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Elysium - Yet Another Dystopia: Elysium, the new Matt Damon / Jodie Foster movie is an Occupy Wall Street fever dream, a world 140 years in the future where the 1% has abandoned the 99% to lawless slums and brutal factories. The rich have fled to Elysium, a huge space colony orbiting Earth which is a calm, orderly world of manicured parks, well-groomed people and neo-Grecian McMansions. As science fiction it is entertaining enough, but is this really a plausible scenario for humanity? No, but that is not the point. As the great science fiction writer Ray Bradbury said, “science fiction doesn’t predict the future, it prevents it.” Ok, so Elysium is doing its job in warning us about social inequality. But what I wouldn’t give for a movie that actually attempts to show what is far more likely: a future of increased goodness, truth and beauty. Close Encounters II, anyone?
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 18:16:56 +0000

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