Comments on: Alternate Film Canon: Dystopian Futures http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/14/alternate-film-canon-dystopian-futures/ I will not explain what this weblog is all about in a few words. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:58:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: cp http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/14/alternate-film-canon-dystopian-futures/#comment-101 cp Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:56:49 +0000 #comment-101 <p>Wow. I do believe that my Yahoo-issued Barnes & Nobel gift card and I will be parting ways in the near future. Thanks for the tip!</p> Wow. I do believe that my Yahoo-issued Barnes & Nobel gift card and I will be parting ways in the near future. Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: SLS http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/14/alternate-film-canon-dystopian-futures/#comment-100 SLS Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:53:19 +0000 #comment-100 <p>"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut-- one of the short stories in his compilation "Welcome to the Monkey House"-- should interest you. I'm not sure if anyone has made a film out of it (they should).</p> <p>Here's the first paragraph to whet your whistle:</p> <p>THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General...</p> “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut– one of the short stories in his compilation “Welcome to the Monkey House”– should interest you. I’m not sure if anyone has made a film out of it (they should).

Here’s the first paragraph to whet your whistle:

THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General…

]]> By: SLS http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/14/alternate-film-canon-dystopian-futures/#comment-99 SLS Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:48:49 +0000 #comment-99 <p>Blade Runner The Handmaid's Tale Fahrenheit 451 The Clonus Horror The Island Gattaca West World The City of Lost Children A Clockwork Orange Logan's Run</p> <p>I can't say I've seen 'em all, but the subject should be spot on.</p> Blade Runner The Handmaid’s Tale Fahrenheit 451 The Clonus Horror The Island Gattaca West World The City of Lost Children A Clockwork Orange Logan’s Run

I can’t say I’ve seen ‘em all, but the subject should be spot on.

]]> By: Robert http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/14/alternate-film-canon-dystopian-futures/#comment-98 Robert Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:47:57 +0000 #comment-98 <p>Omega Man is an offbeat one. The world gets taken over by a bunch of sunglass-wearing zombies. Only Charleton Heston can stop them. What is it with sunglasses and dystopian futures anyways?</p> Omega Man is an offbeat one. The world gets taken over by a bunch of sunglass-wearing zombies. Only Charleton Heston can stop them. What is it with sunglasses and dystopian futures anyways?

]]> By: Robert http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/14/alternate-film-canon-dystopian-futures/#comment-97 Robert Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:46:24 +0000 #comment-97 <p>"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum."</p> “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I’m all out of bubblegum.”

]]> By: Robert http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/14/alternate-film-canon-dystopian-futures/#comment-96 Robert Tue, 15 Nov 2005 07:40:35 +0000 #comment-96 <p>Soylent Green! Terminator</p> Soylent Green! Terminator

]]> By: darin worthington http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/14/alternate-film-canon-dystopian-futures/#comment-95 darin worthington Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:25:11 +0000 #comment-95 <p>Escape from New York Dark City Mad Max</p> <p>And for the shear joy of watching two men fight for 20 minutes over putting on a pair of sunglasses....</p> <p>They Live</p> Escape from New York Dark City Mad Max

And for the shear joy of watching two men fight for 20 minutes over putting on a pair of sunglasses….

They Live

]]> By: Jill http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/14/alternate-film-canon-dystopian-futures/#comment-94 Jill Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:48:27 +0000 #comment-94 <p>In a sense, Fight Club could be part of the dystopian group. Also, you can include Metropolis too.</p> In a sense, Fight Club could be part of the dystopian group. Also, you can include Metropolis too.

]]> By: nlo http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/14/alternate-film-canon-dystopian-futures/#comment-93 nlo Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:24:57 +0000 #comment-93 <p>Planet of the Apes.</p> Planet of the Apes.

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