Abstract
This paper is bases upon the idea that mass culture reflects the basic cultural assump-
tions of a society. Namely, science fiction contains the general ideas of contemporary socie-
ties about the change and innovation: being set ether in the near or remote future, science
fiction unveils what social actors expect about the future. Within this framework, we ana-
lyzed the most successful science-fiction movies in the last years and assessed what idea of
the future they represent. The result is that nowadays we have low expectations about the
future, that is full with technological innovation- no matter if realistic on unrealistic- but
does not create world where just and equality are realized: on the contrary, they become
tool for greed and cruelty to ravage the universe.