dystopic

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"Watchmen" is set in 1985 but takes place in a dystopic, alternate history in which conservative politics dominate, President Richard Nixon has been elected to an unprecedented fifth term, and the United States is teetering on the brink of war with the Soviet Union.

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  • I don't know why it is, but the folks who make this kind of dystopic sf movie can't seem to help but fall into the most obvious cliches. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 04-05 - October-November 1996
  • Hollywood has a tendency to see the future (dystopic or not) as completely American. —  Magazine - Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 112] - Issue 02 - February 2007
  • Gibson's settings might seem dystopic, but the underpinning is one of hope. —  FSFApril2005
  • Spud's the one trying to do sommat about avoiding an apolyptic / dystopic / unsustainable future. —  Drudge Retort
  • Since the government had the ability to lock you up or take you away based on your behavior, you can imagine that this kind of dystopic vision would resonate in a time when increasingly fewer people probably understand the guts of technology and yet increasingly rely on it, shoveling more and more of their data into online repositories, or having it collected about them as they visit various websites. —  FactoryCity
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