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The Lone Gunmen predict World Trade Center attacks
The Lone Gunmen predict World Trade Center attacks from The Lone Gunmen (2001)

This montage of scenes from the pilot episode of The Lone Gunmen depicts a prescient vision of a terrorist attempt to fly a plane into the World Trade Center buildings just a few months prior to the al Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001

Identity morphs from Michael Jackson's Black or White video
Identity morphs from Michael Jackson's Black or White video from Black or White (1991)

The once-celebrated but now largely forgotten identity morph sequence from the Michael Jackson Black or White music video

Six Million Dollar Man opening
Six Million Dollar Man opening from Six Million Dollar Man (1974-78)

The opening title sequence from the 1970s TV series The Six Million Dollar Man

Hackers final showdown
Hackers final showdown from Hackers (1995)

A multi-ethnic, international network of rollerblading teenage hackers defeat a corrupt, corporate systems administrator.

Minority Report gestural interface
Minority Report gestural interface from Minority Report (2002)

This showcase scene near the beginning of Minority Report introduces viewers to a futuristic gestural interface for accessing a database of premonitory video clips depicting violent crimes.

David Lynch iPhone ad parody
David Lynch iPhone ad parody from David Lynch iPhone ad parody (2007)

David Lynch speaks out against watching movies on portable telephones

Panther morph sequence from Michael Jackson video
Panther morph sequence from Michael Jackson video from Black or White (1991)

The panther morph and window smashing scene from Michael Jackson's Black or White music video

Bionic Woman opening
Bionic Woman opening from The Bionic Woman (1976-78)

Title sequence from TV's Bionic Woman

Sci Fi Channel promo
Sci Fi Channel promo from Sci-Fi Me (1999)

This promo for the sci-fi channel originally aired in the late 1990s

Disclosure VR scene
Disclosure VR scene from Disclosure (1994)

Michael Douglas enters a virtual world of web pages and 2D avatars of Demi Moore

Peeping Tom Trailer
Peeping Tom Trailer from Peeping Tom (1960)

The 1960 theatrical trailer for Michael Powell's Peeping Tom, demonstrating the film's linkage of cinematic voyeurism and murder

Run Lola Run avatar selection
Run Lola Run avatar selection from Run Lola Run (1998)

Lola considers a range of choices in a scene reminiscent of video game avatar selection processes