Posted on 10/31/2015 9:13:58 AM PDT by Fhios
Six rather relatively well known dystopian themed movies. Excerpts taken from IMDB.
If you like dystopian themed movies you've probably seen all 6. My favorite is Rollerball.
Which one do you think the world is striving for?
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THX1138 -- Set in the 25th century, the story centers around a man and a woman who rebel against their rigidly controlled society. Director George Lucas.
Logan's Run -- An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at 30. Director Michael Anderson
Roller Ball (1975) -- In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game. Director Norman Jewison.
Soylent Green (1973) -- With the world ravaged by the greenhouse effect and overpopulation, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a CEO with ties to the world's main food supply. Director Richard Fleischer
1984 (1984) -- George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. Director Michael Radford
Fahrenheit 451 (1966) -- In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task. Director François Truffaut
The thing is, Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care.
***a few ships that would be reused in Battlestar Galactica***
I remember seeing those garden and forest ships blow up on Battlestar Galactica and said!...”Those are the ships from SILENT RUNNING!”
One that gave me the he-be jee-bees was an old film THESE ARE THE DAMNED, about some children born cold blooded but very radioactive, raised in isolation because some scientist figured they would be able to live in a radioactive post atomic war world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Damned_%281963_film%29
The kids just wanted to be normal, but everyone that came within contact died of radiation sickness afterward.
Logan's Run - In Logan's Run, society is changed by elites to be that people live their lives in contained cities and had to adopt a new religion to limit their population. When the main characters break out of their city, they find that everything they were taught was a lie, that the world was a natural paradise and open wilderness, that there was a civilization (the USA) they new nothing about, that they didn't have to die at 30.
This is basically just an extrapolation of modern environmentalism and how progressives want to herd us into densely populated cities formed around public transport, and to block us from accessing most of the country.
1984 - 1984 has obvious parallels to the politically correctness gone rampant.
Rollerball - Rollerball is a good movie about our elections. Large elites manage a simulated conflict in order to distract us.
Network - Not mentioned yet: Network. While not a science fiction movie, it was a cynical dystopian view of television and its influence on the American public.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - A good tale of progressives infiltrating and corrupting institutions they did not create in order to transform society into their image.
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Good movie - but if I watch it, I end up humming “Waltzing Matilda” for at least a week.
The Directors of that film simply had to get their digs in over the never lose character played by Duvall.
Forgot about that one. Thank you for the correction.
No ‘Blade Runner’? It’s only 4 years away...
regards,
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Blade Runner is one I’ve mentioned.
Very dark and Rachel,,,well,HOT!
IDIOCRACY as a documentary is funny ,
but to true.
thanks for ping Perdogg... lots of good ones on list.. i would add Hunger Games, Mad Max Road Warrior to list... maybe even Divergent
hope all my movie buddies here at FR are doing well..
hugs to all
THX1138 - in the 25th century, it is comforting to know that the bureaucracy is as inept as ever. /snark
Brazil, another Gilliam, not the “studio” version though.
Yes, way dark. IMHO because it adhered closely to the book and didn't get wrapped up in effects and relationship drama.
I really enjoyed the first Divergent. The sequel was weak. Same for the Hunger Games films. I also liked the Maze Runner. Hoping that sequel doesn't crap out as well.
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