Poll: dystopian fiction, stages of grief, comedians, eating animals, ladies,and security

[deeplyunhip]

I'm feeling like I'm not terribly behind on everything today, which is an unusual feeling for me lately. In any case, this means it's poll time. :D

Comments

[hamsterwoman]

BRAVE NEW WORLD! My favorite dystopian narrative ever. I can talk about it for ages, but I won't, unprovoked.

I also read Zamyatin's We, which I think is considered the first dystopian narrative.

My favorites of the ones included are A Clockwork Orange (I LOVED puzzling out nadsat, language geekery yay! and, OK the dysopia was pretty good too), and Lord of the Flies, and Blade Runner (the director's cut). I also really liked The Handmaid's Tale, and The Minority Report (the movie) kind of stuck with me for life with the eyeballs scene. I'm pretty sure you know the one

[plasticactus]

if you people played Rune Factory you would not pick Raven. Kim forgot to write down the fact that she is a Grade A asshole. She doesn't want people to get close to her so she treats everyone like shit. Not attractive quality.

Also, she doesn't mention how amazingly sweet Karina (the lazy one) is. She also trusts you and your opinions more than the others and 'accidentally hilarious'. Still though... I love my sadistic little witch Marian. <3

As far as bad news goes. I get more upset at tragedies I can control (Ouch, I cut myself or dropped the jam). I tend to accept everything that life throws at me very quickly and am fast-acting in the face of disaster... and to be perfectly honest, excel to the point of feeling bad that I excel so well.

That being said, if Kim died, I'd probably just lay down and never get back up.

[deeplyunhip]

Well, it's hard to describe everything about all the Rune Factory ladies perfectly in something like a poll. I definitely didn't do Pia's awesomeness justice, though I guess to be fair a lot of it has to do with her infectious sing-song voice.

Hahah, I must admit that I was initially surprised to see the "acceptance" option picked by you, thinking of things like the Super Marios Bros. game we had to stop playing...:P

I don't know even know how I'd react if you died. Let's make a concentrated to effort to avoid not being alive, okay?

[chacusha]

+1 on Brave New World. Well, actually, I'm not sure I liked the book very much (dystopian stories in general just... aren't my thing). But heck it's one of the few I've actually read, and it is pretty fun to talk about.

And... that really disturbing dystopia example you gave is exactly why I tend to dislike the genre -- I don't like books that are really just bashing you over the head with the author's politics, made worse by the fact that the author is using scare tactics in order to make you panic about the direction society is headed. :|

Edit: And actually, even WALL-E made me go ":|" for that reason. I know this wasn't the intention but the portrayal of future!America as consisting of giant obese people dependent on a fictional Wal-mart and too plugged into advertisements to even pay attention to each other, just sort of jarred me out of the story.

[nutmeg3]

I know I should say I would eat anything to live, but I figure I could make it one more day on sheer willpower, and...I just don't think I could kill certain things, I really don't.

[deeplyunhip]

There's no "should" answer. I'm just interested to see everyone's different thoughts. :) I'm sure there are plenty of people who feel the exact same way.

[haremstress]

Eek, this poll makes me realize just how poorly-read I am in the dystopian genre. I recognize all of those titles but have read hardly any. XD

[deeplyunhip]

Oh, wow, I'm really surprised that you haven't read The Handmaid's Tale especially. And The Giver is like the original YA dystopia! Please feel free to take anything up there as a suggestion for an awesome reading time. ;)

[cyshobbitlass]

This reminds me that I think the word westeroast should be used in a brillaint way someday.

[deeplyunhip]

I AGREE SO HARD.

Also, your answers in the poll have convinced me that we should roast each other some time in our lives (maybe as bachelorette parties?? or retirement parties?? or something??) because it would be beyond hilarious and beyond great. :D

[matitablu]

As for dystopian fiction (ugh, 1984 and Farenheit are always in my "should really read this" but I never got around to do that :|), my write in candiates are - off the top of my head - Gattaca and V for Vendetta. Oh, and also Watchmen! But mainly V, I love it something fierce, it's one of my favorite comics ever if not THE favorite - so I guess that's why I can't bring myself to care much for the movie, though it's not bad per se.

[deeplyunhip]

What are some of the differences between the comic and the movie version of V for Vendetta? I thought the movie was interesting/entertaining enough, but I never read it, sooo, yeah.

As for Gattaca...never heard of it. Care to share what's awesome about it? :D

Never ask me to elaborate on films or comics, tl;dr will ensue

[matitablu]

Gattaca is a movie starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law. Basically it's set in a future where genetic engineering has made the birth of "perfect" people possible. This basically creates a class divide between people born the natural way and those who are the result of eugenics. Hawke's character is natural-born and has a heart condition that is likely going to kill him before he hits 30, and makes him unsuited for the space program he dreams of joining. So he buys the identity of Jude Law's character (blood and urine tests included), who is genetically flawless but became disabled after an accident. Then there's Uma Thurman who befriends/falls in love with Ethan Hawke at the space program. Her genetic profile is considered "valid" but only barely so, so in a way she is right in the middle of the genetic class divide. This is the premise, then other things happen :) I haven't seen this movie in ages but I still recommend it, I found it fascinating - not to mention visually very pretty

Re: Never ask me to elaborate on films or comics, tl;dr will ensue

[deeplyunhip]

What you call "tl;dr" I call "answering the question(s) in an awesomely thorough manner". ;)

Gattaca does indeed sound fascinating, as hard as it is to believe that someone as gorgeous as Ethan Hawke is not one of the genetically superior elite. :X I'm putting it on my mental "things to see" list, for sure. :)

And yeah, changing the entire personalities of the two main characters - I can see why you have issues!