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kimbutgar

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25. If you saw the movie Metropolis 1922 there are some things that are eerily familiar today

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 07:55 PM

Dec 2014

And scarily there was a TV show from Name of the Game 1968 - 71 There is an episode LA 2017. The character Glenn Howard gets in a car crash after attending a meeting of key scientists and industrialistswhere it is disclosed that the earth's atmosphere is poisoned and billions are going to die. The industrialists overthrow the government, kill the scientists and go underground creating a strange underground world, ruled by a cold blooded dictatorship with a bizarre social and sexual code. You can watch part of it on You tube and Steven Spielberg directed the episode. The parallels to today are chilling. It's like a Koch Bros story written in 1971.

LA 2017 is season 3 episode 16 in the Name of the game series.

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I grew up watching a lot of dystopia in sci-fi movies and reading about it in books [View all] MrScorpio Dec 2014 OP

K&R.... daleanime Dec 2014 #1

The perfect example of that "before and after" effect are the two versions of "Rollerball" villager Dec 2014 #2

Very astute Fairgo Dec 2014 #7

Good one! Also Planet of the Apes (those damn dirty apes) and Solent Green! Dustlawyer Dec 2014 #20

One the other hand, I will give some credit to the two most recent "Ape" reboots/installments... villager Dec 2014 #22

Maybe if I spelled it correctly they would, lol! Dustlawyer Dec 2014 #26

Remember the episode of STNG where they thaw out people and one is a corporate money bag? Rex Dec 2014 #3

I live in some sort of hope that Roddenberry's general theory of the future is correct. hifiguy Dec 2014 #12

True, also an episode where they bring aboard the legendary Samuel Clemens Rex Dec 2014 #18

The Federation is fairly benevolent hifiguy Dec 2014 #30

I think he was talking about Star Fleet. Rex Dec 2014 #31

That's one of my very favorite episodes. silverweb Dec 2014 #27

Well sure, but our military industrial complex is the bomb! procon Dec 2014 #4

Wonderful mini-rant. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #5

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Dec 2014 #6

The Future Is Bleak Indeed cantbeserious Dec 2014 #8

Greatest Threads, Here Comes MrScorpio! Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 #9

Hear, hear! First Speaker Dec 2014 #10

We all live in The Village now. hifiguy Dec 2014 #11

Agree. (And it's where my user name comes from!) villager Dec 2014 #15

IIRC Dystopian fiction peaks when the economy is bad LittleBlue Dec 2014 #13

Releasing the dystopian death metal tension seveneyes Dec 2014 #14

Now THAT, kats and kittens, is a hifiguy Dec 2014 #17

Fantastic! cyberswede Dec 2014 #21

Wow! Unknown Beatle Dec 2014 #28

Have you ever considered that maybe certain books are published at certain times and certain films NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #16

TVEE calls it 'programs'. Paid programming. Rex Dec 2014 #19

I see...so "Big Bang Theory" is intended to make scientists look silly? brooklynite Dec 2014 #32

sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't. same with movies and other media. NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #33

"Then Star Wars and the Star Trek revival came along" BumRushDaShow Dec 2014 #23

I think it can be summed up in two movies. zeemike Dec 2014 #24

If you saw the movie Metropolis 1922 there are some things that are eerily familiar today kimbutgar Dec 2014 #25

Kick! Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 #29