In order to understand the human race, one must know what they hope for and what they fear. What they hope for says many things about their collective state of mind, and what they fear is a concoction of past and future occurrences. Science fiction film is a way to visualize how society is feeling at any point in time, and architecture is a way that requires no words. Simply glancing at the set of any science fiction film can reveal the state in which the movie takes place. A lot can also be retrieved by the films that are being released at the time. When an abundance of dystopian films, or films that display an imaginary world often in ruins and rampant with war, famine, and poverty, are released around a similar period of time, it is
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They may be obsessing over the possibility that the food supply could be diminished and them and their families would not be able to sustain themselves. Or they may be plagued by the probability of a worldwide economic depression, plunging the whole world into a state of poverty. Gathering these thought spirals and turning them into a creative media outlet such as science fiction, and also dystopian, cinema is society’s way of releasing their worries into the universe. These films also are catalysts for political and ethical discussions because humans are visual creatures, and when they are able to envision such a bleak future, they will do anything in their power to prevent these dystopian films from becoming a reality. In contrast, utopian films, or films set in perfect worlds where war, poverty, and disease do not exist, are a glimpse into what humanity is enthusiastic about for the future. With technology having progressed so far in just recent years, society is able to let their mind run free with all the various technological possibilities. Humans are dreaming of space travel and total equality and the absence of disease. When a rare utopian film is released into the media universe, it shines like a ray of hope among the bleak abundance of
They may be obsessing over the possibility that the food supply could be diminished and them and their families would not be able to sustain themselves. Or they may be plagued by the probability of a worldwide economic depression, plunging the whole world into a state of poverty. Gathering these thought spirals and turning them into a creative media outlet such as science fiction, and also dystopian, cinema is society’s way of releasing their worries into the universe. These films also are catalysts for political and ethical discussions because humans are visual creatures, and when they are able to envision such a bleak future, they will do anything in their power to prevent these dystopian films from becoming a reality. In contrast, utopian films, or films set in perfect worlds where war, poverty, and disease do not exist, are a glimpse into what humanity is enthusiastic about for the future. With technology having progressed so far in just recent years, society is able to let their mind run free with all the various technological possibilities. Humans are dreaming of space travel and total equality and the absence of disease. When a rare utopian film is released into the media universe, it shines like a ray of hope among the bleak abundance of