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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by Negative1 on Thursday April 28, 2016 @05:08PM (#11591891)
Funny to me that they call out the excellent Vanilla Sky (yes, I know Abre los Ojos is better) and the horrible (but fun) Demolition Man, but don't mention the much more likely Idiocracy.

In seriousness, people who will wake up will face a form of Future Shock that will look tame by our standards. The Forever War touched on this incredibly well.

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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by ToastyMallows on Thursday April 28, 2016 @05:18PM (#11591963)
What about Futurama? The whole show is about someone who gets woken up from being cryogenically frozen. We could stand to learn a lot about Fry and his adventures.
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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by nradov on Thursday April 28, 2016 @06:12PM (#11592285)
I love Futurama, but come on. The only thing you're going to learn by watching that show is how to write a funny TV script.
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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by surfaceTensi0n on Thursday April 28, 2016 @06:15PM (#11592296)
Really? What about Jurassic Bark[0]? That episode is extremely sad and precisely about the fallout of being cryogenically frozen.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Bark

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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by msh on Friday April 29, 2016 @04:12AM (#11594386)
The saddest futurama episode ever.

Only seen it once, it made me feel too depressed.

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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by nefitty on Thursday April 28, 2016 @06:55PM (#11592481)
That episode gets me every time, and I've probably seen it more than 5 times. It makes me feel empathy for cryosleepers that don't even exist yet haha
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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by ToastyMallows on Friday April 29, 2016 @10:14AM (#11595817)
My comment was a little tounge-in-cheek, but as mentioned there are good episodes about the perils of being cryogenically frozen.
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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by nradov on Friday April 29, 2016 @07:47PM (#11599486)
Just like "Mars Attacks!" is a good movie about the perils of an alien invasion. If things that will never happen in our lifetimes can legitimately be described as perils.
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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by tim333 on Thursday April 28, 2016 @06:44PM (#11592418)
Or Sleeper? The only film mentioned to get 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by surfaceTensi0n on Thursday April 28, 2016 @06:13PM (#11592288)
Warren Ellis' excellent Transmetropolitan touches on this as well.

[0] - http://amzn.to/1Tzbd5T

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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by siquick on Thursday April 28, 2016 @07:07PM (#11592536)
Just ordered a copy of The Forever War on the back of this, thanks for bringing it up.
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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by Negative1 on Friday April 29, 2016 @04:10AM (#11594376)
Hope you enjoy it -- it's one of my top 5 favorite scifi books!
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