Literature and Media that would be remembered/forgotten in the next 100 years

[-Apples-]

So far, we had a lot of interesting literature and media that we see nowadays. Just recently (like February and March), the movie Birth of a Nation (a very long one btw) is 100 years old. And so far, this film is definitely not forgotten. But there were movies around that time we may never heard of, nor will we hear about them since they were very old and were not recorded on video since technology was slow at the time.

What books, movies, TV shows, and games of our time do you think will be remembered or recognized in the 22nd century and/or beyond. And what of these might be forgotten in 10 years or later?

Here are my opinions:

Memorable

Classic literature like To Kill a Mockingbird may still be taught in schools a long time from now as long as the world doesn't end early. We read older books before (like 1800's published ones), so I don't think this will be forgotten. Some of the modern literature like Harry Potter will also be remembered.

On a film note, Star Wars might be a film franchise seen in 500 years or later. Same with the James Cameron movies Titanic and Avatar and some of the adaptations. Disney would be a hard one to forget. Some of their films are 75 years old now. It might be remembered like William Shakespeare's plays have (all of them should at least be over 400 years by now). Some of the lesser attempts I don't think will be remembered.

I don't know which games and TV shows may have some traces of memory in the far future, but I do know what might be forgotten.

Forgettable

While some are highly memorable, there are some I feel that will be completely forgotten like if it was never made. A few weeks ago, I talked about Atomic Betty on this site and why it was cancelled. With some having poor memory, I can tell that it will be just as obscure as some of Sophocles's plays are in 10 or 20 years from now. Same with the poorer shows on Cartoon Network, limited release films, and books that flopped. Atomic Betty can easily be forgotten. I won't be upset if nobody knew about it 50 years from now. Even I want to forget it completely.

 

[oath2order]

Just based off it's sheer longevity, I'd fully expect Doctor Who to be remembered in, say, 50 years (hell it still might even be going on then).

Diary of Anne Frank won't be forgotten. Animal Farm, 1984, Atlas Shrugged, definitely likely to all be remembered

 

[Murray]

lol at the highschool I used to go to they stopped teaching To Kill a Mockingbird recently so rip

 

[Leela]

I think the many of the classics we have around today will still be around in 100 years time. I hope Brave New World will be well known. It will be interesting to see what new books we have today will join the classics in the future.

 

[Mariah]

I think the many of the classics we have around today will still be around in 100 years time. I hope Brave New World will be well known. It will be interesting to see what new books we have today will join the classics in the future.

I hated that book so much.

The Harry Potter series will probably well known throughout the years.

 

[MagicalCat590]

I'm pretty sure X-Men is going to stand the test of time as well as Star Trek (probably just Next Gen), Jurassic Park, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, and I really hope the Millenium Trilogy gets positive attention in the future.

 

[Heyden]

To kill a Mockingbird is what I am studying at school right now (8th grade Australian English curriculum)

 

[Tao]

Movies I feel most of them will be largely forgotten about in 100 years. I like a lot of movies from the 80s, so I only really have to wait another 60 years to see if they'll last 100 years. Practically any movie from the past 5-10 years will be forgotten about outside of those linked to huge franchises like Marvel or Disney, who'll be remembered via association at the very least. I just don't feel many movies from recent history have been special enough for any reason to be remembered in 5 years, let alone 100.

Maybe 'milestones' in their genre or for special effects will be remembered like 'Alien', 'Toy Story' or 'Terminator' if anything, simply as a relic of cinema that people always reference.




TV I'm not sure about. Even popular TV shows tend to die out pretty quickly in relevance once they stop airing. The only people making 'Different Strokes' references these days are 40 year olds who think it's still relevant. Even something like 'Breaking Bad' seems to have taken a nosedive in relevance and popularity since it finished.

I feel things like 'The Simpsons' or 'Dr.Who' may be remembered because of how long they had been aired for and their cultural relevance during that period.




Video Games I feel will be entirely based on 'milestones'.
'Super Mario Bros', 'World of Warcraft' or 'Metal Gear Solid' will still be remembered for their impact and 'importance', especially in their specific genre. Something like 'Call of Duty' or 'Assassins Creed' will pretty much be remembered for their sales impact at the time, though I can't see them being remembered for anything else.




Though to be quite honest, I don't see much in media, if anything, being remembered in 100 years. With the way things have been moving forward and how every market is saturated, most people are forgetting things that have been released within the month, let alone a century, with little to none of it having anything truly memorable about it.

