At first glance the film does have some basic similarities, but the world our hero comes into isn't so far changed from the present. There is no dictator in place, no higher IQ elite, no ruling tier as such.
Simplifying things this way, anyone with any intelligence will spot so many issues clothed in a scifi future that are current issues exaggerated.
It is very close in practise to how Shakespeare kept his head on his shoulders in his ponderings of his own societies (normally specifically the royal court) wrongs by placing the setting in a foreign country everyone loves to hate, except here it is an american film set in an american future.
I also saw something (that you will understand once you see the film) about the problems the future america has with its crops, whose answer leads to an initial destruction of the american economy (what is left of it) that is mirrored in the american reliance on petroleum and refusal to take the popular option (Kyoto agreement)
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Date: 2007-01-01 06:40 am (UTC)Simplifying things this way, anyone with any intelligence will spot so many issues clothed in a scifi future that are current issues exaggerated.
It is very close in practise to how Shakespeare kept his head on his shoulders in his ponderings of his own societies (normally specifically the royal court) wrongs by placing the setting in a foreign country everyone loves to hate, except here it is an american film set in an american future.
I also saw something (that you will understand once you see the film) about the problems the future america has with its crops, whose answer leads to an initial destruction of the american economy (what is left of it) that is mirrored in the american reliance on petroleum and refusal to take the popular option (Kyoto agreement)