What sci-fi movie will most closely resemble the coming dystopia?

[burythehatchet]

I try to envision the vision of life (and death) that is coming to our world. I think about movies like Mad Max and Brazil (my choice) and wonder what the world will resemble, and what my role will be, besides surviving. i.e. perhaps a real underground?

If you think about this please share your thoughts.

[Uben]

1. Soylent Green

They're feeding us PEOPLE!

[burythehatchet]

3. I guess the second part of my question should have been "..and why?"

[Uben]

6. well, democrats are sweet.....

...but I have heard republicans don't even taste like chicken....they have a sour/fecal taste. Probably cuz they're fulla..you know what!

[burythehatchet]

16. And Libertatrians taste like rancid Republicans!

[johnfunk]

41. Remember... Tuesday is Soylent Green day!

Tastes great with carpaccio and black strap mollases. Mmm, mmm, mmmmmm.

[Donnachaidh]

2. the Fifth Element or Jonny Mnemonic

Corporations firing a half a million people with one memo (5th Element) or a very divided populace - the uber wealthy versus the grotty people who live in blown out buildings, living with a technology caused disease (Mnemonic).

The working class is getting pushed into a garbage pile right now.

[Bjorn Against]

4. Children of Men

[burythehatchet]

7. I have to agree. The battle scene at the end was so Blackwater...er Xe

very sad and very hopeful (in a weird way). Like after mankind learned its lesson, the children came back.

[cherokeeprogressive]

14. This one rings true for me. n/t

[Redneck Socialist]

24. That was the first one I thought of. n/t

[vanderBeth]

5. Oh, I hope it's Brazil too

Maybe because it wasn't as depressing as other dystopian films.

[burythehatchet]

8. Believe me, Robert DiNero is not going to rappell down to your condo

:rofl: I love that movie, especially his Smart Car.

[GinaMaria]

11. It was at the end. It smashed all the fun

we had throughout the movie. Really powerful ending.

[GinaMaria]

9. I would like to throw Blade Runner into the mix

A police state where some are not viewed as human with the same rights (skinjobs) and therefore can be hunted and exterminated not only without guilt but also with pride. More Human than Human....

[Stevenmarc]

10. THX 1138

[burythehatchet]

13. I know...Google is my friend

[CJCRANE]

12. Logan's Run

[skooooo]

15. Planet of the Apes.

[NorthCarolina]

17. Thunderdome!

[Vickers]

18. The Road (if the upcoming film is ANYTHING like the book...)

:(

[Redneck Socialist]

25. Oh god, I hadn't thought of that possibility. Terrifying. n/t

[DevonRex]

35. The boy being afraid to sleep in a house is really, really significant

to me, in light of the mortgage crisis. And absolutely no making of anything new can be compared to the US not manufacturing much of anything these days.

Great, great choice!

[angrycarpenter]

19. the stand

When bird flu came on the scene they said that if it ever became an airborne disease it would be up to 80% fatal. I am quite sure Dick picked up the phone and told someone to get on it. It would not suprise me in the least to find that a small vial marked with an omega symbol was among the contents of his man sized safe.

[SteveG]

20. Blade Runner nt

nt

[ColbertWatcher]

47. THIS^^^^ n/t

[zeemike]

21. Probably more like "A Clockwork Orange"

But i would like to think it more like "The Day the Earth Stood Still"

[DKRC]

22. Blood of Heroes

Human civilization hanging on by its fingernails.

[coalition_unwilling]

23. A Clockwork Orange? Not sure if

it meets the strict definition of "dystopia," as I tend to place it more in the genre of "morality fable" (albeit set in the future).

[Cleita]

26. How about Shangri-La? I would hope the future would be better than

the apocalyptic, futuristic films.

[GoesTo11]

27. Agree.

I don't think under Obama's administration things have to get worse and worse and worse. They're actually trying to fix the problems. And the problems are all at heart paper problems that spill over into the real economy anyway. It doesn't have to be this way.

I nominate Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure / Bogus Journey. The future society will be one of peace and harmony based on rock and roll guitar (Wyld Stallyns) and being excellent to each other.

