Timeline for Are there any movies having cryopreservation as the central plot? [closed]
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| Feb 4, 2016 at 1:20 | vote | accept | Marc.2377 | ||
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| Feb 3, 2016 at 20:00 | answer | added | Carl Fink | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 19:23 | comment | added | Andrew Martin | @cde: It is, but as the OP said: What I'm actually looking for is a realist (either in the scientific or sociocultural sense of the word), sci-fi movie in the context of the scenario I introduced. As I said, this is impossible to answer. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 19:22 | comment | added | cde | @AndrewMartin that's the catch-22 of all speculative fiction ain't it. But take current facts and apply logical assumptions. It would be illogical to assume NYC suddenly becomes a hippy commune in 10 years to the future, but if I said current trends suggest crime will be down 50% in 10 years, that's realistic. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 19:20 | comment | added | Andrew Martin | @cde: But how could we possibly determine that a present day movie got this realistically right? Anything could be possible 100 years from now, which would make this question unanswerable. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 19:04 | comment | added | cde | @AndrewMartin ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21494112 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cardiopulmonary_resuscitation "Brain Death" is a complicated diagnostics. Death in general is a moving goal post. Who's to say 100 years of new medical technology can't repair necrotic brain tissue. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 19:00 | answer | added | cde | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 18:32 | comment | added | madmada | @ Marc.2377 imdb.com/search/keyword?keywords=suspended-animation | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 18:04 | comment | added | Andrew Martin | @cde: Not brain death. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 17:56 | answer | added | Kevin Milner | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 17:56 | comment | added | cde | @AndrewMartin the concept of "dead" changes with medical technology. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 17:38 | history | edited | Napoleon Wilson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 3, 2016 at 17:33 | answer | added | John O | timeline score: 0 | |
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| Feb 3, 2016 at 16:52 | comment | added | Marc.2377 | @cde Yes! That's exactly what I'm asking for. Only that it isn't a movie and is still in development. Anyway, if you'd be so kind to make that an answer, I'll accept it. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 16:38 | comment | added | Andrew Martin | @Marc.2377: If you say "legally dead", then how is that different to what I've answered and others have commented? What you're looking for sounds like something where the whole story revolves around revival, which would be a very specific genre (almost like a documentary actually). | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 16:35 | comment | added | Catija | This edit makes it look like you're just asking for a list of films, which is off-topic here. There are many films that center to some degree around this topic, many are already included in the answers below. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 16:33 | comment | added | Andrew Martin | I'm not sure your edit makes this into an answerable question. If someone is "dead", why would we bother freezing them? We declare people legally dead now and do it, but we've already discussed plenty of films that do this. I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for here. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 16:31 | history | edited | Marc.2377 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 3, 2016 at 8:51 | answer | added | Andrew Martin | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 8:13 | comment | added | Chanandler Bong | What about Hibernatus? ;-) | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 7:23 | comment | added | cde | Generally, IMHO, cryogenics is only uses as a plot device in sci-fi because the medical part is dull. Either they are cured, or they die/stay on ice. It's the interpersonal experiences that the person goes through as a fish out of water that's the compelling part. Like FTL travel. How you get somewhere isn't important, its why you travel, and what you do that matters. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 7:19 | comment | added | cde | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeper_(1973_film), Any episode or comic revolving around Mr. Freeze and his wife Nora Fries, like "Heart of Ice.", Demolition Man (mental illness/psychos), Wes Craven's Chiller (horror) | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 6:56 | comment | added | Pesetas74 | I don't remember any movie with the characteristics you've described and I'm not sure what you mean with realist, but the idea behind the recent Shyamalan tv series Wayward Pines is based on such a premise (it lasted only one season) link | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 4:34 | comment | added | Marc.2377 | @cde Thank you for your a̶n̶s̶w̶e̶r̶ comment. After reading both the FAQ and the Meta, at this time I'm really unsure if my question can be regarded as "request/recommendation for movie". From my point of view, it clearly asks whether there's any movie about a given idea, regardless of quality or my personal tastes. The answer can be both yes or no and can be raised objectively given enough research/knowledge. But I'll leave it to the community to judge. | |
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| Feb 3, 2016 at 3:55 | comment | added | cde | en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cryonics_in_fiction | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 3:54 | comment | added | sanpaco | A simple google search for "movies about cryogenic freezing" returns plenty of results. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 3:54 | comment | added | cde | Cryogenics and sleeping pods are a very common trope. | |
| Feb 3, 2016 at 3:52 | history | asked | Marc.2377 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |