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Tag Archives: Science fiction
Saturday Matinee: Dark Star
“Dark Star” (1974) is a science fiction comedy directed and produced by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O’Bannon. The film originated as a USC film project from 1970 to 1972 and expanded to a feature length project in 1974. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Humor, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged comedy, Cult Film, Dan O'Bannon, Dark Star, John Carpenter, Science fiction
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Tears in Rain: ‘Blade Runner’ and Philip K. Dick’s Legacy in Film
Blade Runner, and the work of Philip K. Dick, continues to find its way into our cinemas and minds. How did the visions of a paranoid loner become the most relevant science fiction of our time? By Sean Bell Source: … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Blade Runner, culture, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, hollywood, Paranoia, Philip K. Dick, Philosophy, PKD, Pop Culture, Ridley Scott, Science fiction
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Saturday Matinee: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
“Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1978) is a science fiction horror film directed by Philip Kaufman (The Wanderers), with a screenplay by W.D. Richter (dir. Buckaroo Banzai) and starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum and Leonard Nimoy. … Continue reading
Dystopia Isn’t Sci-Fi—for Me, It’s the American Reality
By Cadwell Turnbull Source: Wired Imagine a city where a group of people have managed against all odds to carve out prosperity for themselves, at least for a little while. These people used to be owned by other people. Now, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, media, Philosophy, police state, society, Sociology
Tagged 1984, America, culture, Dystopia, George Orwell, racism, Science fiction, society, Sociology, Speculative Fiction, The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin
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Why We Need Dystopian Fiction Now More Than Ever
By August Cole and P.W. Singer Source: Slate It hits you every so often. When you when you tug on a face mask to go pick up food for your family. When you witness the powerless suffer casual violence by … Continue reading
Posted in Art, consciousness, culture, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Art, coronavirus, Covid-19, culture, Dystopia, media, Narrative, Pandemic, Science fiction, society, Speculative Fiction, surveillance state, Technocracy
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America Has Always Been a Dystopia
Too many of us just haven’t been paying attention By Bryan Merchant Source: OneZero “Trump’s American dystopia has reached a new and ominous cliff,” warns a CNN opinion headline. “The last two and a half months in America have felt like the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, police state, Racism, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged America, coronavirus, culture, Dystopia, Gil Scott-Heron, media, Pandemic, racism, Science fiction, society, SpaceX, Whitey’s On the Moon
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Minority Report (2002) Esoteric Analysis
By Jay Dyer Source: Jay’s Analysis Spielberg’s Minority Report is now an important film to revisit. Based on the short story by visionary science fiction author Phillip K. Dick, Spielberg’s film version implements an important number of predictive programming elements … Continue reading
Posted in Art, conditioning, culture, Dystopia, Film, NSA, Oligarchy, Philosophy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged 1984, A.I., Afghanistan, algorithmic tracking, Apple, DARPA, Dystopia, elites, Google, Minority Report, NSA, panopticon, Phillip K. Dick, Philosophy, police state, Precrime, Science fiction, Silicon Valley, Siri, Steven Spielberg, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology, Ubik
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