I mean, there's not really been any product released where a large audience has been taken back like "holy s***!" like when you first saw the T-1000's special effects or "OMG, 3D MARIO!!!"

 

[foxbarking]

I assume that stuff like Harry Potter will be remembered for decades and likely centuries to come. Standards such as the Aeneid and the Divine Cpmedy. I won't be alive in 100 years but if trash like Twilight is forgotten by then, that would be awesome.

I think most of our current music will be forgotten simply due to the sheer amount of music that keeps getting produced. The big ones, like the Beatles will be listened to, but I doubt anyone will remember RichardbMarx or Faith no more.

 

[MagicalCat590]

Movies I feel most of them will be largely forgotten about in 100 years. I like a lot of movies from the 80s, so I only really have to wait another 60 years to see if they'll last 100 years. Practically any movie from the past 5-10 years will be forgotten about outside of those linked to huge franchises like Marvel or Disney, who'll be remembered via association at the very least. I just don't feel many movies from recent history have been special enough for any reason to be remembered in 5 years, let alone 100.

Maybe 'milestones' in their genre or for special effects will be remembered like 'Alien', 'Toy Story' or 'Terminator' if anything, simply as a relic of cinema that people always reference.




TV I'm not sure about. Even popular TV shows tend to die out pretty quickly in relevance once they stop airing. The only people making 'Different Strokes' references these days are 40 year olds who think it's still relevant. Even something like 'Breaking Bad' seems to have taken a nosedive in relevance and popularity since it finished.

I feel things like 'The Simpsons' or 'Dr.Who' may be remembered because of how long they had been aired for and their cultural relevance during that period.




Video Games I feel will be entirely based on 'milestones'.
'Super Mario Bros', 'World of Warcraft' or 'Metal Gear Solid' will still be remembered for their impact and 'importance', especially in their specific genre. Something like 'Call of Duty' or 'Assassins Creed' will pretty much be remembered for their sales impact at the time, though I can't see them being remembered for anything else.




Though to be quite honest, I don't see much in media, if anything, being remembered in 100 years. With the way things have been moving forward and how every market is saturated, most people are forgetting things that have been released within the month, let alone a century, with little to none of it having anything truly memorable about it.

I mean, there's not really been any product released where a large audience has been taken back like "holy s***!" like when you first saw the T-1000's special effects or "OMG, 3D MARIO!!!"

Just wanted to say I disagree with you on this. There have been a lot of important movies made, imo, in this decade. I mean, just look at how the Paranormal Activity revolutionized the found-footage horror movie genre. Before that, there was, like, The Blair Witch Project and that's it, but since then we've gotten horror movie masterpieces like Sinister and Insidious, not mention the cult classics like the Saw series and all the remakes of Wes Craven's works, good and bad, that have taken place.
I also think you're forgetting why some movies from Disney or Marvel will never be forgotten. Look at the movie Enchanted: It was one of the very first popular Disney films to say you shouldn't marry someone you just met. The problem? It wasn't aimed at kids, but Frozen was and Frozen also preaches the importance of familial love. Oh, let's not forget The Muppets. The franchise was half-dead before Disney came along and made people start to think about it again. Now, everyone wants Muppets movies, regardless of which decade they're from cause they've always been good, solid, classic entertainment. That's why people will remember it.
As for Marvel, it is one of the longest running comic book companies dating all the way back to, like, World War II I think the first Capt. America was ran and people are never going to forget those characters. Not because they're part of the Marvel brand, but because of the amazing stories the characters tell and the lessons we learn from. X-Men alone has been successfully used at a metaphor to for issues such as racism, homophobia, and classism, and guess what -- PEOPLE RELATE TO IT. The X-Men inspired people! And you really think people are only going to remember them because they've got Marvel stamped across the front of it?

As far as TV goes, I would hope that Law&Order:SVU remains popular in the next hundred years from (along with the others I mentioned in my previous post) because it offers insight into the minds of the everyday criminals, erasing the illusion that people are merely born evil. Teaching us that there are two sides to every coin.

 

[ThomasNLD]

What will be remembered are books and movies that made a significant and relevant impact. Relevant for that era, but also still relevant to that day maybe.

The books often assigned in highschool will still be around. I feel fantasy series will not stand the test of time. Movies like 12 Years A Slave, Amistadt, Spartacus, Munich, Titanic, etc will still be around. They focus on historic events.

