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For those steeped in the story, consider the movie “Equilibrium” - an impressive cross between “451” and “The Matrix” and “1984”. Stylish pulp action, yes; a possible future of suppressing art, wisdom & self in favor of The State.
Wonder how a modern history book would stand up under a review.
Another fine review. I still vote we are way closer to becoming Brave New World than the other two, although I can see some parts of 1985 and F. 451. Maybe I would think differently if I lived in a third world country. Hope you give some other sci-fi, even some new sci-fi, the same treatment. I would subscribe to a ping list for sure.
I wonder what some of these classic sci-fi cats would have thought of social media.
Social media has allowed crazy people to find other crazy people, and exchange and reinforce their nuttiness in real time, basically for free. Like you said, they can do it without ever being challenged on their nuttiness. Never before in history have nutbars been able to cross-pollinate other nutbars on such a huge scale. Maybe we weren’t meant to know what some guy in China instantly thinks about the new Star Wars in real time, much less our family and friends. I honestly think all the mass shootings might be partly a result of it.
Freegards
The full text of the book for anyone interested:
https://www.secret-satire-society.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Ray-Bradbury-Fahrenheit-451.pdf
The 1966 Movie:
https://www1.1movies.is/movie/fahrenheit-451/2901-watch-online-free.html
Thank you for this.
. (I had an extensive reply, but my computer is acting up, and erased it. Ironic, no?)
pcottraux, thanks for this and the others. Much appreciated.
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>>In 2018, controversy is to be avoided at all costs. Everything has to be safe. No minorities can be offended by anything in media; of course, the definition of “minorites” has been expanded not just to include race, but has gone down a rabbit hole of cisgendered munchkins or Muslims who identify as dolphins. What would be considered a joke five years ago is now fascist reality, because it’s impossible to produce anything without offending someone, even an ethnic group you didn’t even know existed. The outrage culture can never be appeased; and the ultimate goal is power, not equality.
it’s all down the memory hole as statues are torn down by angry communist mobs, adaptations of comic books-novels-history are recast as ethnically diverse in the name of diversity over accuracy, and every city is leveled to look the same with new stadiums designed by the same contracting firms. Memories? What are those?
>>As a side note, I think it’s an atrocity that Michael Moore named his stupid anti-Bush movie after this book.
Mr. Bradbury thought so as well and called Michael Moore
“a perfect a$$hole”