Dystopian Future... You're predictions

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Posted by trancaholic on Jun-06-2005 14:06:

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Originally posted by St_Andrew
instead of stating islam as the problem, it would be better to say religious fundies.

Agree.

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Originally posted by St_Andrew
Cause really, i know ppl who hear this too often

Maybe in Sweden. In Denmark we have pretty much been under a left-wing political correctness dictatorship for some decades, only recently being challenged by the harsh realities of life. Hell, in the course of some 15 years, mentally retarded people had five different labels associated with them, each one taking over when its predecessor became so well known that it became political uncorrect.

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Originally posted by St_Andrew
due to this stupid statement i lost a lot of respect of the danish queen. Which is what we are argue if that was right or wrong of me?

Well, you're not stupid for having lost a lot of respect due to these quotes. You're stupid for having had a lot of respect for her in the first place.

Posted by Aiwendil on Jun-06-2005 15:48:

why not the utopian future of star trek?

because it will never happen

Picard: The economics of the future are somewhat different. You see, money doesn't exist in the 24th Century. The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.

not any time soon baldie!

Posted by St_Andrew on Jun-06-2005 20:12:

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Originally posted by trancaholic
Well, you're not stupid for having lost a lot of respect due to these quotes. You're stupid for having had a lot of respect for her in the first place.

well, didnt really have an opinion before, now its just less than the average joe that i dont have any opinion of

Posted by George Smiley on Jun-06-2005 20:17:

Actually if anyone in the UK is interested 'Brave New World' the film is on tonight on ITV at 12 midnight

Posted by kush paintings on Jun-06-2005 20:26:

Brave New World? Is it new or the old one. I want to watch it, its at Blockbuster here in the U.S., but it looks awful. I havent read the book in a couple of years, but I remember that the country of the book seemed to be fighting this was against an invincible enemy. Might be 1984, I forgot. Anyways, I always felt that was interesting, especially now as are enemies (at least in the U.S.) are growing less and less visible. I wonder 30 years from now if our government will still be pouring trillions of dollars into defense, if we will still be chasing the Taliban.

Posted by metalgearsolid on Jun-06-2005 21:43:

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Originally posted by kush paintings
Brave New World? Is it new or the old one. I want to watch it, its at Blockbuster here in the U.S., but it looks awful. I havent read the book in a couple of years, but I remember that the country of the book seemed to be fighting this was against an invincible enemy. Might be 1984, I forgot. Anyways, I always felt that was interesting, especially now as are enemies (at least in the U.S.) are growing less and less visible. I wonder 30 years from now if our government will still be pouring trillions of dollars into defense, if we will still be chasing the Taliban.

yeah it is the movie 1984 read the book it is a book is always better than a film.

Yeah we might still be chasing the taliban bacause the US gov wants the American ppl to fear the outside world

Posted by kush paintings on Jun-06-2005 22:24:

If you are mocking me, I believe you underestimate the government. The gain power through the fear of the people, take for example the Patriot Act. But are we so much safer as compared to before? The basic fact is that if a terrorist wants to do harm to our country there are so many different possibilities that they will find a way to achieve their goals. The government tries to pretend they can protect from all future harm by us granting them a little more power each time, a little more tax paying dollars.

Anyways back to Brave New World and 1984, I have read both books, but actually haven't seen either movie. The do not look good, as I have said, but the stories could make great movies. As I posted earlier, I want to write a screenplay that intertwines the worlds proposed by BNW, 1984, and Farhenhite, and wanted more thoughts on how people view this genre, or what they think would make it better.

Posted by metalgearsolid on Jun-06-2005 22:40:

quote:
Originally posted by kush paintings
If you are mocking me, I believe you underestimate the government. The gain power through the fear of the people, take for example the Patriot Act. But are we so much safer as compared to before? The basic fact is that if a terrorist wants to do harm to our country there are so many different possibilities that they will find a way to achieve their goals. The government tries to pretend they can protect from all future harm by us granting them a little more power each time, a little more tax paying dollars.

Anyways back to Brave New World and 1984, I have read both books, but actually haven't seen either movie. The do not look good, as I have said, but the stories could make great movies. As I posted earlier, I want to write a screenplay that intertwines the worlds proposed by BNW, 1984, and Farhenhite, and wanted more thoughts on how people view this genre, or what they think would make it better.

you should try to make a low budget film if you make it any good some ppl will watch it and therefore it might be successful.........................................................................now you said i was mocking you?????????????gee buddy what makees u think that? They don't pretend they know that they can't they just don't want the masses to know that they are not safe from terrorists. You see theres not only the patriot act to try and enforce ppl to believe we are safe. There are also those terror drills that cities hold to "show" they are prepared.

So i wasn't trying to mock you my bad if you got offended so sorry if i offended you.

Posted by kush paintings on Jun-06-2005 22:48:

No sorry I misinturprited the face at the end. I realize it would have to be low budget, as sci-fis usually do not fair to well at the box-office. Also, I didn't realize there were drills in cities now! Thanks for the info. I think that would be an interesting thing to put into a dystopian world. Just like the alert colors on Fox and those drills, the public must be constantly aware of possible impending doom and their lives revolve around attempting to protect themselves.

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