Sci/fi and the escape

Well, last class it seemed like the trend in most of the clips we were watching used drugs and alcohol as a form of escaping or creating another world. Now with all of the sci/fi and futuristic films that were shown, there might be a parallel. The main theme is still escape. The line of reality has been crossed and limits don't exists. The fourth wall is something that the audience relates to safety and separating fiction from non fiction. With films such as Videodrome, safety is gone. It is still fiction of course but I couldn't help but wonder, The first time an audience viewed the scene where Debbie Harry seduces James Woods into the Television screen, did the audience have the fear that it could happen in reality? That safety zone was no longer there... kind of freaky! I found it interesting to know that breaking the fourth wall had so much to do with the connection to video games. With the technology we have now, it certainly does make you feel as if you were in the screen actually living out the game yourself. Very similar to Total Recall. The most interesting clip to me was from Minority Report. I really enjoyed seeing that movie in theaters! Hopefully some time in the future some sort of technology can be used to prevent crimes and murders. I have to say Sci/fi is my least favorite category of movies to watch but I did enjoy seeing some of the connections from sci/fi in the 80's and how close some of our technology is today!