bureaucracy theme
The ramifications of excessive bureaucracy, too much paperwork and red tape, to society are explored.
Examples
The Gideoneans tried in vain to use bureaucratic tricks to stop Spock from finding Captain Kirk in tos3x17 "The Mark of Gideon".
28 total · 3 choice · 6 major · 19 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Brazil (1985) | choice | The film is set in a dystopian, hyper-bureaucratic future. |
| movie: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) | choice | Republic bureaucrats had wrested control of the levels of power from elected officials. |
| voy7x05 | choice | the episode featured a cold-hearted bureaucracy run amok |
| bbf1x10 | major | Shon's parents petitioned various alien diplomats for help but were frustrated with all the bureaucracy and diplomatic indifference. |
| futurama2x11 | major | The Central Bureaucracy was central to the story. |
| movie: Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes (1986) | major | Much was made of the needless filling out of forms. What is more, the aliens felt it necessary to go to the trouble of framing Score for rape in order that he might be executed without |
| movie: Shin Godzilla (2016) | major | The story follows a number of high level politicians as they struggle with bureaucratic red tape in order to deal with the crisis of Godzilla being loose in Tokyo. |
| tz1985e1x04b | major | Janice's was granted three wishes on paper but couldn't get them fulfilled owing to a series of frustrating administrative hurdles. |
| voy5x09 | major | Monean social problem |
| ahh1x22 | minor | Daniel complained about the nuisance of having to go through "proper channels". |