Elysium depicts a near-future Earth in which the majority of rich and privileged humans have migrated to an orbiting space station which gives the film its title. The city-state hogs the advanced medical resources of Earth, leaving the people on the planet below in a perpetual state of lawlessness and impoverishment. Matt Damon stars as Max Da Costa, a former criminal who, while doing dangerous work, is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation, giving him just five days to live. He soon obtains an exo-suit to augment his failing body. It’s then discovered that Max has data hidden in a chip in his brain that can, in theory, alter the computer systems running Elysium, which will benefit all the people who don’t live there.
Too bad the movie was so bad. You didn’t really care about the characters and it was just, comically evil space capitalists? I really wanted to like this one since District 9 was so good. Unfortunately every movie afterwards by Blomkamp has been a flop.
Yeah, it was bad enough I can’t really remember much about it. District 9 was tight.
Is the space station an O’Neill cylinder?
Bobiverse all the way!
No, it’s a von Braun wheel. An O’Neill cylinder is straight, whereas the Elysium station is toroidal.
Of the Century? Anybody seen Robocop?
Different century. We’re in the 21st century. Robocop came out in the 80s which was the 20th
There was a forgettable remake though.
Are there that many anti-capitalist science fiction films in the past 25 years?
Snowpiercer, Wall-E, Transcendence, Blade Runner 2049, The Hunger Games, Children of Men, District 9, Sorry To Bother You, City of Ember, Spaceman
Wall-E always annoys me because it promotes the absurd assumption that without having to work people become fat and lazy. I am of the firm belief that people want meaning in their lives and that, freed from worries about subsistence, they fill their time with meaningful (to them at least) activities. Though, gravity did play a role in the immobility part if I remember right.
Love the environmental stuff though.
I think it’s not the absence of work alone, but the steady feed of pleasure via their chair data feeds, and chair feeders lol
They are all just terminally online, and it just so happens their gamer nest is a moving chair on a sterilized spaceship
I didn’t think it was the absence of work that made people fat and lazy, but blind consumerism. Those people could have used their time pursuing knowledge, creating art, or even just building a community with their crew mates, but instead, they engaged in the same type of mindless consumption that killed their planet. They lived in a post-needs society, but they had been so conditioned by capitalism (or more accurately, an AI that had no framework for human happiness beyond capitalism) that they couldn’t think of anything to do but consume.
It’s been awhile since I watched it, I’ll watch with your more charitable reading next time and see if I can accept it!
The author must not have seen Children of Men right?
Nor District 9.
District 9 is mentioned as one of the director’s other films
Moon !
Good one! My personal fan theory is that Moon is set in the Blade Runner universe.
Yeah, that’s some Cunningham’s Law amount of clickbait BS. 🙄
Andor isn’t explicitly anti-capitalist, but it is revolutionary, so I’d throw that in there. Very well made to boot.
Anti-fascist you might say
Very much so :)
Netflix add and remove stuff without fanfare all the time. What do you mean “quietly added”? Are we expecting announcements?
Is this question rhetorical? Articles are shared for discussion but I didn’t write the article or its headline
I feel like altered carbon had the same vibe but did it better
Only the first season unfortunately
