HammerjackM to [email protected]English • 11 days agoI wouldn't say "hoping for" but which cyberpunk dystopia do you think is most likely to happen (of any franchise)?lemmy.zipimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1298
arrow-up1298imageI wouldn't say "hoping for" but which cyberpunk dystopia do you think is most likely to happen (of any franchise)?lemmy.zipHammerjackM to [email protected]English • 11 days agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•10 days agoThat movie was contemporary geopolitical commentary using a sci-fi metaphor. Same as District 9 (a refugee crisis). So you could argue that future is now, depending on your views.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 days agoScience fiction is usually about present issues. It puts them in a different context to offer a different perspective and enable consideration.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 days agoThat’s true. It’s also a way of taking contemporary trends and extending them in a slippery-slope type analysis.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 days agoThe Twilight Zone and Black Mirror have entered the chat.
That movie was contemporary geopolitical commentary using a sci-fi metaphor. Same as District 9 (a refugee crisis). So you could argue that future is now, depending on your views.
Science fiction is usually about present issues. It puts them in a different context to offer a different perspective and enable consideration.
That’s true. It’s also a way of taking contemporary trends and extending them in a slippery-slope type analysis.
The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror have entered the chat.