Tag: Dystopian future

PARADISE (STORY ANALYSIS)PARADISE (STORY ANALYSIS)

Kevin Mathews 11:02 pm

Paradise is a German dystopian science fiction movie, now streaming on Netflix. Directed by Boris Kunz, the premise of the movie revolves around the discovery that years of life can be transferred from one person to another. This process is monetised by the AEON corporation. A terrorist organisation – Adam – led by Lilith seeks to kill all who benefit from the AEON de-aging.

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SILO SEASON 1 (ANALYSIS)SILO SEASON 1 (ANALYSIS)

Kevin Mathews 10:37 am
Silo Season 1

Silo Season 1 is the first season of an American science fiction dystopian drama television series created by Graham Yost based on the Wool series of novels by author Hugh Howey. Set in a dystopian future where a community exists in a giant underground silo comprising 144 levels, it stars Rebecca Ferguson as an engineer who becomes embroiled in the mysteries of the silo. Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Common, Tim Robbins, Harriet Walter, Avi Nash, Rick Gomez, and Chinaza Uche also star. (Wikipedia)

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THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 10: BACK TO BASICSTHE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 10: BACK TO BASICS

Kevin Mathews 12:22 pm
June Osborn

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Ep 10 is the tenth and final instalment of the fifth season of a dystopian alternate reality drama TV series based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. In this alternate history, the USA has been taken over by hardcore fundamental religious fanatics and renamed as Gilead. In Gilead, women have become the property of men once more as the nation is ruled by theocratic patriarchy. 

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THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 9: NO COMPROMISESTHE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 9: NO COMPROMISES

Kevin Mathews 3:07 pm
Elizabeth Moss is June Osborne.

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Ep 9 is the ninth instalment of the fifth season of a dystopian alternate reality drama TV series based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. In this alternate history, the USA has been taken over by hardcore fundamental religious fanatics and renamed as Gilead. In Gilead, women have become the property of men once more as the nation is ruled by theocratic patriarchy. 

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THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 8: AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICETHE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 8: AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE

Kevin Mathews 5:40 pm
The Handmaid's Tale Season 5 Ep 8

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Ep 8 is the eighth instalment of the fifth season of a dystopian alternate reality drama TV series based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. In this alternate history, the USA has been taken over by hardcore fundamental religious fanatics and renamed as Gilead. In Gilead, women have become the property of men once more as the nation is ruled by theocratic patriarchy. 

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THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 7: LEARNING TO LOVE YOUR ENEMYTHE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 7: LEARNING TO LOVE YOUR ENEMY

Kevin Mathews 9:23 pm
The Handmaid's Tale Season 5 Ep 7

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Ep 7 is the seventh instalment of the fifth season of a dystopian alternate reality drama TV series based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. In this alternate history, the USA has been taken over by hardcore fundamental religious fanatics and renamed as Gilead. In Gilead, women have become the property of men once more as the nation is ruled by theocratic patriarchy. 

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THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 6THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 6

Kevin Mathews 6:30 pm
The Handmaid's Tale Season 5 Ep 6

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Ep 6 is the sixth instalment of the fifth season of a dystopian alternate reality drama TV series based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. In this alternate history, the USA has been taken over by hardcore fundamental religious fanatics and renamed as Gilead. In Gilead, women have become the property of men once more as the nation is ruled by theocratic patriarchy. 

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THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 5THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 5

Kevin Mathews 10:33 am
The Handmaid's Tale Season 5 Ep 5

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Ep 5 is the fifth instalment of the fifth season of a dystopian alternate reality drama TV series based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. In this alternate history, the USA has been taken over by hardcore fundamental religious fanatics and renamed as Gilead. In Gilead, women have become the property of men once more as the nation is ruled by theocratic patriarchy. 

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THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 4THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 4

Kevin Mathews 2:40 pm
The Handmaid's Tale Season 5 Ep 4

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Ep 4 is the fourth instalment of the fifth season of a dystopian alternate reality drama TV series based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. In this alternate history, the USA has been taken over by hardcore fundamental religious fanatics and renamed as Gilead. In Gilead, women have become the property of men once more as the nation is ruled by theocratic patriarchy. 

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THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 1 – 2THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 EP 1 – 2

Kevin Mathews 5:10 pm
The Handmaid's Tale Season 5 Ep 1 - 2

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Ep 1 – 2 are the opening instalments of the fifth season of a dystopian alternate reality drama TV series based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. In this alternate history, the USA has been taken over by hardcore fundamental religious fanatics and renamed as Gilead. In Gilead, women have become the property of men once more as the nation is ruled by theocratic patriarchy. 

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DMZ MINISERIES (STORY ANALYSIS)DMZ MINISERIES (STORY ANALYSIS)

Kevin Mathews 10:01 pm
DMZ Miniseries Story analysis

DMZ is an American dystopian streaming television miniseries created by Roberto Pantino, based on the comic book series of the same name by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli. The premise involves a second American Civil War turning Manhattan Island into a demilitarised zone (DMZ), where a NYC medic Alma Ortega (Rosario Dawson) returns to the island to find her lost son after an 8-year fruitless search in the USA and the secessionist Free States of America (FSA).

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Y THE LAST MAN S01E01 – S01E03 (REVIEW)Y THE LAST MAN S01E01 – S01E03 (REVIEW)

Kevin Mathews 3:01 pm
Y The Last Man S01E01 - S01E03

Y The Last Man S01E01 – S01E03 are the first three episodes of the first season of the dystopian post-apocalyptic FX TV drama series streaming on Hulu based on the DC Comics series created by Brian K Vaughn and Pia Guerra. The first three episodes constitute half of the entire first season and hopefully there will be a second season considering the original comic book series lasted 60 issues. 

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BLADE RUNNER (STORY ANALYSIS)BLADE RUNNER (STORY ANALYSIS)

Kevin Mathews 11:04 am
Blade Runner

Blade Runner is a 1982 dystopian scifi film drama directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford as the titular character. The film was loosely based on Philip K Dick’s novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Despite the initial commercial and critical failure of Blade Runner (when it was first released in 1982), the film has attained cult status in the years since and has been retroactively hailed as one of the best science-fiction films of all time. 

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