 Star Trek (ST): Advancements in science and technology eradicate disease, famine, poverty and war; the creation of an inexhaustible alternative energy source eliminates the need for fossil fuels and alleviates manmade climate change; humankind evolves beyond religious and social strife, forming a more open and tolerant global society that values the pursuit of knowledge. (Star Trek television series: 1966-69; created by Gene Roddenberry; starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy.) |
 Soylent Green (SG): Overpopulation and climate change deplete the global food supply; starving masses riot in the streets while the economic and political elite isolate themselves; Governments impose martial law to maintain order. Civilization erodes and teeters on the brink of collapse. (Soylent Green: 1973; directed by Richard Fleischer; starring Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson.) |
 Road Warrior (RW): Rival nations wage war over the world‘s shrinking oil supply, killing hundreds of millions of people. Human infrastructure and the natural environment are devastated; the remaining survivors wander barren wastelands fighting each other for whatever resources they can scavenge. (The Road Warrior: 1982 USA; directed by George Miller; starring Mel Gibson.) |
 Twelve Monkeys (TM): A deadly and highly contagious pathogen spreads rapidly around the world, decimating the human populace. (Twelve Monkeys: 1995; directed by Terry Gilliam; starring Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt.) |
  Matrix/Terminator (M/T): Advancements in computer and robotic technology lead to the violent overthrow of mankind by the very machines it created to serve. (The Matrix: 1999; directed by The Wachowski Brothers; starring Keanue Reeves, Laurence Fishburne. The Terminator: 1984; directed by James Cameron; starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton.) |
 Independence Day (ID): A technologically superior alien race launches a war against mankind. (Independence Day: 1996; directed by Roland Emmerich; starring Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum.) |
  Armageddon/Waterworld (A/W): A cataclysmic event, or series of events, natural and/or manmade, ends the world as we know it. (Armageddon: 1998; directed by Michael Bay; starring Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck. Waterworld: 1995; directed by Kevin Reynolds; starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper.) |
“And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vialsfull of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.”– Book of Revelation – |