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Now that V for Vendetta and Idiocracy have essentially become documentaries, what other movies do you place in that camp? (beehaw.org)

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Buildings aren't big enough for Blade Runner yet, and there's still a veneer of government control.

(ETA: No one's said it yet, but 1984 is so obvious that it wasn't worth mentioning.)

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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Season 1 is, yes. Season 2 is very much targeting today.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I’m on,y half way through, but season 2 has Gorman people speaking with French accents and forming a resistance movement. The empire is performing audits of farming and crops. messaging is by radio signal and bugs are hidden in offices with nearby people monitoring over earpieces. It still seems to be nazism from last century, but of course there are echoes in any authoritarian situation, including today.

Furthering the discussion more generally, battlestar galactica had a great season on new caprica where the humans were terrorists undermining the cyclon rulers. This was aired during gulf 2, so was very topical.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 12 minutes ago

I wouldn't focus too much on the anachronistic technology, that's more to keep with the vibe of the original trilogy.

The farming audits, IMO, are pretty directly an analog to what ICE is doing in the US.

There's definitely some WW2 influence and stylistic choices, if anything that's to keep the execs willing to fund the thing, but later on you'll see some more blatant comparisons to our modern situation.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah the disinfo theme is quite heavy handed

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

I was thinking Mon Mothma's speech, in particular.