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A popular theme to explore in science fiction media is the apocalypse, or surviving in a world that has been ravaged or otherwise destroyed. While the appeal of this scenario is to imagine one’s own self surviving in such a desolate world or watching someone else do it for them, not many films delve deepContinue reading “#8 – The End”

The movie Videodrome is about a man who becomes entangled in something far larger than himself and begins to see and experience hallucinations — as the film progresses, he becomes unable to discern what’s fake and what’s real, and the viewer is unable to tell as well. The reasoning behind “Videodrome” in the narrative isContinue reading “#7 – Reality Inc.”

The Stanford Prison Experiment was a psychology study into societal roles and how they affect people. More specifically, it involved a group of volunteers being placed in a fictional prison where they would act as prisoners, while another group acted as the guards tasked with keeping said prisoners in line. There were no rules orContinue reading “#6 – You Are Not Yourself”

A major theme in Cyberpunk is artificial intelligence, or the sentience of a human-created machine. It’s not enough to create a robot and have it move due to code and lines of command, but instead to act on its own free will to solve problems or create its own decisions: that is artificial intelligence. WeContinue reading “#5 – We Bring Good Things to Life”

For a long time, humans have toyed with the idea of eugenics, or genetically modifying humans to enhance physical or mental traits. The idea of modifying genetics to create a “better” human being has been a trope of sci-fi media for a long time as well, with parents being able to pick and choose whatContinue reading “#4 – The Flesh Machine”

Social media is an interesting concept that has only existed in its current form for a relatively short time. It allows people to write about or take snapshots of moments from their lives and broadcast it online for the entire world to see, and anyone, whether they are friends, family, or complete strangers, is ableContinue reading “#3 – (anti)Social Media”

Robocop and Minority Report are two films with similar premises when stripped to their barest forms – a police officer working for a privately owned corporation for the greater good eventually is turned on by the company they work for and must prove himself by taking down the owner or president of said privately ownedContinue reading “#2 – Law & Order Ltd.”

Something that Metropolis, Sleep Dealer, and the second episode of Black Mirror‘s first season (Fifteen Million Merits) all have something in common: the rise of machinery that end up working against the common person, and how they all live in a society that doesn’t value them individually. This is referenced in Causes of Alienation inContinue reading “#1 – Welcome to the Machine”