SAN FRANCISCO, 8:24 PM, SUN MAY 11 | 0 POSTS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS | tips@io9.com | SUBMIT A TIP | RSS
Posts Tagged “

false utopias

”
brave new world

New Ridley Scott Movie Has Better Drugs Than Blade Runner

Ridley Scott is returning to science fiction, the genre he spurned, for the first ever movie adaptation of Aldous Huxley's classic false-utopia novel Brave New World. Leonardo DiCaprio, who owns the movie rights to Brave, will probably star as John the Savage, a natural man who confronts a world of test-tube babies who are kept pacified with drugs and sex. According to Leonardo's dad, who was friends with Huxley's widow, the movie will include CGI vistas of a "vast futuristic world." [Big Picture Radio]

4:30 PM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
3,582 views, 43 comments

Latest by MarlboroTestMonkey7: If this returns Scott to the genre and then to Stars My Destination, i'll be just fine. more »

false utopias

Paradise Is A Lie: A History Of False Utopias

If you're living in a shiny happy world where everything is provided to you, and your white pajamas never ever get stained, then chances are you're in a false utopia. Someone's going to be coming and harvesting your organs, or culling you at age 30, or drugging you into obedience. The fake paradise built on a foundation of shit seems to flourish most during times when technology seems to be solving all our problems (like during the dotcom boom.) Click through for a list of false utopias. More »

10:11 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
9,149 views, 83 comments

Latest by Silver_Back: @Metropolis: Oh, I should've been clear with what I said! :x What I meant was the idea of a dedicated facility based off on clones being used as organ "donors". The movie all around was pretty blah...and yes more »