9 predictions from old sci-fi movies that actually came true

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9 predictions from old sci-fi movies that actually came true
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Movies like 'Blade Runner,' 'The Terminator,' and '2001: A Space Odyssey' all predicted modern-day tech like military drones and smart homes.

Many predictions are hilariously inaccurate, but some have proven eerily correct decades later.

2019 is also the year that"The Island" predicted human clones would be farmed like cattle for their organs — and that film hit theaters a mere 14 years ago. It's remarkable for many reasons. The subject matter is inventive, the visual effects are charming and downright iconic, and the conceit of firing a rocket out of a canon is not as far-fetched as it might seem to viewers accustomed toIn fact, the"space gun" — ballistically firing a satellite into orbit from the equivalent of a giant canon — has been explored for decades.

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