One of the most aesthetically &quot;future proof&quot; movies is probably 2001: A Space Odyssey. Compare Star Wars, released almost a decade later, and how the Stormtrooper armor looks dated (at least to me): <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;sLhv0LJ.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;sLhv0LJ.png</a><p>This is a great related essay: &quot;HAL, Mother, and Father: Watching the sixties and seventies through 2001 and Alien.&quot; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theparisreview.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;09&#x2F;hal-mother-and-father&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theparisreview.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;09&#x2F;hal-mother-and...</a>