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Why Is This Movie Titled 'Escape from Tomorrow'?

posted 10 years ago by trcrock
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Okay, I just saw this movie today, and I'll be totally honest: I didn't hate this movie. I didn't even dislike it either. I can understand why some people don't like this movie, it seems like one you'd need to see a few times in order to get everything. As for the effects, yea, they were pretty cheap at times, especially with the obvious green screen scenes. But I'll let that slide with this movie, knowing it's production history and all. My only question now is this: why on earth is it called Escape from Tomorrow? It's a really cool title and all, but what in this movie gives it that title? Thanks!

[–] longshanks-5 10 years ago

I haven't seen the movie, but I'm guessing that, because it's in Disneyland, they're referencing the Tomorrowland attraction.

[–] dimensional_powerx 10 years ago

The original and publicity title for months was "Escape from TomorrowLand" ... I suppose they changed to avoid legal actions... considering Disney didn´t care to much about the movie,I guess that´s a good sign

[–] Donuts10 10 years ago

It's called "escape from tomorrow" because people temporally escape from their boring lives to be happy at Disneyland. Today I'm at the happiest place on earth, tomorrow is back to reality

[–] UltimaGabe 10 years ago

There you go.

[–] jd-rh 10 years ago

I took it as a literal play on the fact that the guy did have to escape from under Epcot's Spaceship Earth, where Seimens technology was being used on him. If anyone is familiar with Epcot, Seimens does run an exhibit showcasing their technology in a section called "Project Tomorrow." It is right when you are coming off of Spaceship Earth. Also, there is the whole Epcot meaning "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow" thing. Lots of "Tomorrow" stuff going on in Disney World. :)

[–] DisturbedPixie 10 years ago

The father was in hell, not a temporary awesome place before he has to go back to work. He was fired. There is no tomorrow. He's dead.

I'm sure they meant Tommorwland, but couldn't make it work for legal reasons. He was stuck in Tomorrowland with his son who couldn't get on the ride he wanted to. His son kept wanting to go back to Tomorrowland. An Epcot employee with Siemens (semen) is an extension of Tomorrowland where Walt dreamed of how Disney would grow as an unstoppable force. This unstoppable force eventually kills the father, and he never escapes. He will never have a tomorrow, but he appears to come back as a robot or clone or whatever to live this day in Tomorrowland again. Never does he truly escape.

Or at least that's how I saw it... someone else had a theory that he was a robot in a test run before the real him ventures to the park with a better family to enjoy the park tomorrow/the next day, but I'm not sure what kind of a message that is. Seems a robot wouldn't need to escape something awesome. Seems more likely that this is a story of one man's experience in THE hell or about how Disney is truly evil and no one that figures that out can ever escape their world of Tomorrow.

[–] koolman89 9 years ago

NOT IF I HAVE A PARK HOPPER!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOYYAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH

[–] CGlMDB 10 years ago

Because they hit a legal snag with the original title Escape From Tomorrowland. It was mentioned in an interview with the director on one of the morning shows.

[–] ZacPensol 10 years ago

As others have said, it's obviously meant to be a reference to 'Tomorrowland', but moreover I think it also references the main character literally escaping tomorrow (as in, the day after the present) by going crazy and dying. He's lost his job, his wife is hateful and annoying, his son is a brat... his daughter was actually sweet, but all-in-all he seemed to be living a pretty unhappy existence and was subconsciously, perhaps, seeking a way to 'escape tomorrow'. So much is made out of his imagination, and at the end when he shows up in the nice car with the hot, friendly wife he's basically escaped from his actual tomorrow into a false reality where he's actually happy.

[–] darkzero 10 years ago

The movie is a surreal odyssey through a man's mid-life crisis. the "Escape from Tomorrow" references the protagonist's wish to escape aging and the responsibilities of being a husband/father.

Originality needs a reboot.

[–] brankovulinec 10 years ago

Finally someone understands!

[–] T_A_Moore 10 years ago

Really? "Escape From Tomorrow," as in the fact that at the beginning of the film he receives a call informing him that he is being fired from his job and decides that he won't tell his family until the return home, so he can enjoy his last day on holiday. So he looks at this day as an "escape" into the fantasies of the park to avoid the reality of "tomorrow" as his initial idea, even thought it doesn't end that way. You could seriously write a whole 4 page essay on why this film is called "Escape From Tomorrow" in the symbolism throughout the movie. Open your mind.