overpopulated world theme
People just keep on reproducing until all the planets resources are depleted and everyone dies from starvation etc.
Examples
The Gideans had extended their own lifespans remarkably but were completely unable to control their own reproduction and had so overpopulated their planet that people lived literally shoulder to shoulder in tos3x17 "The Mark of Gideon".
14 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 9 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tos3x17 | choice | There was a planet where people were living shoulder to shoulder. |
| movie: Logans Run (1976) | major | One gathers that the maximum age limit society we saw was organized in reaction to some kind of population explosion caused catastrophe in the ancient past. |
| movie: Tarantula (1955) | major | Prof. Gerald Deemer worried that the Earth was becoming overpopulated and without and inexpensive nutrient people would go hungry in vast numbers, so he researched about making giant animals to feed people. |
| movie: The Killer Shrews (1959) | major | Dr. Marlowe Cragis was researching about how to make future generations of people smaller in size as a means of preventing the Earth from becoming overpopulated. The giant shrews overpopulating their remote island and depleted their food supply symbolized people depleting the natural resources of the Earth.. |
| novel: The Futurological Congress (1971) | major | Tichy's future is about the end because of concealed overpopulation |
| movie: Blade Runner (1982) | minor | The Earth appeared to be one expansive urban area and off-world farming was required. |
| movie: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) | minor | The Earth appeared to be one expansive urban area and off-world farming was required. |
| movie: Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) | minor | Dr. Otto Hasslein remarked that we can't wait forever to deal with the looming overpopulation problem on Earth. |
| movie: Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962) | minor | The trio of beautiful female aliens planed to conquer Earth in order to make a new home for their people, as their home world was over populated. |
| movie: Island of the Fishmen (1979) | minor | Professor Ernest Marvin spoke about the Earth one day becoming overpopulated, and he was transforming humans into fishmen in preparation for that inevitability. |