I recently discussed the 2013 film Elysium in the “Got Health?” podcast project due to its illustration of neglect as a dystopia. The film is placed in 2154 where society on Earth has shifted into mass poverty and terrible public health due to pollution and overpopulation. The elite and rich Continue reading
The Divergent film is about a dystopian society separated into factions after a horrible war. The people in these factions are separated by their genetic modifications. In this world people chose the faction or group they live with based off of a simulation test that tells them where they fit Continue reading
A police officer named Murphy lives in a futuristic version of Detroit with his family and is fighting crime on streets. The corporate mogul of a security technology agency called RoboCorp is responsible for Murphy being killed in front of his home. Murphy`s body dies, but his brain is salvaged Continue reading
The Coronavirus has intensified the latent dystopian nature of our society. For example, propagandistic media has become part of our everyday lives, starting at the top of the federal government. Every day, the president holds a press conference where his vice president holds up a chart reminding American citizens about Continue reading
I, Robot starring Will Smith is a science fiction action film. This movie is based in the year 2035 in Chicago, where robots serve humans. Del Spooner is a homicide detective that distrusts and hates all robots. It is important to note that his deeply rooted hatred toward robots is Continue reading
Snowpiercer explores the world when whatever little of humanity is left, after a scientific experiment goes wrong and all life becomes extinct, gets stuck within a train called the “Rattling Ark”. This is not only a story set in a post-apocalyptic future, but the various characteristics of this world depicted Continue reading
The snowpiercer is a dystopian film that focuses on how the world would react to a crisis that wipes out most of the human population by snow. After most of the population is discontinued on earth, a small percentage of the world is supposedly lucky by surviving on an international Continue reading
Contagion is a movie about the world as it goes through a pandemic due to a virus contracted from bats, to pigs, and then through people who travelled from Hong Kong, China. The story circulates around the people and the government response for controlling and containing the virus along with Continue reading
In the movie The Maze Runner, the WCKD virus is turning young people into cannibalistic “zombies” who are trying to infect more victims. The WCKD company was founded to find a cure for the virus so they started doing the maze runner trials. They took kids and put them in Continue reading
Divergent is a futuristic world in which society has divided into five factions. These factions are called Abnegation, Candor, Amity, Dauntless, and Erudite. As each person enters adulthood, he or she must choose a faction and commit to it for life. Tris Prior, who is the main character and is Continue reading
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