Pessimistic types painted a dark future of trade wars and capital controls.

ECONOMIST: Currency wars

The Matrix took place in a dark future, where evil machines had enslaved the human race and cocooned them in pods, plugging them into a gigantic virtual reality.

BBC: Under the Matrix influence

Many will want to show their appreciation for someone they believe had tried to drag Serbia out of the dark days and into a new future.

BBC: Belgrade mourns assassinated PM

The future of cinema hums softly in a dark projection room in Hollywood's modernized old Cinerama Dome.

FORBES: Magazine Article

While all parties appear determined to avoid a return to the dark days of the past, Lebanon's future could rely as much on the outcome of the Syrian conflict as on political goodwill within its own borders.

CNN: Syria's conflict stirs up old rivalries in Lebanon

That's why, in future, I have to ask them outright how they'll react if we sign a dark-skinned player.

BBC: Who are Zenit?