Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 12 days agoNow that V for Vendetta and Idiocracy have essentially become documentaries, what other movies do you place in that camp?message-squaremessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareNow that V for Vendetta and Idiocracy have essentially become documentaries, what other movies do you place in that camp?Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square7empest@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·12 days agoRobocop. Corps owning everything, with slums for the rest, and enforcement by unthinking machines. Except, there will be no Murphy
minus-squareHedgeknife@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoRobocop needs to be mentioned a lot more.
minus-squarecolournoun@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoRollerball (1975) has similar corporate city themes
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 days agoits a common trope in the cyberpunk genre
Robocop. Corps owning everything, with slums for the rest, and enforcement by unthinking machines. Except, there will be no Murphy
Robocop needs to be mentioned a lot more.
Rollerball (1975) has similar corporate city themes
its a common trope in the cyberpunk genre