Dystopian shows feel WAY to close to real life now 😭😭 it’s scary

dystopian literature has become a present mirror of our society nowadays. curremt fashion trends are giving capitol fashion

I agree, dystopian movies are just too close to home now. We as humans don’t want to all think about the doom that our world is continuing to go into so we’d rather escape that reality with a false reality that is enjoying, nostalgic and comforting. For example, with the blow up of the movie ‘Leave the World Behind’ it has really brought scary conversations to the surface that we all wonder if will one day become our realities (most likely lol)

I think another point is that watching these movies as children is VERY different than watching them as adults. Seeing people older than you fight in revolutions against tyrannical governments is a very different perspective than seeing children younger than you do the same thing. As adolescents we didn’t have the full knowledge of what was happening around us like we do now. So I think our age and growing up during this time has a lot to do with it

This is why I could never get into The Handmaid's Tale, people were always trying to convince me to watch it but I couldn’t because it’s way too close to real life.

A theory I have is that Lucy Gray faked her death, changed her identity, and then grew up as the woman known as Kris Jenner.

They were ALWAYS a reflection of society irl, but you really don't notice until you're old enough to know what that means 😭

This made me realize how much Dystopian shows and movies I watched as a kid without realizing. I definitely agree with your take, they are a lil harder to watch given the current political & social environment, but I still enjoy them (not as much as I once used to)

I’m a therapist and since the pandemic, I’ve just listened to too many horrible things that have happened to people I’ve worked with (racism, DV, SA, grief from COVID, political differences with family, impacted by war, poverty) to continue watching dystopian media. I’d rather continue watching my escapism that does NOT talk about anything related to real life hardships. It’s the way I take care of myself.

We are living in a dystopian era so it’s kinda like… where’s the escapism ? lol

I think TBOSBAS might give a resurge to the Dystopian era like Hunger games started it. I think Dystopia died when no one was choosing a unique part of social problems to base a story on, they all tried to ride a way and it fizzled out.

I was between ages 13 & 16 when we had that surge of Dystopia YA and I read as many as I could. Most ended with the evil gov being overthrown. As an adult, 1984 or Animal Farm is more realistic. You don't defeat the system, it defeats you 😢

As an Iranian, when I watch hunger games it hits a bit too hard😅. It's very realistic for me

i think this is SOOO true! & on top of that i believe that cinematic stylings have a HUGE part to do with it! how can we release ourselves into a world & suspend our disbelief if everything looks too polished? for me, the original hunger games felt much more gritty, natural & filled with stakes due to the cinematography & intentionality placed into it--it's also a certain type of acting--but the new one lacks that gritty-ness & that danger that i felt watching the original.

I distinctly remember my first day of in person school after lockdown and thinking “oh this is like a YA dystopian novel”

Yeah when I was growing up I loved dark TV and horror movies and media like that, I also loved the dystopian novels of the early 2010’s, but nowadays I just can’t handle that kind of stuff. It’s all I see when I look around in real life so when I want to relax and watch something I need it to be fictional, fantastical, bright and bubbly and happy and silly and something that won’t remind me of the horrors happening outside

Kinda freaked out watching a documentary about the situation in Ukraine ’cause it looked so similar to the hunger games mockingjay movies.

love this and love your videos, the hunger games has always been my favourite franchise and it’s been so fascinating growing up and recognising things in modern pop culture that would have been considered almost ‘dystopian’ back in 2010

As a dystopia fan, I'm going to be quite excited over this. I know you're not bashing the trope, so that's good.

Yeah it's kinda crazy uncanny atm. Thai ppl have been experiencing this and have been using movie theme protests to get international news coverage/recognition, and also pick something other ppl already kinda understand: Katniss' three-finger salute as a protest gesture against the military coup/ totalitarian gov, and Harry Potter theme to protest against "lese majeste" law. Ppl can be sent to prison up to 15 years if they say bad things about the Royal fam. So in this case, "you-know-who" is the Royal fam.

In the mid 2010's, YA dystopian fiction was definitely a trend, though it was predated by Z for Zacariah, Children of Men, and How I Live Now, all of which follow a similar formula.

I really like how uncomfortable it makes us though. I feel like we're reaching a threshhold as a society where we'll have to make the choice to let the dystopia happen and become what we once feared or to do something about it.

We live in a time when multiple president Snows were elected. Looks like we needed/still need movies to help us see the patterns of how these systems start/gained momentum than a "mostly lone hero takes down the tyrant" kind of media.

