Dystopia

We are all the sledgehammer, Apple does like to tell its fans. We are all disruptors hurtling toward one great screen, breaking the iron-fisted hold that other tech firms want to impose on us. The hellscape dystopia world of Apple’s famed “1984” commercial modeled after George Orwell’s seminal dystopia 1984 never really came to pass. As silly as it is to say, Apple was right. We didn’t win some nebulous liberation, exactly. We won a whole different soup of tech-based dystopia.The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for…

If you're looking for some real dark humor comics, you may be in the right place. Today, we're excited to present you with the Dark Dystopia comics. The strips feature slightly inappropriate jokes, absurd situations, awkward characters, and truly twisted endings. We're sure it will be a great treat for many of you, dear pandas.The sad news is that the author of the series, Andrés Londoño, is no longer creating any new strips, and he's currently based in Germany, working in another creative role as a graphic designer.…

Here’s your best look yet at the next show from Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, 3 Body Problem, made in collaboration with True Blood writer Alexander Woo and based on Liu Cixin’s lauded sci-fi novel. Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksThe trailer for the series starring Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Liam Cunningham (The Last Voyage of the Demeter), and Eiza González (Godzilla vs. Kong)—among a star-studded ensemble—was unveiled at…

Netflix is kicking off 2024 with a vision of our dystopic future. The streamer just released a new trailer for The Kitchen, which imagines a near-future version of London, complete with reckless biker gangs and lots of holographic displays to complete the cyberpunk look. The film is helmed by Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya (who also serves as co-writer and co-producer) and starts streaming on January 19th, 2024.According to Netflix’s description, in this version of London “the gap between rich and poor has been…

There are things to like about this faith drama: it has ambition, it doesn’t always go in the direction you expect it to go, and it’s got character actor Neal McDonough playing a villain, which is a good thing. It also stands out by virtue of its rarity – I can’t remember the last time I saw a dystopian sci-fi movie based loosely on the Book of Job.Emphasis on “loosely”, mind you. Director Brock Heasley’s version of the biblical story sees wealthy financier Kevin (Hallmark fave Kristoffer Polaha) lose everything at least…

Eight years after The Hunger Games finale, director Francis Lawrence returns to the director’s chair for the fifth and final entry. Lawrence apparently absorbed all types of critical feedback, because The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes presents the series at its most confident and comprehensive.  Set 64 years before the trilogy, this prequel to Suzanne Collins’s sensational young adult dystopia unravels Coriolanus Snow’s descent into tyranny, of the ruthful choices that would one day lead to his…

Reddit has announced that it would improve the accessibility features for community moderator tools available in the official mobile apps by July 1st.On Friday, Reddit's Product Director "u/joyventure" announced that the platform is dedicated to facilitating moderators who use assistive technology to moderate via Reddit's iOS and Android apps. Following discussions with these moderators who use third-party apps for assistive tech, Reddit will be modifying its own mobile application.Many moderators use third-party apps…

Justin CroninTim Llewellyn PhotographyNEW YORK — Justin Cronin spent a decade writing and publishing his bestselling "Passage" trilogy, which spins a sweeping tale about a dystopian, near-future America overrun by vampires.Now the 60-year-old author is back with his first novel since that series wrapped up with "The City of Mirrors" in 2016. What's it about? A dystopia, naturally. "The Ferryman" hit shelves last week from Penguin Random House."I didn't sit down and say to myself, 'I'm going to write another dystopia,'"…

Image: Apple TV+Adaptations of popular books are all the rage these days, and Apple TV+’s newest entry into that space is the upcoming series Silo. It still feels like the show is flying under the radar, but Apple TV’s recently begun to show more of the dystopian show ahead of its release in May, and that includes releasing a new clip to draw interested viewers in.Silo Episode 1 Clip: This could be the keySilo Episode 1 Clip: This could be the keyLike the books they’re based on, the Silo show is set in a post-apocalypse…

As a fan of Hugh Howey’s books, I am quite excited to watch Apple TV+’s live-action adaptation of the hit sci-fi series Silo, about the remnants of humanity who have been living in an underground bunker for so long they’ve forgotten why they’re there. But Apple has just revealed the opening credits for the adaptation, and I couldn’t help but note they seem a little... hmm. Just listen—and watch—for yourself.The Rings of Power | First FandomsHere’s composer Atli Örvarsson’s opening to Silo:Silo — Opening Title Sequence |…