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A 1993 science fiction action film starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, and Sandra Bullock. A terrorist and the police officer who captured him are cryogenically frozen and when the terrorist escapes during a parole hearing in the year 2032, the only man capable of capturing him again is unfrozen

Demolition Man is a 1993 science fiction action film starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, and Sandra Bullock. A terrorist and the police officer who captured him are both sentenced to a prison where convicts are cryogenically frozen. When the terrorist escapes during a parole hearing in the year 2032, the only man capable of capturing him again is released.

He doesn't know how to use the three sea shells.

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How did the "three seashells" work in Demolition Man?

I know that this was really just meant to be a joke in the movie, but that makes me wonder: why seashells, and how are they supposed to work? Did the writers just pick out an absurd word at random, or did they actually have something in mind that…
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What's the world like outside San Angeles?

The film Demolition Man is set in a single city "metroplex" known as San Angeles which comprises Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diego. SAPD Officer Lenina Huxley tells us that the region was comprehensively rebuilt after a colossal earthquake…
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How does Simon Phoenix get a fine for swearing with no chip?

In the police station, they say that Simon Phoenix was frozen before the chips were implanted in all citizens. So how can he get fines for vulgarity in the museum? How the machine can know who to fine? (The machine doesn't say his name (unlike for…
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Are Schwarzenegger libraries fact or fiction?

Are there any real Schwarzenegger libraries today? In the movie "Demolition Man" there was an actual Schwarzenegger library after "President Schwarzenegger". So is it fact or pure fiction?
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