Which dystopian novel, movie, or series will we be living?

[GPV]

Hubby and I discussed this recently. Amazing how many mid century authors figured out some of what is happening now.

[Wounded Bear]

1. I think it will be a hybrid between 1984 and Idiocracy...

[Hugin]

3. I second Idiocracy.

Nah, on the 1984... It's too sophisticated.

We're angling with the lowest dystopian denominator.

[Bettie]

38. Yes, but the biggest entertainment show

will be "The Running Man"....MAGAts would love to watch people being killed on the tee vee.

[Layzeebeaver]

6. This.

Definitely. With a dose of “Brain Donors” thrown in for sanity.

[Hugin]

2. Gilligan's Island.

Except that they all survived every episode.

[Buns_of_Fire]

22. Which leads to a question: In real life, who would have been the first one eaten?

Mulling that over should keep me occupied for the rest of the day. Yes, I'm bored.

[Hugin]

25. Obviously, the Professor.

Being rational, he would have suggested drawing straws as the only fair and democratic way to decide who was on the menu.

Subsequently, he would have drawn the first short straw.

It's the 'I see the problem' conundrum faced by all STEM proponents.

Now, a more interesting question is... Who would have been the last Gilliganite standing?

I say, Thurston Howell. Although, there can be arguments made for others.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

45. With the Howells never needing to work, of course!

Well, they might organize some turtle races with gambling involved.

[brooklynite]

4. None..

Personally, I find "we're doomed!" diatribes pointless...

[GPV]

8. Even the Star Trek universe had its messy history. We maybe could

come out better on the other side, but I think there will be painful periods first.

[Layzeebeaver]

9. I find this a harmless and entertaining diversion

[milestogo]

5. Blade Runner

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. The only thing wrong with Blade Runner is that they got the time line all wrong

We will not have flying cars or replicants by 2049.

[Aristus]

7. "Idiocracy".

We're living it now...

[NCDem47]

10. I'm leaning toward Hunger Games.

[colsohlibgal]

11. Lots To Choose From

Covid kind of leads me to “The Stand”......not perfect but like that we’re in kind of a good vs evil period.

[stillcool]

12. I don't know mid-century, but I'm living in

The Stepford Wives, Children of the Corn, Deep Impact, the Day After Tomorrow, and any Hitler movie ever made.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. There will be a cross section.

Hand Maid's tale for certain, because religion is going to be used to install a male-dominated autocracy.

Fahrenheit 451 because destroying books and alternative ideas is a definite step to reaching their autocratic objective.

And, elements from both 1984 and Brave New World. I see an excessive use of anti-depressants to lull the populace into accepting a dysfunctional society. I see lots of tattling on neighbors, friends and family members.

The one thing that they're going to have trouble with, at this point, is using the police and military to overrun. But that's my view today. If we keep losing to conservatives, I imagine they'll eliminate the obstacles that allow them to control them.

[rampartc]

15. soylent green

or "a boy and his dog"

or maybe "escape from new york."

[Chainfire]

16. Not a novel, forgive me

The Rise And Fall of the Third Reich.

[nuxvomica]

17. Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"

Yeah, I'm not very optimistic. I don't think it was ever stated what the global disaster actually was in that book but I'm betting on climate change. I wrote a kind-of hopeful dystopian story a while back, in which rising temperatures activated some previously dormant super-growth genes in kudzu and the vines spread like crazy, covering everything, shutting down carbon emitters, and cooling the planet. That may be the best we can hope for.

[cilla4progress]

18. I second

this.

[Hugin]

21. Your story is an interesting concept...

Were you aware of the the Younger Dryas?

"The Younger Dryas (around 12,900 to 11,700 years BP) was a return to glacial conditions after the Late Glacial Interstadial, which temporarily reversed the gradual climatic warming after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) started receding around 20,000 BP. It is named after an indicator genus, the alpine-tundra wildflower Dryas octopetala, as its leaves are occasionally abundant in late glacial, often minerogenic-rich sediments, such as the lake sediments of Scandinavia."

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas

Although controversial, it is theorized that the cooling was caused by a massive growth of the Dryas in the arctic regions. Which is thought to have absorbed large quantities of carbon.

[nuxvomica]

27. That's fascinating

In my sci-fi story, not only did the rapid growth contribute to the cooling directly, but the vines strangled combustion engines and power plants at the same time, so the reduction in atmospheric carbon was swift and dramatic.

[Hugin]

29. Isn't it though?

I happened across the theory a few years ago.

Of course, other fast growing flora and algae could have contributed to the event. Spawned by the warming conditions in the higher latitudes.

[GPV]

43. Intriguing story idea!

[FakeNoose]

19. We'll be living The Handmaid's Tale if the ultra-right get their way

I don't believe it will happen, however I can see some parallels to that story.

[Yoyoyo77]

20. I think it's a mix.

1984 + Brave New World + The Handmaids Tale with The Man In The High Castle.

[EYESORE 9001]

23. I predict a future

where boredom will drive people to criticize others incessantly, to the extent that they chastise over issues in which they have zero interest. It’s a sad, wretched existence, I tell ya.

[WA-03 Democrat]

24. Oryx and Crake

I think it’s one of Atwood’s best. It maps very closely to our current pandemic, corporate power and global warming. Highly recommend and in my opinion blows past Handmaiden Tale.

[DFW]

26. If I had to guess

I'd say the USA becomes Mad Max, and Europe becomes a Clockwork Orange.

It doesn't HAVE to happen, of course.

[pecosbob]

28. Elysium

[Initech]

30. I'd say a cross between Elysium and Idiocracy.

Elysium - the rich get to live in a beautifully designed space utopia, while the rest of us poor undesirables are left to our own devices on what's left of Earth.

Idiocracy - The stupid and Fox News rule the realm.

[PlanetBev]

31. V is for Vengeance

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“There is something terribly wrong with this country, don’t you think?”

[TDale313]

32. Handmaid's Tale. n/t

[VGNonly]

33. Idiocracy

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[leftyladyfrommo]

34. A Clockwork Orange. nt

[sarisataka]

35. Rollerball

It has many elements of 1984, with corporations instead of Big Brother, and adds gladiatorial sport to placate the masses.

[hunter]

36. That's easy. Brazil.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/

We're inching closer every day...

[Hugin]

40. Now that you mention it.

Yeah.

[Calculating]

37. Elysium or judge dredd

Imo

[Spider Jerusalem]

39. This one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Water_Knife

[joshcryer]

41. Minority Report

Only instead of psychics it'll be "Truth AI's" that determine outcomes.

[meadowlander]

42. The Walking Dead except with idiots instead of zombies.

[LanternWaste]

44. The Trial by Kafka