i always enjoy seeing the future world in film and books. as i think about different interpretations of the future world, i notice that most of them are dis-utopias. i think that this is because we have this hope that the future will be perfect and even a future world that has usual societal problem is disappointing. the post-apocalyptic worlds are obviously grim (mad max, planet of the apes), or even if its seemingly perfect it was built in response to some catastrophe (aeon flux). future worlds without catastrophe that still have traffic, or slow moving bureaucracy (the fifth element, judge dredd) leave me feeling the same was as dystopias because you want to think the future us would have figured those things out by then.
soylent green
the road
1984
fahrenheit 451
v for vendetta
bladerunner
2001 space odyssey
waterworld
the matrix
A.I.
minority report
star trek
i am legend
dystopias are the only worlds humans will ever live in . . . I think.
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