33 - Science Fiction

This week we talk about Science Fiction, Rafael’s love of classic sci-fi fantasy and Jeremy ruins all the fun by asking, is it now easier for us to imagine the end of the world than an alternative to capitalism? Norwegian Cruises http://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=1935 Wall-E cruise ship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BQPV-iCkU Norwegian Kabaret http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.no/2013/10/kabaret.html Minority Report http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/ 2001 a Space Odyssey http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/ Neil Stephenson, Snow Crash http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830.Snow_Crash Brave New World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World The Jungle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle Wall Street https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCctqbRrsBQ Borat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVRCyELQnSw Isaac Asimov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov Solaris, Stanislaw Lem https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95558.Solaris Speculative Everything http://www.dunneandraby.co.uk/content/books/690/0 Dune http://www.dunenovels.com/ Solaris 2002 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/solaris/ Solaris 1972 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/solaris_1976/ The Landlord’s Game (Monopoly) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landlord%27s_Game CBS story on history of monopoly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz5H0cg2uXs Michel Houellebecq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Houellebecq Hygge – Scandinavian word for coziness https://qz.com/601561/scandinavians-untranslatable-word-for-winter-coziness-might-explain-why-theyre-they-happiest-people-on-earth/ James Cameron’s Pandora theme park https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/2/15721206/disney-world-avatar-pandora-photo-tour-james-cameron Zizek on Titanic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DocwBZyESU Star Wars http://www.starwars.com/ Star Trek http://www.startrek.com/ Start Trek Voyager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager Paintings on Star Trek TNG http://artfcity.com/2014/02/26/paintings-on-star-trek-the-next-generation/ The Game episode of Star Trek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3ih-sm6hxA Idiocracy (2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBvIweCIgwk Interstellar (2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LqzF5WauAw Fiasco, Stanislaw Lem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiasco_(novel) Arrival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFMo3UJ4B4g Alien art by H.R Geiger https://www.wired.com/2016/09/h-r-giger-made-aliens-monster-beautiful-terrifying/ The Messy, Misunderstood Glory of David Lynch's Dune https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/the-messy-misunderstood-glory-of-david-lynchs-em-dune-em/284316/ JJ Abrams http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009190/ Neil Blomkamp’s Oat Studios https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/3/15703414/neill-blomkamp-oats-studios-short-films-sci-fi-district-9-chappie-elysium-rakka Cory Arcangel http://www.coryarcangel.com/ Gartner’s Hype Cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle Rem Koolhaas talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shVxB6wRHo0&t=2192s Geostorm, Gerard Butler (post climate apocalypse movie) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle Mad Max (1979) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079501/ Isa Genzken https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1320 Unmonumental Sculpture http://archive.newmuseum.org/index.php/Detail/Occurrence/Show/occurrence_id/918 Silent Spring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring The Great Horse Manure Crisis http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Great-Horse-Manure-Crisis-of-1894/ Welcome to the New Digital Feudalism https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/24/the-new-feudalism-silicon-valley-overlords-advertising-necessary-evil Gobal Village https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_village Ayn Rand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand Was Battlestar Galactica too religious? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(2004_TV_series)