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Cops in the Futurrrrrre

Posted by Ceridwen Posted on May 26, 2021 0 Comments

Posted in dystopia, futures, movies, podcasts, post-apocalyptic Tagged acab, Demolition Man, Judge Dredd, policing, Robocop

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…