Your favorite dystopian legend? 1984? Brave New World? Mad Max?

[glenn1]

Dystopia is the opposite of Utopia, an imaginary hell on earth place. Which do you think is the best example of the genre?

 

[Heisenberg]

"Soylent green is made out of people! PEOPLE!!"

 

[Goosemaster]

1984. - Fantastic Piece of literature.


Brazil. F'd up movie, but the most realistic portrayl of stream-of-conscience and mental cretivity with all its ssumptions.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
"Soylent green is made out of people! PEOPLE!!"

How do you know the computer got it right? Maybe HOBO actually tastes like MOGUL.

 

[atom]

Tie between 1984 and Brazil, so I voted 1984.

 

[Zenmervolt]

"We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Published before "1984", before "Brave New World" and before "Anthem". Both Orwell and Rand have acknowledged "We" as having been influential to their work, Huxley denied having ever heard of "We", but it seems to me rather hard for Huxley not to have at least heard of the book even if he hadn't read it.

ZV

 

[Danman]

1984. Words cannot express on how that can parallel current government ways and other historical ways.

 

[eigen]

Tron ,Gattaca

 

[Zebo]

Running Man too.

 

[Jzero]

Picking Brazil and giving props for it showing up on the list!
I also nominate Cube.

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: glenn1
Dystopia is the opposite of Utopia, an imaginary hell on earth place. Which do you think is the best example of the genre?

Time Machine

 

[Martin]

I picked 1984, but I think you should add Clockwork Orange.

 

[atom]

Damn, I forgot about "This perfect day." I would definitely put that as top 2 with 1984, with Brazil as 3rd.

 

[BooGiMaN]

what about 12 monkeys, or even the Stand by king

 

[TommyVercetti]

I have never seen Brazil, but have heard that it is very gruesome. What makes it so gruesome?

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak
I picked 1984, but I think you should add Clockwork Orange.

The book as the author intended it or the butchered version that has a completely different spin on which Kubric based his movie?

In the book the character cures himself in the final chapter simply through getting older and naturally discarding the violence of youth. Anyone who has not read the book in its proper form really should do so, along with reading Burgess' new introduction to the book which explains his distaste for the initial American release and Kubric's movie.

ZV

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
I have never seen Brazil, but have heard that it is very gruesome. What makes it so gruesome?

You must be thinking of something else. Nothing gruesome about Brazil (other than the bleak portrayal of the future of beauracracy). It is, however, hilarious.

 

[no0b]

I vote gattaca, cause its going to happen.

 

[clamum]

Another vote for 1984... great book. I want to see the film (the one released in 1984).

 

[StageLeft]

I saw Road Warrior once because i was bored and it's now one of my favorite movies. I love post-apocolyptic or alternate reality movies. I then watched Mad Max (also good), and mad max beyond thunderdome (horse sh*t). I hope that Mad Max IV next year is sweet. Er, this year!!!

 

[n0cmonkey]

Knox.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
I have never seen Brazil, but have heard that it is very gruesome. What makes it so gruesome?

You must be thinking of something else. Nothing gruesome about Brazil (other than the bleak portrayal of the future of beauracracy). It is, however, hilarious.

It is definitely HILARIOUS, but definitely gruesome at times.

 

[glen]

I am amazed BladeRunner is not doing better. That is one hell of a movie.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
I have never seen Brazil, but have heard that it is very gruesome. What makes it so gruesome?

You must be thinking of something else. Nothing gruesome about Brazil (other than the bleak portrayal of the future of beauracracy). It is, however, hilarious.

It is definitely HILARIOUS, but definitely gruesome at times.

Either I fell asleep, or I've been desensitized......what was gruesome? I guess the whole thing about the mother and the plastic surgery is kind of grotesque in the frightening clownish way they looked, but when I think of gruesome, I think "makes me want to throw up."

Personally I love the scene with the desk that goes through the wall! That was too funny.

 

[ClueLis]

You should add Kafka's The Trial.

Edit: Though 1984 is still my favorite.