dystopia theme
There is a functioning society that is nevertheless for some reason depressing and horrifying to contemporary eyes.
25 total · 3 choice · 20 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ldr2019e2x03 | choice | The story is set in a dystopian city where humanity's attaining of practical biological immortality has come at the cost of a draconian prohibition on bringing children into the world. As having children was illegal, children were summarily executed whenever found. In addition, society had stagnated the city had largely fallen into disrepair. |
| rbt1985e3x05 | choice | The point of the story is to feature a dystopia in which people are so accustomed by, to Bradbury, modern luxuries like air conditioning and television that they no longer go outside or read books. As a consequence, driver-less vehicles patrolled the streets and arrested any daring "prowlers" as likely being up-to-no-good. |
| rbt1985e3x09 | choice | The story features a society in which all of life comforts, and food in particular, are depressingly scarce. It is unclear what has brought about this state of affairs. There was a police force, and therefore a ruling elite, but it is not made clear to what extent they have it better. |
| movie: Aeon Flux (2005) | major | The story is set in and around the dystopian city-state of Bregna. |
| movie: Babylon AD (2008) | major | Much of the film is set in Russia in a dystopian future where war and terrorist activity have transformed Russia's cities into dangerous, overpopulated slums. |
| movie: Blade Runner (1982) | major | Los Angeles had become a sprawling, dystopian city by the year 2019. |
| movie: Dark City (1998) | major | The film was set in a city in which it was always nighttime. |
| movie: Death Race 2000 (1975) | major | We say a fascistic future America in which there was a yearly pedestrian killing cross country race. |
| movie: Fortress (1992) | major | The story in set in a 2017 United States where a draconian one-child policy is in place, and offenders are jailed in a private maximum security, subterranean prison run by the ruthless Men-Tel Corporation. Also people were tattooed with barcodes. |
| movie: Golem (1980) | major | We saw a dreary, urban world lacking in kindness and the simple joys of life. |