Futuristic Movies

As a visual profession, architecture has the power to show people what is possible.

From the concrete to the virtual, the power of the image is competing with the once powerful presence of the built environment. The media for communicating ideas have evolved. Take for example, the power of television, movies, and the internet. Images of the future from Hanna-Barbera's cartoon, The Jetsons in the 1960s, movies such as Ridley Scott's 1982 film, Blade Runner, and the city of Coruscant from George Lucas' Star Wars II in 2002 are full of social commentary. Are these images becoming self-fulfilling prophecies?