A Fictional Future!

 

The story line Futurama is set in New New York at the turn of the 31st century, in a time filled with technological wonders. The city of New New York has been built over the ruins of present-day New York City, referred to as "Old New York." Various devices and architecture are similar to the present New York. Global warming, and substance abuse are a few of the subjects given a 31st-century exaggeration in a world where the problems have become both more extreme and more common. Just as New York has become a more extreme version of itself in the future, Futrurama shows us how a we need to find a way to not live in such a bad way meaning that all of this substance abuse and global warming issues has got to stop or else our future is going to look bad. Other Earth locations are given the same treatment, like Los Angeles being depicted as a smog filled apocalyptic wasteland.

Environmentally, common animals still remain, alongside mutated, cross-bred (sometimes with humans) and extraterrestrial animals. Owls are often shown to have replaced rats as common household pests. Although rats still exist, sometimes rats act like pigeons. Pigeons still exist, as well. Pine trees, anchovies and poodles have been extinct for 800 years. I found it funny how they choose to have those three things to be extinct. Why would they choose those threes things exact to have been extinct?

Earth is depicted as being multicultural to the extent that a wide range of human, robot, and extraterrestrial beings interact with the primary characters. In some ways the future is depicted as being more socially advanced than Fry's(the main character). However, it is often shown to have many of the same types of problems, challenges, mistakes, and prejudices as the present.