I used to love dystopian literature growing up. I read The Handmaid's Tale when it first came out (yes, I'm old). My favorite authors are Margaret Atwood and Kurt Vonnegut. These studies of human behavior were so interesting to me. The last few years changed my view of dystopian themes. Between the previous president and the pandemic, things were so dark that I had to stop watching The Handmaid's Tale series. I think I got through two seasons. I've thought about going back to finish it, but I'm not sure if I'm ready. Years & Years (British mini-series on HBO?) hit hard too. So many things seemed way too close to reality.

Its still out there, its just changed. The naive and far-off view of dystopia that the stuff from the 2010 had is definitely not connecting now, but there is still dystopian content that works, it just brings the hell of the times closer to the current era. The Last of Us took the perspective less of a cautionary tale but more a tone of how to find purpose and light when things are bad -- with the underlying premise that things are already bad. Barbie painted this era as a dystopia, but did it through a glossy, ostensibly fun and frivolous lens.

Dystopian media is close to home with everything happening in the world. I have been consuming more historical and period-piece movies and shows. I recommend The Artful Dodger. That show gives me comfort because it is set in the past.

This kinda blew my mind. Dystopian storylines being replaced with comedy, reality, reboots and more funky and pop songs like back in the days because our world currently is way too depressing, so we need something that reminds us of those happy days....

The world has always been terrible, the only difference is now we’re able to see it up close.

R.I.P dystopian era (I was probably like 6). You will just live through books bow

Dystopian movies arent even "Dystopian" anymore because were quite literally living in these worlds nowadays

FunFact: our current real day to day life can never be considered as dystopian

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I was 9 when the movie 2012 came out. As a kid, I was terrified of the world ending, and the dystopian boom of the 2010s didn't hit me like it did for others. I never got into Hunger Games; I read the first two books of Divergent; the only thing was zombie movies because it seemed so far-fetched it was, to me, something I could just simply think, "What if?" Since the pandemic, I've had continuous apocalyptic dreams, and I feel so little hope for the world that watching dystopian films feels way too close to home. I'm thinking maybe if I indulge in other apocalyptic media, I can get over this looming fear, but it's a hard pill to swallow.

My appreciation for the dystopian genre has only grown over time bc during its peak i was in middle school n early high school so i didnt have the knowledge to fully understand n appreciate what it was trying to say but now that im an adult i can have that understanding n appreciation for dystopian media. Personally im hoping if any other dystopian ya novels get adapted that proxy by alex london is one of them. I read it once a few years ago n for some reason its never left my brain n hey its about time us queers were allowed to lead major studio dystopian movies.

I def agree with you on our perspective being changed and how that changes how we react to certain genres of media, but also i think that the ballad of song birds and snakes just wasnt as good at the original hunger games trilogy lol. It was a little too corny, silly goofy instead of serious, I think it didnt have as strong or as powerful of a message that it was trying to get across, it seemed to be more just for entertainment which is wild to me. (I have read the book and its a whole other level of insane 😭)

This video was awesome! I found your observations spot on 😊 Especially when you discussed the decline in shock factor with each new season of Black mirror; and how it resembles what is becoming more and more real as Ai advances. This video topic was so entertaining!

Please do a video on Enemies to Lovers trope

I recommend Silo and For All Mankind both really cool dystopian/ futuristic/sci-fi shows

It seems that dystopian media has undergone a metamorphosis of sorts. As per what majority of the comments have mentioned, is that dystopian is now too close to our current finite understanding of the future that it now mimics the present. Someone said that it is *scary*. Perhaps now, instead of it being a precautionary tale, it has become a tale of unsettling facts. With that being said, I think dystopian could find new meaning if told through horror stories instead.

i think this may be a reach. society today is more like idiocracy than something as fantastical/ sophisticated than a dystopia. i feel like we are gonna self implode before it gets to that point OR we are still very far from the dystopian future for it to be an exact mirror. I think films of the Sam Esmail ilk feel even more grim (Mr Robot, Leave the world behind). I think there was more of a fantasy / romance vein that specifically captured the YA and teen audience. Similar to the Twilight craze before it. I just think YA adapted books > films just dont hit. I think the next trend coming is actually Book-tok related content being adapted to film

rumi i will hear you out bc i was ready to tussle when i saw that thumbnail !

The parallels from Dystopian movies / books to reality is scary

Your laugh is so contagious!🤣 Wishing you and your family happiness, health, and safety, this holiday season! ❤

Great analysis!!

My hunch is that media will be going towards financial injustice related stuff specifically and the economy instead of the more big brother dystopian stuff.

