06-10-2020, 10:58 PM
(06-10-2020, 02:23 AM)Blazkovitz Wrote:(06-09-2020, 12:31 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: The Matrix wasn't all that cynical; it was an epic hero's journey story.
The idea that reality is an illusion generated by a hostile AI is very sinister and can make a person cynical.
The Matrix is a dystopian fantasy about resistance against an oppressive order, a common theme in science fiction for ages. It spoke to the general sense of unease in the 90s, a feeling that something was amiss, the suspicion that we were being lulled by commercialism and materialistic pleasures while being stolen from (which was pretty much exactly what was happening.)
Dark, dystopian fantasies have been quite popular in YA lit in recent years. Are Millennials cynical because of the Hunger Games?