[kestrel91316]

28. The Pesthouse. Oh, wait, it's just a novel and not a movie. Oh, well.

[Octafish]

29. On the Beach

Except with more radiation, Michigan Militia types and global warming gone wild.

The Coke bottle.

Thank you for brining up the most important topic, burythehatchet.
It's been on my mind since Tony the Fixer foised Smirko McCokespoon on America.

[cliffordu]

30. A boy and his dog.

[dysfunctional press]

31. idiocracy.

nt

[datasuspect]

36. idiocracy idiocracy idiocracy

is with us now.

[ColbertWatcher]

48. LOL! I agreed with Bladerunner before I remembered this one! Good pick! n/t

[lunatica]

50. Definitely Idiocracy! I love that movie!

[Radical Activist]

61. Also the first one that came to my mind.

[backscatter712]

32. Not a movie, but a book: Snow Crash

The U.S. breaks down into a whole bunch of corporate mini-nation-states, society breaks down into all sorts of little factions that are scrabbling for their piece of the action.

Gangs become corporatized. Hell, churches become corporatized and open franchises that are run like a McDonalds (Welcome to Rev. Wayne's Pearly Gates, would you like fries with your brainwashing?) The government of what's left of the United States takes secrecy and paranoia to a whole new level.

[99th_Monkey]

33. BRAZIL. Hands down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(film)

[Occulus]

34. GATTACA

If you're not perfect, you're an irresponsible reject.

For further information, see this thread.

[madrchsod]

37. blade runner or brazil

[deoxyribonuclease]

38. Wall-e or GATTACA

[MetaTrope]

39. Max Headroom

Ah, wait, we're already past that point...

[Lost in CT]

40. I saw one on late night Cinemax that I have high hopes for...

I'm not sure what the future will bring but apparently much of it will be topless.

[bobthedrummer]

42. Forbidden Planet eom

[JCMach1]

43. Omega Man...

[Peace_Sells]

44. bladerunner

I'm going with Bladerunner it seems the most realistic to me. Plus its proably my favorite dystopian type film.

[dos pelos]

45. It's not a movie,it is just going to be like Argentina here

Hyper stagflation soon.Currently deflation with some mild inflation in necessities like gas,food,energy.Everything else deflating,houses boats,cars,clothing.Very soon widespread depression level unemployment and severe inflation.You're unemployed and everything costs a lot more,particularly stuff you really need.
WE NEED AND VOTED FOR CHANGE.We're not getting it.Obama,so far is just carrying on the same old Bush policies in economic and foreign policies.A new face on the same old disastrous thinking that has got us to where we are today.

[Vickers]

54. You REALLY equate Obama and Wee Cowboy?

Wow.

[lunatica]

46. All of the above at the same time

Instant Recall, only set on Earth with the rich being able to plug into a vacation (or whatever) of their choice while the poor have to pay for the air they breath while corporations keep scientific and technological solutions at bay.

The 28 Days movies where a deadly virus makes people crazed killers

[lunatica]

49. The Postman and Waterworld (Kevin Costner movies)

[burythehatchet]

57. 28 Days Later is a terrifying rendition.

[MisterP]

51. THX 1138 plus Idiocracy plus Bound for Glory plus The Final Sacrifice n/t

[KittyWampus]

52. Sleeper, of course. Junk food is GOOD FOR YOU!

[Harry Monroe]

55. As long as the Orgasmatron becomes a reality!

[IDemo]

60. Give me a 200 year old V W Beetle that starts right up and I'm good

[leftstreet]

53. Stargate! We'll find a portal to Mars - a clean planet with cheap labor

The indigenous Martians will greet us with flowers and sweets, and they will happily leave their farms to work in our factories and partake in our liberating Democracy!

WOOT!!

[ThomWV]

58. What do we need that for when we've got Mexico?

[burythehatchet]

56. Well, I have to update my thinking. I just saw a movie called The Dragon's Teeth

followed by The Good Earth. Both films set in China, Dragon Seed set in WWII and the Good Earth well before that period.

That's what I see in our future. The part that I had not yet incorporated is the role of the militias that will constitute in various locals. Armed factions foraging for food and other wealth will be the big security issue.

[L0oniX]

59. Mystery Science Theater 3000