Category Archives: Dystopia
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5. Victorian Era: H. G. Wells and The Time Machine
Leave a commentApril 24, 2013 by nextsimulacrum
Today I watched a comedy play by Will Adamsdale called The Victorian in the Wall. It’s a nice and somehow …
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Black Mirror: 15 Million Merits
Leave a commentApril 20, 2013 by nextsimulacrum
Black Mirror is a satirical British TV series created by Charlie Brooker, currently consisting of two 3-episodes seasons, every episode …
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Cloud Atlas
Leave a commentMarch 25, 2013 by nextsimulacrum
I don’t know about you, but I tend to love films (or books) with complicated script, a few different story …
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Jean Baudrillard. What is a simulacrum?
Leave a commentMarch 17, 2013 by nextsimulacrum
I think it’s about time I wrote an entry about simulacra. Once you enter the area of philosophy, nothing is …
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Utopia (TV series)
Leave a commentMarch 13, 2013 by nextsimulacrum
My first review is going to be about Utopia, because it’s still very new. As you probably have already understood, …
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Is your glass half empty?
Leave a commentFebruary 25, 2013 by nextsimulacrum
Apart from arguing about dystopia’s political and social relevance – what’s more about it? Do all dystopias necessarily have hidden …
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Science Fiction and Dystopia
Leave a commentFebruary 22, 2013 by nextsimulacrum
“We live science fiction”, wrote Marshall McLuhan in 1964. And we still “live it” today. The world is continuously being …
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