According to Isaac Asimov, writing about the future always involves the risk of getting it right. The writer uttered a mysterious phrase in an interview, in which he also delved into one of the most revolutionary concepts of his novels. Psychohistory, a form of algorithmic forecasting capable of exploring future scenarios with a high probability of occurrence, is the center of his Foundation saga. But at the same time, it is a well-structured excursion into a recurring theme of science fiction in cinema. The worst thing that can happen is that it could be a prophecy that is starting to come true. through every human error.
It is also one of the ideas that supports dystopia, or in other words, the worst future the genre can imagine. A recurring premise that feeds on fears, paranoia and collective apprehensions. Moreover, the journey through the great tragedies that the culture presents as the hopelessness of the future becomes increasingly confusing. After all, the dystopian vision of tomorrow is not just a threat. This is also an announcement about the worst situations, connected and built through all the social and even moral suffering of civilization.
To ponder such a controversial topic, we leave you with five films about a cataclysmic future that explore what could happen due to disturbing premises. From the battle against artificial intelligence to the possibility of a battle where the evolution of the human race will come into play. The choice even extends to ominous terrain as he analyzes its feasibility in the coming years. The most alarming moment in their reasoning.
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Endurance
Gareth Edwards feared that artificial intelligence could be considered a living being to delve into the disturbing premise. This, suggesting a world in which robots are themselves a species fighting for their survival. Resistance involves more than just our greatest hopes and fears about creating autonomous life through technology. At the same time, he embarks on a journey through a world scarred by prejudice, fear and violence.
It is in the midst of this painful scenario that Joshua (John David Washington) must ask himself questions about what life is all about. At the same time, decide where your loyalties lie amidst an increasingly complex map of situations. While half of the future world is trying to eradicate androids, the other is fighting to protect it. What will push to total war, it even threatens the existence of humanity.
Full of references to philosophy and pure science fiction, this humanistic epic will delight fans of the genre. But at the same time, a possible future that is scary today. Is this what a person of the future will have to face? The film does not offer an answer to such a question, although it tries.
Tomorrow’s price
In this 2011 film, director Andrew Niccol explores the grim possibility that life—or the time left before death—is a consumer commodity. Which would turn every day of existence into a currency of exchange between rich and poor. Therefore those who are in a better position are eventually freed from the bonds of physical death, while those who cannot afford to live fight for a few more minutes of life.
In a similar reality, Will (Justin Timberlake) struggles to avoid death or murder. However, he will eventually be accused of both as he fights with the few weapons at his disposal to overthrow a system of extraordinary cruelty. But not only will he not be able to do this. In addition, he will have to accept that his minutes are numbered.
Exploring the dream of immortality, this dystopia is bleak in its unapologetic clarity. Gradually, what begins as a hope to overcome the shackles of biology turns into a crime of ambition. A look into the future, not far from the current reality.
End of centuries
Director M. Night Shyamalan seems obsessed with apocalyptic disasters. Something he uniquely captured in his most misunderstood and extravagant work. What begins as some kind of strange psychiatric effect leading to suicide turns into a violent attack. Much worse, from an enemy that humanity has never truly feared. The world’s vegetation has turned into a destructive and poisonous wave.
Without a doubt, the concept seems crazy, and in some ways the director fails to overcome the idea of meaninglessness surrounding it. But in its best moments the film becomes thriller worrying about evil and good, connected in the instinct of survival. And while the film fails to deliver on its ambitious premise, it leaves a question in its wake. Can nature ever become an enemy who takes revenge?
Prometheus
In 2012, Ridley Scott returned to the Alien universe with a radical idea that changed the entire meaning of the franchise. The question of where life comes from and who created it finds a mysterious answer in this film. But it also makes many others think about the possibility that what we believe It is the source of all existence, it is the death trap that can also end it.
Despite its shortcomings (the film inherits many of the problems of the franchise it came from), the story is fascinating in its implications. Beyond the battle with the xenoforms, the big question remains whether there was an origin humanity is not a mystical, but a frightening experiment.
Moreover, the plot adds the possibility that this is true. With artificial intelligence capable of killing and plotting human ambition turned into a door of horror, the film is a very dark story. However, what he hints at is so complex that it is itself a new way to look at dystopian scenarios. It’s not easy to do anything.
War for the Planet of the Apes
Matt Reeves changed the essence of the classic saga Planet of the Apes, into something much more complex. And especially in this film, where the struggle between the apes and the surviving representatives of the human race becomes fierce. However, the most interesting thing is how the plot reveals the nuances of what is happening. two species are fighting for dominance on the planet.
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What began as an experiment has turned into a battle for survival. The director explores even further: the fact that the human race may meet its end due to its mistakes. A harrowing prospect that is depicted in detail in the film.
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