{"id":3995,"date":"2016-11-14T13:09:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2016-11-14T15:11:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T15:11:52","slug":"when-movies-prophesy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/when-movies-prophesy\/","title":{"rendered":"When Movies (Or A Cartoon) Prophesy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mysterious it is, how many times movies or other forms of entertainment, such as comic books (especially sci-fi ones), have foreseen the future.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"3In fact, the exploration of space seemed all but designed by Flash Gordon and the like.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Remember Dick Tracy, speaking into a wrist phone?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As a website points out, a movie called The Cable Guy “has a character who “screams in the rain how every American will have a mix of cable TV, computer, and phone all in one. He even says you will play Mortal Kombat with a friend in Vietnam, predicting online gaming and Google TV at the same time.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mobile phone technology: The Forbidden Planet (1956). Airport security: Airplane II. Touch screens, tablet computing, the space station, and Siri (HAL): for that, see 2001: A Space Odyssey.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There have been movies,<\/span> going back decades, that had what we today would call on-line dating. A Batman sequel seemed to predict the mass shootings in both Aurora, Colorado, and Sandy Hook, Connecticut.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"ImageMost is in the realm of high-tech (Bluetooth, and so forth). Or war. Even face transplants. Super Mario Brothers seemed to foresee 911 (photo above<\/em>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But few have drawn<\/span> more interest than the TV series called The Simpsons — especially in the wake of Donald Trump’s stunning rise to the summit of power. It did so in a 2000 episode called “Bart To the Future.” Or did it?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

To a degree, perhaps. But the escalator scene was actually more recent — after his announcement.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The cartoon series, which we’ve never watched, but which is all over the internet since last Tuesday, had a scene in 2015 where Trump is descending the escalator at Trump Tower (recalling his famous entrance in the race for the Republican nomination). The series\u00a0did<\/em> have a brief mention (see video below) in which “President Trump” was mentioned by a character.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pretty interesting stuff.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Just dumb luck, simple logic, or subconscious precognition?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Well, even by 2000, when the Simpsons’ mention of him came out, Trump had spoken about possibly running for president.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But still: deep in the psyche can often be glimpses of the future, tiny fragments, usually disjointed, especially in the “nonsense” of dreams.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n