Introduction: The Future Is Now.

Hello everybody and welcome to Yesterday’s Tomorrow!

This is a science fiction blog, but don’t let that scare you away! Mad Max, Tomorrowland, Jurassic World, Terminator… Summer 2015 is chock full of science fiction movies. Though sometimes considered a genre popular with a specific fanbase, science fiction is often a massive hit with the mainstream. From Star Trek to The Hunger Games people are interested in things that speculate about the future of humanity whether for better or worse.

Sometimes those speculations come true and sometimes they don’t. I’ll be looking at a wide variety of science fiction movies and stories and their predictions for our technological and social progression. Some things won’t hold up and some things will. Some ideas will maintain relevance to our modern questions of futurity and its relationship to humanity despite outdated technology, language, etc.

You don’t have to be well versed in science fiction lore to read this blog. For every work I examine I’ll prepare a synopsis (avoiding spoilers where possible), extract the theme, and place the work in a discussion with life and times in 2015. Things like this are always subjective so if anyone ever has a point they’d like to dispute go right ahead. I love dialogue (arguably only slightly more than I love rambling on my own)! If you don’t already have a soft spot in your heart for good ol’ science fiction then I hope this blog can give you a new perspective.