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    If you thought A Scanner Darkly's surreal mix of live-action and animation could work really well in adapting satirist Stanislaw Lem, you're about to get your wish, courtesy of Waltz WIth Bashir director Ari Folman.
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    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 »