The “you are here” is where libertarians think they and 0,0 are on a political compass meme
Those films were supposed to be a warning … NOT A GUIDE!
the matrix looks so cool though…
The hookup to the Matrix in this reality is located a lot lower in the body than at the base of the neck
kinky
Torment Nexus! Torment Nexus!
I would throw in Snow Crash as well
Lol not even close lmao 🤣
I stared at this for a good couple of minutes trying to figure out why the new Captain America movie was in the diagram
Some of these feel mutually exclusive…
Throws in “Flight of the Navigator” to skip forward eight years.
Evangelion will let you skip ahead 14 years…
I’m in Brazil and I feel this.
Oh, don’t be so dramatic. We’re nowhere near that yet. We’re just rapidly spiraling toward it like a disoriented skydiver tangled in the lines of their reserve chute.
Plunging toward oblivion while happily screaming, “10,000’ so far so good, 5,000’ so far so good…”
Don’t forget that we are actually skydiving in tandem with someone who either doesn’t believe in gravity, is trying to hit the ground on purpose, or both.
That person is actively stabbing at the harness with a rusty pair of shears while accusing you of sabotaging the jump. Sometimes they end up stabbing themselves, but usually they just end up stabbing you through the harness instead.
This is the most apt metaphor for the maga moment I’ve seen in a while. Thank you for that.
I like to think it wasn’t even tandem, they entered the picture Point Break style.
We were skydiving. They just jumped out a plane after us.
This diagram would make the same amount of sense if you randomized the titles in it.
Maybe they’re already random.Yeah it’s not really even a joke it’s just for the clapter. If someone said to you “it’s like we’re living in a dystopian future” it would be the same level of humor as this post.
The only thing putting it in a four-way venn diagram added was to explain to the reader that the person doesn’t know how venn diagrams work.
I was wondering how Lord of the Flies fit in the Idiocracy circle.
Kids are dumb
Nah, I can see it.
- 1984: they’re rewriting history / propagandizing
- Idiocracy: the morons are in charge
- Hunger Games: they’re pitting us against each other
- Brave New World: they’re distracting us with entertainment
The others seem to fall pretty well into those categories.
now explain brazil there, how is it om the 1984 and not hunger games
Are you thinking of the film or the country?
The film has a large overbearing surveillance state / bureaucracy as the chief antagonist, it’s about the suppression of art and loss of human connection. Do you see it differently?
wiat there is a film called brazil?
It’s directed by Terry Gilliam, and it’s brilliant. It’s set in a bureaucratic totalitarian state, and follows a minor functionary who is slowly losing his mind. There are multiple overlapping plots, involving a rebel heating engineer, a man mistakenly abducted and tortured to death by the government after a computer glitch, the functionary’s politically ambitious mother, a quack plastic surgeon, a beautiful truck driver, terrorist attacks, and the functionary’s ever-growing escapist fantasy life. It’s one of my favorite films. Right up there with Delicatessen in terms of dystopian comedy sci-fi.
They’re also rewriting history in Idiocracy (It’s actually a key story element at the end).
“They’re pitting us against each other” is one of the most important aspects in 1984.
And “They’re distracting us with entertainment” is literally at the core of Hunger Games.So it still works beautifully
“I wonder why all these societal commentaries feel like society”
I wonder if there’s a general vibe to these specific societal commentaries…
Needs to fit in Handmaids Tale here somewhere too.
Swap it with The Matrix
And cyberpunk
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Ah yes, the four cornerstones of dystopian fiction: 1984, Brave New World, Idiocracy, and Hunger Games
Should have gone with Social, Political, Economical and (Post-)Apocalyptical.
I had a go at Authoritarian, Scarcity, Chaotic, and Plentiful
I like how you swapped brave new world
Where’s weekend at Bernie’s
Or Zootopia!
very weak in the subgroupings. There could be 2 axises of dystopia. 1. Autocratic vs chaotic 2. some attempt to mean well vs dystopia by design.
axes*
Brazil is infinitely better than the US. Cope, Murica.
Brazil is a movie.
I know, I also know the movie has nothing to do with the US. And that placing this in the list is purely pejorative towards the country Brazil.
It’s a dystopian movie. It has literally nothing to do with the country.
Nothing except it being called Brazil and being dystopian? Are you usually this dull?
It’s named after a song. I think the main character might briefly say he dreams about going there. Obviously you haven’t seen it, but there’s really no need to get offended.
By the way, I highly recommend watching it for everyone else, especially if you’re a fan of Terry Gilliam. Not you though, guy I’m replying to. You should stick to less challenging topics to avoid hurting your own feelings.
