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Interests Zone => ⛺︎ ∙ Cinema => Topic started by: Cobra! on November 07, 2022, 07:37:49 pm
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I was recently watching 007 Tomorrow Never Dies, and for those who haven't seen it, involves someone running a news and media conglomerate killing people for views and doing very shady things for profit.
One aspect I remember from it was they were launching an on-demand TV service or something, and they deliberately littered it with bugs so people would buy upgrades where they would be "fixed".
I seem to recall back in the day this plot was ridiculed for being silly, but these days, it feels very on point and more relevant today than when it came out. It's almost like it's aged backwards?
That's got me thinking, are there any other films like this? Where it was seen as over the top or silly back then but now fit so well in today's society?
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Videodrome is one of those movies that only got more relevant over time
The Truman Show is another one (first reality tv, then twitch streaming...)
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Not a movie but I've been obsessed with Serial Experiments Lain recently and a lot of the topics hold up shockingly well today for coming out in the late 90's