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Discussion on: Which modern fiction presents the most interesting techno-dystopia?

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Kasey Speakman • Edited

I found the movie Surrogates to be a hidden gem. Especially the setting... a future where humans now interact with their environment (and each other) through a life-like surrogate body, which looks like (probably a youthful version of) them. Think "Avatar" as the mechanism for operation, but the surrogate is used for normal human activities. For example, you still drive a car, go to parties, etc, but you are just controlling your surrogate who controls the car. Basically, the person stays home in their PJs all day controlling the avatar.

The implications and explored cultural effects are quite fascinating. The who-done-it plot was ok, but less interesting than the picture painted by the setting, IMO.