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Of all the neon-dystopia music videos that came out after Blade Runner, my favorite is probably 1983's "Magnetic" by Earth Wind & Fire. It's the year 2051, and despite the "Plenty Through Technology" posters everywhere, people live in a neon-tinged squalor, with only giant nightclubs and dancing street vendors to keep them pacified. Raver-cops keep order by wielding glowsticks mercilessly. But the biggest instrument of social control is some kind of gladiator combat, in which the government's plexiglass shield-bearing champion always wins... until now. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5016043&view=rss&microfeed=true According to Shen xuan zhe, a new science fiction film from Taiwan, the time, place, and date of your birth in relation to the Earth's magnetic field can give you special powers. You might become an ultra-special "chosen" member of the Brotherhood of Legio, a sort of dark Taiwanese version of the Justice League. More »
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