Top 10 Things We Learned About the Future from Demolition Man



I was about to go to bed last night when I saw that the movie Demolition Man was on. I've always had a strange attraction to this movie since its release. In high school I won a $50 gift certificate to a local mall, I spent $25 of that on a DVD copy of Demolition Man (DVD's were still fairly new and expensive).
This is the best 80's action movie made in the 90's and I've come up with a list of the top 10 things we learned about the future from Demolition Man.

10. Everyone is a tool. Seriously, everyone will talk like a tool and society itself will be neutered. Sure peace is nice but you don't have to use terms like "Be well," "What seems to be your boggle?" and give air high-fives. Basically everyone is like a 5 year old but far more annoying.

9. Kimonos will become the clothing of choice. Everyone will wear them. And why not? They're elegant and look comfortable as hell. I'll have to consult with C. Trent to make sure since he's lived in Japan.

8. The poor will be forced underground. Well, the poor and people who want to live life their way. Underground life is more like we now know it, if not a bit more primative. Rat bugers, guns, cigarettes & booze are readily available here.

7. Dan Cortez will be working at Taco Bell. This one may have come true already, I'm not positive yet. Yeah he was the house musician at Taco Bell, but he's still working at Taco Bell.

6. Taco Bell is the only restaurant left. This was undoubtably one of the most blatant product placements of the time. Taco Bell was the only restaurant to survive the "Franchise Wars." According to Wikipedia this was apparantly swapped with Pizza Hut or PepsiCo in other countries.


5. Anything bad for you is now illegal. Alcohol, caffeine, contact sports, non-educational toys, meat, spicy and unhealthy food, table salt and tobacco are all illegal.

4. Air bags in cars will be replaced with "Secure Foam." When Stallone wrecks a police car it quickly fills up with foam that hardens and protects the people inside. In theory this is a cool idea, but what if you inhale that stuff? Seems like that would be pretty uncomfortable.

3. The most popular music is old commercial jingles. How horrible would that be? Actually, considering some of the popular music today it might be a welcome change.

2. Sex is done in virtual reality. Remember in the early to mid 90's when virtual reality was made out to be this new amazing thing but everything shown to you in it looked like a bunch of random geometric shapes? Well in the DM future sex will be done in VR with helmets that recreate something that looks like a bad acid trip at a rave.

1. Toilet paper is replaced with 3 sea shells. I would give almost anything to be in the meeting for this idea. Who thought of this? Why? But I guess that's the point. I don't want to make it number 1, but it is by far the most strange and compelling thing in this future. And they never let you know how they work. I have my theories but I just can't be sure. There is a diagram out there, but I can't post it here.