watching Star Trek TNG and occasionally they'd show scenes from Earth that I thought looked pretty nice, and occasionally some alien cities would be appealing to me (though there's no way I could remember the specific scenes now).
The futuristic Los Angeles depicted in Blade Runner is the perfect setting for a good sci-fi horror movie. Futuristic LA is portrayed as a dark, creepy, dystopian, scary place to live in. Not much different than it is now, actually.
The futuristic Los Angeles depicted in Blade Runner is the perfect setting for a good sci-fi horror movie. Futuristic LA is portrayed as a dark, creepy, dystopian, scary place to live in. Not much different than it is now, actually.
LA has a knack for looking just right in horror/sci-fi films. Perhaps my favorite depiction of Los Angeles in any movie was in The Terminator or The Omega Man. Those weren't really set in the future but they were still very good at making LA look dystopian and depressing. Rome in the film The Last Man on Earth was very creepy looking. Movies like Soylent Green or A Clockwork Orange were good at showing the lack of humility and grace of future cities and their people. My favorite New York movie is The French Connection. I know I know, not in the future but, still a great snapshot of NYC in the 70's.
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