http://www.cracked.com/article_15756_2001-timecop-8-movie-futures-alr... l2001 to Timecop: 8 Movie Futures Already Proven Wrong By Eric Karjala December 26, 2007 437,807 views By Eric Karjala December 26, 2007 437,807 views In a few days it will be 2008, well into the future. Movies promised us we'd be flying cars to our jobs at the robot factory. Instead, we have to settle for iPods, free online checking accounts and AIDS. Of course, the future wouldn't have been such a disappointment if Hollywood hadn't gotten our hopes so high. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Set In 2001, according to our research of the _title_ on the DVD case The Premise Mankind has begun colonizing space (awesome), leading to the discovery of an alien artifact under the lunar surface (even more awesome). An investigative space mission is undertaken with the help of a self- aware murderous supercomputer named HAL 9000 (so fucking awesome we just peed a little bit). The Predictions Advanced Artificial Intelligence: The closest thing we had to HAL in 2001 were AOL Instant Messenger Bots, which can chat in an irritating, judgmental way. These bots were designed to function at an intelligence level on par with your average AOL user, so let's just say we weren't in immediate danger of a HAL-like consciousness taking over a NASA mission and eliminating its crew members. Luckily, our 2001-era highly-combustible space shuttles were quite capable of killing astronauts on their own, thank you very much. Innovative New Technology: There's a scene in 2001 in which a character is dozing in front of a flat-panel screen built into the seat in front of him