The Maze Runner: A Dystopian Movie

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Some movies now are more dystopian in theme. That is complete in the details. Some plots include horrible games to be played for Government amusement, or the complete control over the people by the government. The First example is the movie THE ISLAND. This is sort of like Anthem in a way. They don’t have real names. Their names are like Echo 112 and Lincoln 223, and so on. The one way that THE ISLAND is different is that they are clones , used for ‘Parts” for their real counterparts. So therefore they are treated like more like something disposable and not worth much in value. If they were to escape and find their original. Then their original could somehow make sense of how they got to be there. That would put the whole truth of the program in danger. Then the government would shut down the program.Okay now let’s give you a picture of why the clones would be necessary. Let’s say the female original can’t have children, then the clone could possibly be a surrogate mother. …show more content…
Here are a few: The Maze Runner series, The hunger games series, The divergent series, Blade runner, The Matrix,and there are many others. Now, movies with a dystopian theme in them are now becoming more and more popular with today’s young adults. There are so many now, that we don't even realize that it’s a dystopian style society. We crave that exciting and entertaining pull of that type of world. The way those movies are set up is so intriguing to us that we cannot help but make some small connection to each character and their story. That is what the filmmakers and the writers of the script want to have happen. In conclusion, the dystopian theme will become increasingly popular as the society grows. So movies like The Hunger Games and The Divergent Series will be more of what people want to see, especially among young adults. The dystopian style is very good at making people think of what you don’t want your society to

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