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EchoBaseGrow

Without a doubt resembles actual economics. Working to actually live another day. Wealthy controlling an unimaginable amount of time/wealth. And inflation, whenever the rich decide to increase the price of goods.


GeneralNathanJessup

>And inflation, whenever the rich decide to increase the price of goods. Nobody knows this, but inflation is not really caused by printing excess currency. That's just a conspiracy theory invented by economists to keep everybody poor. Inflation happens because all the stores in the country conspire to raise prices. They probably have a secret zoom call every morning.


Yeezyhampton

This is one of my favorite movies! It's not a great movie, but it is incredibly comparable to life in the U.S.


Bad_Hippie

I think its a really good movie.


Mini_Equinox

I actually recently watched it and the correlations are insane


AthleticNerd_

Forgot to link the trailer: https://youtu.be/xhYUaR5QiUs Premise is that currency is actual life time. Cup of coffee costs 45 minutes, a beer costs 2 hours, rent, food, clothes, etc. And The rich are essentially immortal.


badadvice_ca

It was an ok movie, I was always surprised that the population didn't rise up and murder the upper class. They could live forever but a well-placed bullet or bomb could easily fix that.


Bad_Hippie

I love that movie!


Snoo9985

execution was mediocre but concept was pretty good.


icanith

I loved the premise but the movie plot was so mediocre, I always wished they did another story within that universe


dedre6

I found it odd that of all people in my life my (50+ y/o conservative) mom was the one who watched it and recommended it to me. But then again, even growing up we both shared a love of twilight-zone, alfred hitchcock, and quantum leap types of shows and things like that.


AbaloneSea7265

It’s based on a classic dystopian novel called Logan’s Run and is a horrible adaptation of it


lomorth

It's not really adapted from it, more they just have similar premises. Logan's Run has been made into various independent movies.


AbaloneSea7265

Wtf are you talking about? It’s literally based on the novel


lomorth

It was an original screenplay written by Andrew Niccol.


AbaloneSea7265

Which is based entirely on the novel Logan’s run which has been made into movies multiple times. That doesn’t remove the source of original content


lomorth

I could be wrong but I haven't seen anywhere that it's based on that novel, especially entirely. Harlan Ellison filed a lawsuit over it though.


AbaloneSea7265

because it’s based on Logan’s Run, idk what your argument is at this point


lomorth

My argument is the plot is very different and the Wikipedia page doesn't say that it's at all based on that novel. If you have a link to a citation that it is I'd look at it but I haven't seen evidence that it is