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ENGL 2245 -- Science Fiction: Videos

Videos

This page contains videos found mainly in the Films on Demand database. Additional videos can be located by keyword searching YouTube, TEDEd, and other online resources.

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Isaac Asimov

Blade Runner

Ray Bradbury

Cybernetics/Robotics/Artificial Intelligence

Dystopia/Utopia

Why do we love (and need) dystopian literature?
TEDEd video by Alex Gendler. The genre of dystopia – the ‘not good place’– has captured the imaginations of artists and audiences alike for centuries. But why do we
bother with all this pessimism? Alex Gendler explains how dystopias act as cautionary tales – not about some particular government or technology, but the very idea that humanity can be molded into an ideal shape.

Aldous Huxley

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