Category: dystopia

Blade Plumber: Super Mario Bros.

A still from the Super MArio Bros moive: Dennis Hopper, as King Koopa, shoots some sort of futuristic rocket launcher. He's flanked by large guys with tiny dinosaur/lizard heads.

Two Nerds recently learned of a new cut of 1993’s super bonkers Super Mario Bros. movie, put together by the fine people at The Movie Archive. This new cut restores 20 minutes of excised footage, making the movie, if anything,…

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Cops in the Futurrrrrre

A still from the movie Demolition Man: Sandra Bullock and Sylvester Stallone, sitting side by side in a restaurant booth, sip from champagne glasses. They are both wearing formalwear.

Two Nerds watched three movies that are about the justice system (or policing more generally) in futuristic dystopias: Demolition Man, Judge Dredd, and Robocop. The first two are very similar: both mid-1990s, with Sylvester Stallone as the lead. Both were…

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Euphemizing Euthanasia: The Giver

Continuing our streak of young adult dystopias, two nerds sit on a couch and discuss the movie version of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

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Divergent: Allegiant

Two nerds sitting on a couch discuss the third and ultimately final Divergent movie, Allegiant.The Divergent series, both the books and movies, is contemporary with a whole bunch of other teen dystopias, most notably The Hunger Games. They’re set in…

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Divergent: Insurgent

Two nerds sitting on a couch discuss the second Divergent movie, Insurgent. The Divergent series, both the books and movies, is contemporary with a whole bunch of other teen dystopias, most notably The Hunger Games. They’re set in a post-apocalyptic…

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Divergent: The Myers-Briggs Dystopia

Two nerds sitting on a couch discuss the first of the Divergent movies. The Divergent series, both the books and movies, is contemporary with a whole bunch of other teen dystopias, most notably The Hunger Games. They’re set in a…

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