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I categorize "society breaking down" into other genres, not SciFi (unless fictional technology has an important place). Soylent Green - not SciFi, distopian.
by anonymouskimmer 3y ago
I categorize "society breaking down" into other genres, not SciFi (unless fictional technology has an important place).
Soylent Green - not SciFi, distopian.
Brave New World, Logan's Run - maybe SciFi, also distopian.
The Time Machine, Bladerunner - definitely SciFi.
Aeon Flux - Science Fantasy (there's no even halfway plausible scientific mechanism for the key element).
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoWhilst Soylent Green is dystopian, I'd consider it scifi as it features food recycling technology and suicide booths. (Edward G Robinson was terminally ill when he shot Soylent Green and died just a few weeks after filming - makes his death scene quite poignant although his co-stars weren't aware of his bladder cancer).
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoThe food recycling is a good point. I didn't see anything scientific or technologically special about the suicide booths.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoSuicide booths are a common theme in scifi dystopias though. If they joke about it in Futurama, then that's good enough for me.