The year 2024 began and it’s reason to look on one game and one flick taking set in this time.
Highlander II: The Quickening (Renegade Version)
First of all, I never heard about immortals who can die by decapitating and by that from slayed comes out thing calling quickening, which is collected knowledge and experience, and it transfers to nearest other immortal.
Pollution caused by industries destroys ozone layer and sun radiation kills many people in Highlander II. Savior solution finds in electromagnetic shield, which was created in December 1999. It covered planet in constant darkness. No rain and no snow. I didn’t see anything of that.
July 16, 2024, as it shows two times on floating screen image, is when story occurs and it takes for two days. I didn’t want to wait so long for make this observation and because I see that I without hesitation already can compare film’s future with that what surrounding me.
A movie doesn't mistake about poverty and open crimes on US streets (in blue states for preciseness.). You can meet with people who want to mug you as three guys planned to do that with Connor MacLeod.
Russell Mulcahy’s vision of 20s of XXI century is 20s of XX century. That’s in clothe and Art Deco buildings. In reality, people don’t wear in that way and such suits use usually for serious meetings, which, fortunately, I haven’t and glory to T-shirts and light-tissued pants while, sadly, that I see soulless glass buildings instead beautiful Art Deco skyscrapers. I’m also unhappily that I don’t see elegant cars made in forties and fifties as everyday thing in Highlander II’s future.
Dark panels with monitors, which usually for surveillance of something as it could be weather or images of camera while shield state in the movie. It’s characteristic design in flicks of eighties while brighter colors in design present in such places and rooms are lighted in comparison with reality I see.
Regrettably, square TV sets didn’t stay as casual thing and were changed on ugly flat and rectangular shapes. News reports in flick are identical with presentation and design as that was in eighties and nineties while in reality news became more shows and their don’t keep neutral position whereas they blatantly biased on political side and many time takes people who express own opinion, which basing on own imagination and not on learning.
Transparent computer screens and little TV set device, which installed on head and situates close to eye, don't exist and these things are not practical. The second is possible, but it will harm your sight.
Connor MacLeod has confrontation with two immortals arrived from more technological time and one of them uses flying device has straight wings. It amazes hot dog vendor what would be same in reality I detect even though jetpack technology advanced for the years, but you willn’t see somebody using it on town’s streets.
Bullseye of Highlander II: The Quickening on modern art. Ramirez and Connor has friendly sword fighting and Sir Sean’s personage makes hit which can harm installed iron rectangle pillar inside of which three coke bottles and wings on both sides. Connor screams on “watch it” and calls that thing as “sculpture”. Such stuff you see today and for years. Ramirez surprised to this definition and gives perfect describing to Connor that "Now, you’re being ridiculous."
Is Highlander II: The Quickening’s future preferable than I see around? Shield deprives to see clouds, night sky and have snow because I love cold weathers is powerful factor and no surrounding of technologies, cars and buildings could influence (because all these things can find somewhere.). I choose only for immortals who cut heads to each other.
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Future of Frontlines: Fuel of War already looked impossible in release in February 2008. Reporter Prinston Andrews narrates about ending of oil. A situation causes crisis. Long queues on gas stations. Blackouts in weeks in the United States (picture shows New York.), which were in summer 2008 as recalls Andrews. That was followed by avian influenza 809 on which was not enough of vaccines. Solar power and biofuels, clearer new plants didn’t make better with state. Economical downfall came to that in 2012 Africa and US ran out of food. That brought America to unending protests, which were bringing to clashes between people and police forces. In that time, Muscovy and Han Empire unify into Red Star Alliance and not so long after that West countries create Western Coalition. The last mines of oil left in Caspian Sea. Some of them discovers in small town in Turkmenistan, which brings to boom. Many contractors of West countries made deal with Turkmenistan government while Coalition forces secure them. Red Star Alliance attacks Coalition in that place and there starts war, a war for oil.
A story shows from perspective of Prinston Andrews who follows for Coalition’s force Stray Dogs, which wins battles and moves through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan (a country which situation made death of thousands, bread lines, water shortages and blackouts by that last people became mad and began to express against to government.), Tajikistan, Muscovy and reaches Moscow. War mostly with Muscovy soldiers, but there are combats with armies of Han Empire. Between victorious movement, Han Empire invaded Republic of China and Muscovy takes Baltic states alongside with Ukraine.
Stray Dogs in fighting in Kazakhstan are being attacked by tactical nuclear weapon. After that they conquer rocket launcher site of Red Star Alliance and put to end further rising of missiles. Game’s concludes on taking and secure Moscow what brings Muscovy’s government to move into exile. Han Empire’s forces came to borders. The last shot is coming of Red Star Alliance planes in Moscow.
Nothing catastrophic with quantity of oil in 2024 we have. Many alternatives as ecological fuel and electricity can make using of oil as past. Therefore, no point for such war.
I make comparisons long before again and it has reason, because I can’t reject possibility of Han Empire’s invasion in Republic of China though I don’t think that they do direct attack on island, because it wouldn’t a clever thing for commies who are savvy than Muscovy whose forces aren’t powerful (it could be only in alliance with Han Empire.) and they stuck in losing war with Ukraine and isolated by West.
All weaponry on hand are authentic as what have in 2024. Using of different drones as tank-machine with machine gun, a little car for driving under transport and exploding it and helicopter-drone with machine gun and rockets are possible and have other look in reality except tank-machine, which would cost a lot, but it would be a very practical piece.
Mankind can survive without oil by relocating economy correctly. It could live without that before when there weren’t cars and planes. My future for choose is variant of Frontlines: Fuel of War. It is wonderful opportunity to destroy commies.