Books are hard to say for me, since I`m Dutch and don`t read a huge amount of recent foreign releases. I think Shakespeare, Salinger, Guest (Ordinary People), Twain, Orwell, Kundera, Wilde, Tolstoj, Dostoyevsky, etc will always be around. Many of these already have been around for years though.

I can`t imagine Harry Potter making it, Game Of Thrones and LOTR maybe because of the groundbreaking movie and tv series production values.

Music seems quite easy. The bands we remember from the '60 to '90 most of us only picked up after we were born will still be around. Last ten years is more difficult, Coldplay probably?

Icons like the earlier mentioned Anne Frank will always be around. Same with works relating to science, like the movie What The Bleep do We Know? and the literature of Friedrich Nietzsche. Some biographies will be around. Mainly focusing on people like Elvis Presley, Lady Diana, etc.

Games its like someone said only the groundbreakers. Pong, Tetris, Mario Brothers, Doom, Super Mario 64, World of Warcraft, that type of games. No one will remember big hyped franchises, only when referenced in sales records maybe. The games themselves hold no historic value.

 

[Murray]

Just wanted to say I disagree with you on this. There have been a lot of important movies made, imo, in this decade. I mean, just look at how the Paranormal Activity revolutionized the found-footage horror movie genre. Before that, there was, like, The Blair Witch Project and that's it, but since then we've gotten horror movie masterpieces like Sinister and Insidious, not mention the cult classics like the Saw series and all the remakes of Wes Craven's works, good and bad, that have taken place.
I also think you're forgetting why some movies from Disney or Marvel will never be forgotten. Look at the movie Enchanted: It was one of the very first popular Disney films to say you shouldn't marry someone you just met. The problem? It wasn't aimed at kids, but Frozen was and Frozen also preaches the importance of familial love. Oh, let's not forget The Muppets. The franchise was half-dead before Disney came along and made people start to think about it again. Now, everyone wants Muppets movies, regardless of which decade they're from cause they've always been good, solid, classic entertainment. That's why people will remember it.
As for Marvel, it is one of the longest running comic book companies dating all the way back to, like, World War II I think the first Capt. America was ran and people are never going to forget those characters. Not because they're part of the Marvel brand, but because of the amazing stories the characters tell and the lessons we learn from. X-Men alone has been successfully used at a metaphor to for issues such as racism, homophobia, and classism, and guess what -- PEOPLE RELATE TO IT. The X-Men inspired people! And you really think people are only going to remember them because they've got Marvel stamped across the front of it?

As far as TV goes, I would hope that Law&Order:SVU remains popular in the next hundred years from (along with the others I mentioned in my previous post) because it offers insight into the minds of the everyday criminals, erasing the illusion that people are merely born evil. Teaching us that there are two sides to every coin.

I never forgot about the muppets

 

[Celestefey]

Music seems quite easy. The bands we remember from the '60 to '90 most of us only picked up after we were born will still be around. Last ten years is more difficult, Coldplay probably?

Coldplay? Really? They're probably one the dreariest and dullest bands out there right now (they're forgettable, basically). /unpopular opinion but whatever

If anything, it's more likely to be someone like Beyonc? - a really bold icon in popular culture, for sure. But you know. I could be wrong. ^^

 

[ThomasNLD]

Coldplay? Really? They're probably one the dreariest and dullest bands out there right now (they're forgettable, basically). /unpopular opinion but whatever

If anything, it's more likely to be someone like Beyonc? - a really bold icon in popular culture, for sure. But you know. I could be wrong. ^^

Hmm, I don`t know, I agree they are dull, but hey, this entire generation is dull (talking about unpopular opinions).
Its not my taste of music either, but they have a very broad audience, a lot of hits in the top 1000 of all time and a charismatic frontman in Chris Martin (well I feel he is).

What you think about Coldplay, I think about Beyonce. I don`t consider her anything special. Destiny's Child was pretty basic R&B music with forgettable lyrics. Her solocareer can be considered slightly more succesfull in the sense of productquality, but it still is very generic. In the end Beyonce doesn`t have a very distinct sound. There are tons of similar artists, with similar melodies and similar melodies. Coldplay has more of a distinct sound to it, making me feel it can transcend time.

Here is an idea, lets contact eachother in 100 years to hand one of us the opportunity to deal out a heartfelt "I told ya so!"

