utopia theme

Notions about how society could be made "perfect". Note that such notions are often scatterbrained and the objects of the themes turn out to be horrible dystopia. This is all captured in the word "utopia" which literally means "no place".

19 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 11 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Demolition Man (1993) choice Life in San Angeles of 2032 was peaceful and harmonious, and the people content.
novel: Herland (1915) choice A trio of male explorers discovered an isolated, female-only society that was free of war, conflict, and exploitation.
movie: A Trip to Mars (1918) major Matrians built a veritable utopia where everyone lives in peace and harmony without and apparently dystopian undercurrents
movie: Black Panther (2018) major Wakanda was a peaceful, technologically advanced, African civilization that posing as a Third World country to keep its technology secret from the world.
movie: The Humanoid (1979) major The Great Brother was the leader of the planet Metropolis (formerly known as Earth) which was is a peaceful democratic utopia.
movie: Zardoz (1974) major The Immortals lived in some sort of utopian community based on a synthesis between technology and direct democracy.
novel: A True Story (180) major After escaping from the belly of a leviathan, Lucian and his fellow adventurers soon came across the fabled Island of the Blessed: a paradise on Earth where heroes and select men of renown went after they died. It was a land where no one grew old, it was always spring, and everywhere was in constant bloom.
rbt1985e4x08 major The world Stiles had brought about by telling tales of a marvelous future featured a utopia-like society in which civilization had found a balance with nature and appeared to be entirely at peace.
movie: Appleseed Ex Machina (2007) minor Lip service was paid to the city of Olympus being a war-free utopia in the introduction.
movie: Bill and Ted Face the Music (2020) minor Bill and Ted visited a utopia 28th century city.