as in anti-utopia
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Mickey 17 stars Robert Pattinson as a down-and-out space colonist living in a high-tech dystopia overseen by a dictator played by Mark Ruffalo with signature relish.
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Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
But other scenes, like one set in 2076, when the last humans live as outlaws in a dystopia of semi-robot overlords, feel more like place fillers, necessary as steps in Harrison’s timeline but not compelling in themselves.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
But a better indication of a dystopia’s success may be that its world is at once alien and unsettlingly plausible.
—Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
They were strung out, seeking help, and fell into a confounding dystopia.
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2025
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Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
But other scenes, like one set in 2076, when the last humans live as outlaws in a dystopia of semi-robot overlords, feel more like place fillers, necessary as steps in Harrison’s timeline but not compelling in themselves.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
But a better indication of a dystopia’s success may be that its world is at once alien and unsettlingly plausible.
—Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
They were strung out, seeking help, and fell into a confounding dystopia.
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Dystopia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopia. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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