 

[oath2order]

I doubt that in 100 years, the Beatles will be remembered

 

[Bluedressblondie]

I think that a lot of the Disney movies after 2008 will be remembered. Except maybe Maleficent. That one wasn't absolutely amazing to most people. The upcoming Cinderella movie will probably be remembered as the first movie people didn't come to see that did really well anyway, AKA most people are probably just going to go to see the Frozen short BEFORE the movie, and half of the audience will probably walk out when it's over.
Books: The Hunger Games/Catching Fire/etc, Divergent/Insurgent/etc, The Fault In Our Stars, The Maze Runner, Harry Potter, let's see what else got a movie?
As for videos, one number: 21.
I think a lot of music will be remembered. The Frozen soundtrack will obviously be remembered, as will Taylor Swift's 1989 album. I think that remembering music isn't much without remembering artists too. Meghan Trainor being a two-hit-wonder, probably also Ariana Grande, 1D, Brittney Spears, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, MAYBE Carly Rae Jepsen. There are a lot of hit artists today. I think that Rude by Magic will probably also be remembered, because that was #1 on the music charts for like a million years. I also speculate Boom Clap by Charli XCX will be a hit, just because it's from The Fault In Our Stars, which, like I said, will also be remembered, just like the Frozen Soundtrack will be remembered because it's from Frozen. Star Wars/Star Trek will also be remembered.
TV shows like Glee and Pokemon that have been running for like a billion years will also be remembered. And what about things like Breaking Bad and kids shows like MY LITTLE PONY? My Little Pony will be remembered for ∞ years. The My Little Pony fandom is kind of getting out of hand.
I would do websites but websites are usually forever so...
There will also be remembered news articles. Ebola, Sony hackers/The Interview, THAT ******* DRESS, they'll all be remembered too.
Video games like Mario and Zelda and Pokemon will be remembered, just like mobile games like Angry Birds/Flappy Bird. You can't forget Grand Theft Auto either.
Now for the forgotten...
As I mentioned the Disney movie Maleficent will be forgotten because it didn't do very well. But Avatar did REALLY well and it's been only like 5 years and it's already forgotten so in 100 years nobody will even have heard of it. I think that the same kinda goes with Brave. I don't know how well that one did in the box office, but there's a lot of hype now about it but not a lot of people I know at least have seen Brave.
The book The Giver will probably be forgotten. I mean, it's a great book and good movie, but let's be realistic, it wasn't absolutely amazing. I also think that a lot of books that are only popular among kids like Diary of a Wimpy Kid will be forgotten in like 10-20 years.
I don't think that any famous videos will be forgotten if they get famous enough. I mean, like, celebrities's starting videos that got them famous will, but other than that IDK.
I think that Iggy Azalea and Ed Sheeran will be forgotten. They just aren't mega popular. They have hit, long time passes, don't have a hit. I think that Justin Beiber will be forgotten too. Think about it: when was his last hit song? But if the song Centuries by Fall Out Boy is forgotten, I'm going to die of oxygen deficiency from laughing at SO. MUCH. IRONY. I don't care if that's actually possible or not.
Most TV shows will be forgotten. Disney Channel shows will probably be forgotten, Nick shows will probably be forgotten, and most CN shows will be forgotten.
A lot of news articles about things like llamas and animals in general will also probably no longer be remembered in 100 years. Neither will most of the rumors on Snopes.
Video Games like Tomodachi Life and, let's face it, Animal Crossing probably won't be remembered, as much as we like them now.

Now, a lot of the things I mentioned might maintain a long legacy in one country but a short one in another one. I spoke for the U.S. because I really don't know about other countries.

 

[oath2order]

Glee won't be remembered wtf are you on about.

Most of the books you mentioned are gonna be forgotten in 5 years. 1989 the album will be forgotten, so will Ariana, 1D. Carly Rae is long gone.

 

[Bluedressblondie]

Glee won't be remembered wtf are you on about.

Most of the books you mentioned are gonna be forgotten in 5 years. 1989 the album will be forgotten, so will Ariana, 1D. Carly Rae is long gone.

They're pretty popular now. Let's see you prove my predictions wrong.

 

[oath2order]

They're pretty popular now. Let's see you prove my predictions wrong.

I guarantee most of your predictions will be wrong.

 

[Heartcore]

Literature I hope is forgotten: 50 shades of gray.
But I honestly do feel that it will be forgotten.
The only literature I hope endures: My Immortal and Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Ravensway in all of her glory.