tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post4312596546063303414..comments2022-11-11T04:13:56.292-08:00Comments on In a Strange Land: Why We Keep Inventing the ApocalypseIggy Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-72008621296113978062012-06-18T09:50:02.589-07:002012-06-18T09:50:02.589-07:00I think the reason is rather because you americans...I think the reason is rather because you americans are so american ;)<br /><br />Jokes aside. When you have a look at settings were the civilisation succeeded the scenarios tend to kill or desillusionate the hero. 1984, Soylent Green or Brave New World have no happy ending for the hero. Even in Bradburies Fahrenheid the hero realises that the system has won. He might have saved a book which might continue to exsist when he finds an heir, but he hasn´t changed the system.<br /><br />Post apokalyptic scenarios are different (and here comes the american bit again). The system has fallen and was replaced with a environment where the hero and his companions can fight for their values in a hostile surrounding. Even if they don´t survive they have stuck with the basic human values in a better society that is not dominated by technology but human virtues. That is usually emphasised in a way that the apokalypse was directed initiated or at least supported by the corrupt system (Jericho was a nice example).<br />This new system is strongly leaning on the frontier theory and the apokalypse gives the opportunity to experience the frontier feeling without actually having to find a new frontier, because the civilized land has turned into one, because the old rules of society do not apply any more.Tenchi Morigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750808391441927605noreply@blogger.com