Dan Meth has put together a series of pop culture charts. Number 6 explores which year in the future science fiction films take place. I had no idea A Clockwork Orange took place in 1995. I remember that year being a lot more low key.
Link via Geeks Are Sexy
Retarded. So retarded I had to comment on it to get it out of my system.
The internet is great and all, but the amount of data out there that is just totally and utterly useless and meaningless is beyond comprehension.
Why assume that Christian-era dates will be used in future centuries?
for instance in the dune time line world war two is listed as 14255 B.G.
the events of the first dune book take place in 10191-10191 A.G.
which is about 24400 in the future
planet of the apes takes place in the year 3978 btw, which is a full 20042 years sooner than dune. meaning that dune takes place over 12 times farther in the future.
Also, The Matrix is indeterminate, since we don't know how long the various Matrix versions last.