History Film / Oblivion2013

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Julia is shot in the abdomen and survives. While being shot in the digestive system isn't normally fatal with prompt care, there are many vascular organs such as the liver or spleen[[note]]Both function as filters for the blood, and are generally carrying a decent percentage of total blood volume at any given time[[/note]] that may be damaged. In the film there is a lengthy delay (in emergency-medicine time) between her getting shot and any medical assistance being applied, which often results in acute peritonitis. Of course, in the end, it turns out all Harper has to do is [[WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut get the bullet out]]. The medical technology of the time is evidently so amazing that Julia later is more than willing to [[spoiler: have sex and get pregnant]] that night. A DeletedScene would have helped justify this by showing the medical technology at work, and yes, it is supposed to be that amazing.

* CoolGuns: Harper's assault rifle and sidearm are pretty cool. On the side of the Scavs, there's the [[{{BFG}} anti-material rifles]] they use to shoot down drones.

* OpeningMonologue: Provided by Harper while we get brought up to speed on the characters and situation and see a montage of SceneryPorn (The skies and some parts of the planet that look less [[BuffySpeak wasteland-y]]), SceneryGorn (the shot of the bombed-out Pentagon - with implications of it having been [[NukeEm ground zero for a nuclear strike]] during The War - and [[RuinsOfTheModernAge the remains of New York and Washington, DC]]), TechnologyPorn ([[CrystalSpiresAndTogas Tower 49]], the [[FutureCopter Bubble Ship]], the collector vessels, [[CoolGuns the guns]] and [[CoolStarship the Tet]]), {{Fanservice}} (ShirtlessScene and ToplessnessFromTheBack) and [[spoiler: some {{Irony}} in that [[TheCakeIsALie most of the info is unwitting bullcrap]] on Jack's part.]]

* TheFilmOfTheBook: Of a GraphicNovel, actually. It was written by the film's director, as it happens. However, as of 2021 it ''still'' hasn't been printed yet and most likely due to the movie's lukewarm reception, never will.

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:There's at least ''52'' different Jack Harper / Victoria Olsen pairs still active and scattered around the world, and we get to see one of each die.]]

** Jack's recurring dream about a viewfinder on the Empire State Building. [[spoiler: It's where the [[CloningBlues original]] Jack Harper proposed marriage to Julia.]]

** It's left unexplained why [[spoiler:Tet would send out Harper clones instead of be superior operating {{Attack Drone}}s to fight the human forces, though given how often the coversations between Vika and Sally concern a lack of spare parts for the drones and the unacceptability of losing one, it can be inferred the drones are either non-replaceable or at least much more resource-intensive than clones are.]]

''Oblivion'' is a 2013 [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] ScienceFiction {{Action|Genre}} film directed by Creator/JosephKosinski (''Film/TronLegacy'') starring Creator/TomCruise, Creator/OlgaKurylenko, Creator/AndreaRiseborough, Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau, Creator/MelissaLeo and Creator/MorganFreeman. Anthony Gonzalez of Music/{{M83}} and Joseph Trapanese (''Film/TheRaid'', ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'') are the composers. It is adapted from a comic book created by Kosinski that never got published.

''Oblivion'' is a 2013 [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] ScienceFiction {{Action|Genre}} film directed by Creator/JosephKosinski (''Film/TronLegacy'') starring Creator/TomCruise, Creator/OlgaKurylenko, Creator/AndreaRiseborough, Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau, Creator/MelissaLeo and Creator/MorganFreeman. Anthony Gonzalez of Music/{{M83}} and Creator/JosephTrapanese (''Film/TheRaid'', ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'') are the composers. It is adapted from a comic book created by Kosinski that never got published.

** Another of his treasured artifacts is a faded New York Yankees ballcap, like the one Tom Cruise wore in the first half of ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''.
** Jack is at one point covered in ash, after witnessing an alien device [[Film/WarOfTheWorlds vaporize someone]] in front of him.

''Oblivion'' is a 2013 ScienceFiction film directed by Creator/JosephKosinski (''Film/TronLegacy'') starring Creator/TomCruise, Creator/OlgaKurylenko, Creator/AndreaRiseborough, Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau, Creator/MelissaLeo and Creator/MorganFreeman. Anthony Gonzalez of Music/{{M83}} and Creator/JosephTrapanese (''Film/TheRaid'', ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'') are the composers. It is adapted from a comic book created by Kosinski that never got published.

''Oblivion'' is a 2013 ScienceFiction film directed by Creator/JosephKosinski (''Film/TronLegacy'') starring Creator/TomCruise, Creator/OlgaKurylenko, Creator/AndreaRiseborough, Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau, Creator/MelissaLeo and Creator/MorganFreeman. Anthony Gonzalez of Music/{{M83}} and Creator/JosephTrapanese (''Film/TheRaid'', ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'') are the composers.

''Oblivion'' is a 2013 ScienceFiction film directed by Joseph Kosinski (''Film/TronLegacy'') starring Creator/TomCruise, Creator/OlgaKurylenko, Creator/AndreaRiseborough, Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau, Creator/MelissaLeo and Creator/MorganFreeman. Anthony Gonzalez of Music/{{M83}} and Creator/JosephTrapanese (''Film/TheRaid'', ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'') are the composers.

** The film's backstory includes a manned mission to Saturn's moon Titan in 2017- merely four years after the movie's release date. NASA doesn't even have concrete plans for a mission to Mars. Such a mission isn't likely to materialize until the 2030s. Also, it seems FTL communication is already possible by 2017, which seems very unlikely.

* IWantMyJetpack: Apparently by 2017 (a mere 4 years after the movie's release) we'll have self contained "delta sleep" capsules that allow humans to survive for up to 60 years in hibernation and all of the space hardware we need to send a manned mission to Titan.

** There are nods to ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'', as the protagonists both stumble upon a library in the ruins which catch their interests, and one particular book they find becomes important. [[spoiler: And like the "Tabernacle" A.I., the Tet boasts that it's a "god".]]