Elysium (2013) Review
Written, co-produced and directed by Neill Blomkamp, Elysium means a place or condition of ideal happiness. The movie happens in 2154 but it is an obvious metaphor for life on Earth nowadays. It is so obvious that when the director was asked about his science fiction, he answered “No, no, no. This isn’t science fiction. This is today. […]
Netflix: The Big Brother and the Entertainment Manipulation
by Kate Epstein The Snowden leaks and ensuing debates about our government, big data, and privacy have led to more Orwell allusions than I’ve heard in all of my (admittedly post-1984) life. It’s hard not to compare the constant surveillance of twenty-first-century America to the ubiquitous presence of Big Brother in the prescient 1949 novel. […]
Netflix: When Entertainment Dulls Us
Netflix and Espionage – The Brave New World of the Database By Kate Epstein, on Counterpunch “[Richard] Snowden’s leaks and the ensuing debate about our [US] government, database, and privacy led to more allusions to [George] Orwell than I had ever heard in mine (admittedly post-1984 ) life. It’s hard not to compare the constant […]