dystopian-esque entertainment

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Tron꞉ Uprising - (2012 show) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1812523/

A prequel of an alternate of Tron - Legacy - (2010 movie) of sorts, an unlikely hero rises to help his fellow being.

It's okay I guess.



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Uglies - (2024 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13186604/
https://www.netflix.com/title/81002266

A classic ruined world utopic city movie.

It's fair. It's a basic young adult movie with some woke messaging and diversity casting in the old "rebel and save the world" template.

  • Trailer
  • Straight white Christian men are only bad guys.



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Ergo Proxy - (2006 show) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791205/

Robots go mental and investigators try to figure it out.

Great world building, but everything is monotone and it goes totally crazy most of the way through. It would have been better if it stayed grounded in its initial location as the world-building was great there. Ultimately disappointing.



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Attack on Titan꞉ Counter Rockets - (2015 show) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4573582/
https://pc.video.dmkt-sp.jp/ft/s0000778

Descendants of an apocalypse by monsters remained walled in their defences.

A prequel and backstory to the movie.

  • Original title: Shingeki no kyojin Attack on Titan: Hangeki no noroshi



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Attack on Titan - (2015 movie) part 1 poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2072230/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4294052/
was attackontitanthemovie.com

Descendants of an apocalypse by monsters remained walled in their defences.

Brutal and riveting. Really great, but it's actually quite scarring so you want to be good in life before watching this.



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Code 8꞉ Part II - (2024 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14764464/
https://www.netflix.com/title/81480320

An ugly girl with a pretty power gets swept up into an underground drug/crime/police affair.

Painfully mid; not recommended.



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Code 8 - (2019 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6259380/
https://www.code8.com/

In a world where superpowered people are relegated to second class citizenry, one man struggles to make money for his dying mother.

From acting through to story, this is really good all around.



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Mr. Jones - (2019 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6828390/
https://westendfilms.com/screeners/mr_jones.html

A former foreign advisor turned citizen-journalist travels to his mother's homeland of Ukraine only to discover that communism doesn't work and the main stream media is fake news.

It's patient and moody, and, although it has its truth, it's release is American propaganda timed for the Russia-Ukraine war.



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The Man in the High Castle - (2015 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740299/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RSGIVVO/

The axis powers won World War II.

It's kind of okay, but it drags its feet then goes woke.

  • Science fiction starts far later, making this a drama.



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The Tangle - (2019 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5080046/

Humanity has been infected by nanobots controlled by an AI that ends violence, which, although about as horrifying as it sounds, many people want it and some even work for it.

Slow and halting, but with a good premise. It leans heavily into acting, which isn't at the level needed to make this shine. Still, it's not a turd.

This would have made for an excellent pilot episode.