The first piecd of dystopian literature that disturbed me was the 3rd season of "the 100" and the second being maze runner. The chills i got still haunt me😭

The Maze Runners movies are in the same realm as Hunger Games and Divergent. I really enjoyed those, I agree that it’s hitting close to home currently. The zombies, plus more apocalyptic is too much for me personally.

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Things that happen in dystopian movies happens in real life and that’s the scary part!

All the dystopian stuff is not far fetched enough to be an entertainment experience.

Hey where did you get that sweater from?

We've seen dystopia after COVID we wants no parts

Back in the innocent age when we thought Black Mirror predicting the David Cameron pig story was wild and now most early Black Mirror doesn't feel that far fetched or unlikely at all...

I think it all just personally comes down to the plain abs Simple answer saturation. What made tropes like dystopia media good or so appealing is because it was sort of niche and unique now everywhere you look it’s end of the world this, or post apocalyptic that. I think once media has a cleanse after a few years if the media of today does continue to over kill the trope then maybe just maybe a resurgence can happen. When it feels more organic rather then forced, i honestly think that was one of the appeals of twilight being such a big hit there wasn’t an interesting take on young love at that time and so ppl caught wind and it just took off to be a hit.

Yes, well said! Looking for happy stories now, please. 😊

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Someone on book tok said ppl are giving capitol citizen behavior and that is now my go to saying

The society & the 100 are some of my favorite shows in a whileeee but i think the science fiction part of those helped a lot

the visuals of the renaissance tour is so intentionally utopian it’s so interesting

We're already in a cyberpunk dystopia

I don’t know if it is because I don’t use social media much but I felt 13 years old again watching the new Hunger Games. Absolutely loved the movie and is probably the favorite of all the movies. I can’t wait to read the book when I have time in my day to day life

Literally felt the same way watching the new hunger games movie

when i saw the prequel i remeber thinking it was harder to watch because it was so bleak, like more so then the og trilogy not to mention the focus it had on the the predtor/prey, animlistic nature of humans it all just felt too real, like a horror movie more than a fansty. the escapist elemnent of a big commercial film like that wasnt really there as much cus it felt like watching a huge mirror of our world. trade rainbow snakes for guns and the fiction starts to fade. big big contrast to the wonka movie which id actually agure could have used a little more darkness or bleakness, it was a bit too escapist and unrealistc, took me out of it at moments. (but overall fantasic movie)

Oh baby. They still hit if your brain never left that era

They just make me feel uncomfortable when i watch them now. Feels a little closer to reality

Yep the UKs recent law that targets protests and has seen the arrests, charges, and even imprisonment of even peaceful protestors.

Also they keep producing depressing series, murders everywhere. At some point, we no longer wanna watch stuff to get even more depressed than we already are

Also curious, how many people would love to see how many want to see a show of red rising

Well said

The new Hunger Games prequel was definitely made more for the people who enjoyed the book series rather than casual movie goers who just watch the movies. In times of peace we seek content to help us think outside of our privileges...in times of chaos we'd rather watch things that take us away from reality. Of course, some of Gen Z is now grown up compared to when they were younger and can only imagine the real world. You all are in the real world now. When we are teenagers we start to seek more adult stuff because it makes us feel more enlightened. When you are in the world as an adult, you start to relate too much to what is on screen.

They really made a squid games in real life which is pretty similar to hunger games!

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In 2024 The dystopian trope will be renamed reality TV.

i think this type of dystopian/scifi alternet universe movies like everything all at once , squid games there are just too many movies/tv with this type of troupe and we are getting fatigued especially since the covid 19 happened and its too much now

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Me watching the 100 & wondering why people like this…. Like the struggle & stress love trope must’ve been popular back then because this is A LOTTT

Americans believe 2023 is worse than 10 years ago? Or is Gen Z just more aware of the world now that they finally reached their 20's?

Yeeep sadly close to reality 😢

What if…… hear me out but what if that’s where a lot of the missing children are going not all of them but some. All this fucked up shit these ppl who run the world do why wouldn’t this be a thing🤔

How dare u put an X over Lucy Gray on the thumbnail

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i liked thr movie…

hunger games will always be relevant

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the forced laugh after every beginning hook in every video is getting tired hun

Me and my sister talk a lot how I watch content aimed at kids, and very rarely watch content aimed at adults - if I do, it's a show/movie purely about silly nonsense. I watch shows to be entertained and uplifted, not to continue living my real experience. But now even kids shows are getting darker 🥲