mass consumerism theme
We are made to ponder the pros and cons of a society in which happiness is linked to the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.
23 total · 1 choice · 12 major · 10 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| blackmirror1x02 | choice | People lived dreary lives pedaling to ramp up some numbers on an account only to buy useless crap. |
| futurama1x06 | major | The whole story seemed to be an indictment of contemporary consumerism, commercialism, industrialism. |
| futurama6x03 | major | Everyone were obsessed with new gadgets and quickly threw out old stuff. |
| movie: Brazil (1985) | major | Consumers for Christ |
| movie: Escape from Mars (1999) | major | A point was hammered home about the first manned mission to Mars being overly commercialized. The spaceship was emblazoned with a corporate logo, Mars mission memorabilia was being peddled in news reports, etc. |
| movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) | major | Some point was made about ever increasing commercialization in society. |
| movie: Looker (1981) | major | Reston Industries was using hypnotic television commercials to market products. These commercials were also novel for featuring computer generated actors. |
| movie: Spirited Away (2001) | major | Miyazaki has himself stated that elements of the story are a commentary on modern human greed in e.g. the bubble economy of 1980s Japan |
| movie: The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) | major | The film was a critique of mass consumerism from start to finish: Vance was marketing a perfume, Pat sang a TV soap commercial jingle to get children to wash up, and there were other commercial jingles were played from time to time, and some company executives tried to use a greatly shrunken Pat to advertise their products. |
| movie: They Live (1988) | major | Aliens were manipulating society through the mass media to make people accept the status quo of mass consumerism. |