Ca n’t wait for those 3 - five hundred print organs .
A lot ofpop culturethat’s set in a “distant future” is actually set in our current present.
So, here’s a year-by-year breakdown of the 2020s according to pop-culture. Be warned – most of it is pretty grim.
In 2020, according toV for Vendetta, Britain has become a rather dystopian society as the result of a second civil war and a global pandemic.
InPacific Rim, humans mostly spend 2020 fighting sea monsters with giant robots.
In the world ofHow I Met Your Mother, 2020 is the year that Ted marries Tracy, Marshall runs for theNew YorkSupreme Court, and Barney becomes a father.
InA Quiet Place, 2021 is the year that we all get hunted by blind aliens.
InSeeking A Friend For the End of The World, an asteroid hits Earth on March 24 2021 and kills all of humanity.
On a brighter note, 2021 is also the year that Charlotte Field gets sworn in as America’s first-female President inLong Shot.
The Purgeis set in 2022 so… There’s that, I guess.
The events ofSoylent Greentake place in 2022, so I guess look out for accidental cannibalism?
The Prime seriesHomecomingflashes back and forth between 2018 and 2022.
The first season ofThe Last of Usprimarily takes place in 2023.
InX-Men: Days of Future Past, 2023 is the year that the Sentinels (mutant-hunting robots) kill nearly all of humanity.
2023 is also the year that the Avengers defeat Thanos once and for all.
One year after the events ofAvengers: Endgame, Peter Parker has an eventful field trip inSpider-Man: Far From Home.
In theDeep Space Nineepisode titled “Past Tense”, Commander Sisko, Jadzia Dax, and Dr. Bashir accidentally time travel to 2024 San Fransisco.
According toStar Trek: The Next Generation,Ireland reunifies in 2024.
After being approached by the DNC, Leslie Knope will decide to run for Governor of Indiana in 2025.
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decisiondepicts 2025 as a year where time travel is possible.
InPacific Rim,2025 is the year that Raliegh and Mako close “the Breach”, AKA the interdimensional portal from which the Kaiju emerge.
In video gameObservation,2026 is the year that an unknown event cripples the multinational space station.
InDawn of the Planet of the Apes,2026 is not a good year for humans.
InChildren of Men, by 2027, society is on the brink of collapse due to mass infertility.
The heartbreakingTwilight Zoneepisode “The Long Morrow” concludes in 2027.
Hello Worldimagines a 2027 full of technological wonders, including detailed 3D maps of all past and present events in Kyoto.
War for the Planet of the Apes, set in 2028, depicts humanity becoming mute and devolving.
InRoboCop,2028 is the year that Alex Murphy becomes the first cyborg cop.
InHotel Artemis,2028 is the year that a riot breaks out in Los Angeles due to water privatisation.
According toTerminator 2: Judgement Day,there’s going to be a war between A.I. and humans.
The futuristic world ofGhost in the Shellis only six years away.
