The Futuristic Dystopia
Everything is perfect in the future. Everyone is happy, everything works. The authorities have everything all figured out. Nothing can possibly go wrong.
Or can it?
Half-brother to the End Of The World movie, the Futuristic Dystopia movie tends to follow certain perameters.
It’s hard to be a leader in a Futuristic Dystopia. There are always Rebels who suddenly see the society for what it is. Once these malcontents have had their realization, they must either fight or flee, or both.
Things aren’t so good for the rebels, of course. Everyone’s after them, and chases tend to ensue. Often they must have their heads put in uncomfortable apparatuses.
As one can see from the above examples, the Nixon era was a good time for Futuristic Dystopias (Brazil and the unpictured Blade Runner dating from the close-cousin Reagan era). Sensors indicate that the genre is due for a revival (Minority Report being a good example of this).
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