The Future According To Films

An infographic

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Being a fan of films, I often wondered how close their predictions for the future have actually come. One night I decided to create an infographic to depict their estimates in an easy to understand manner. An evening of research (with one large excel file), and an evening of design (with an even bigger PSD), produced the following:

• The original post on Tumblr

Originally posted at the beginning of May 2011, the infographic has become a huge viral success, totalling over 600,000 views web-wide. Many reputable websites have blogged about it, hundreds more have reposted, and thousands have retweeted the infographic. My proudest moment was seeing Duncan Jones (Director of Moon & Source Code) tweet about it!

Below are a list of some of it's best accolades:

• visua.ly - 2nd most viewed infographic in Entertainment - 50,000 views
• wired.com
• gizmodo.com
• imdb.com
• shortlist.com
• slashfilm.com
• bitrebels.com
• ign.com
• imgur.com - 130,000 views
• thenextweb.com
• geektyrant.com
• howtogeek.com
• geeksaresexy.com
• funnyjunk.com
• moviegno.me
• socialhype.com
• reddit.com - promoted to the frontpage
• webpronews.com
• collider.com
• visualnews.com
• youtube.com - a quaint (and odd) video someone made about the infographic...
• galacticnetcasts.com - A segment of a sci-fi podcast was dedicated to my infographic

The future according to films. Ermmm, it's not looking good guys: http://bit.ly/imJwr5

— ShortList Magazine (@ShortList) May 10, 2011

New: Awesome Infographic – The Future According to Films: The Future According To Films, infographic by Tremulan… bit.ly/qpxuaD

— WiredGeekDad (@WiredGeekDad) September 12, 2011

The future according to films. It looks bad. Real bad… (Thanks @ShortList) http://bit.ly/iRNyG9

— T3.com (@t3dotcom) May 10, 2011

@tremulantdesign Is the infographic for sale as a poster?

— All Things Fangirl (@loquaciousmuse) September 2, 2011