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They can’t all be zingers: 8 absurd sci-fi predictions that never panned out

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Not every film gets its future predictions right. Here are eight sci-fi movies and TV shows where things didn’t pan out as Hollywood guessed.
We previously covered science fiction movies and TV shows that eerily manage to predict the future with surprising accuracy. But not every forecast can be quite so perfect.
When it comes to guesses about either technological advances, political changes in society, or — heck — sci-fi writers’ sustained belief that the U. S. government is one financial meltdown away from organizing Hunger Games -style events, not all predictions can be winners. Here are eight sci-fi movies and TV shows that nailed their premises to a particular year, and (often thankfully) got it wrong.

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