Whats the point of this 1991 movie being set in 1996?
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idn82 — 15 years ago(August 24, 2010 02:41 PM)
You know, I often ask myself the same question. It makes the movie slightly futuristic, I guess. But why?
Maybe the director/writer thought it was cool to do a buddy action-comedy that is set in the near future?? It's still a strange decision though.
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Lunchbox-3 — 14 years ago(April 29, 2011 11:19 AM)
Kind of like Strange Days coming out in 1995 or whenever and being set in 1999, a distant future when we would all have digital recording devices that could jack into our brains. Because that could happen in 4 years' time.
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mikey1969 — 11 years ago(October 04, 2014 10:10 PM)
A: If you can't figure out why Strange Days was set in '99, you must have been very young at the time. Everything was about the new "millennium"(Even though it was actually 200-01). Kind of natural to set a futuristic movie then.
B: If we couldn't have had something to "jack into our brains in only 4 years' time", you also must have been very young in '07, which is when the first iPhone came out(As well as the rest of the smartphones). In 7 years' time, phones have gone from "Why would I need a phone that did
that
? I have a perfectly good computer." to "Jesus, what do you MEAN I can't get a "dumb" phone for my kid? He doesn't need a "data plan". Just for reference, the iPad debuted in '10.
In other words, you would be amazed how quickly tech sneaks up on us. 4 years is a l-o-n-g time -
TVippy — 10 years ago(May 23, 2015 03:59 AM)
LOL, iPhone is still an unnecessary toy and it did revolutionize nothing.
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lastironman — 13 years ago(May 19, 2012 06:20 PM)
Well, I think that it was really about how Harley and Marlboro and their friends were supposed to be sort of the last of a dying breed, but present day 1991 was kinda too soon to portray that as such. '96 may have been too soon for that as well, but whatever
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tyfmorgan — 13 years ago(January 03, 2013 01:42 AM)
I always assumed it was to set up the new drug "Crystal Dream" being on the streets and the fact that Burbank had become an airport. They just needed it a couple years into the future for that to be possible.
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WarpedRecord — 12 years ago(January 15, 2014 11:38 PM)
Good point. I think it's an interesting angle, to be slightly futuristic but not to the point of the "Jetsons." The future here is as believable as anything else in this film, which probably isn't saying much.
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Joc Spader — 3 years ago(July 23, 2022 08:30 PM)
What cinematic value did this add…except seeing gas prices at circa 2003 levels?
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Watched this again last night. The gas prices at the station Mickey Rourke pulls into at the beginning used to say $4.99 a gallon. Now it's been Mandela Effected to show $3.99, a price today would seem fair.
Tell you what…When I send my ex-wife her money…you can lick the stamps.