What story has the most torn down world to you?

[Ctrackstar126]

What movie/game/book has just a world of despair. Seems to be no hope at all and things just seems to get worst.

Share what you think has the most hopeless stories.

 

[Megatomic]

The world written about by William Gibson. So bleak.

 

[Vehemence]

1984

 

[Psynaut]

yep, 1984.

 

[Brigandier]

We the Living by Ayn Rand.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: dNor
1984

I thought about it for a while, but nothing beats 1984 for exactly what the OP is asking for. I felt off for days after reading that book.

 

[Pheran]

Originally posted by: Psynaut
yep, 1984.

Brave New World gives 1984 a run for its money, but it's been so long since I've read both of them that I'm not sure which one was worse.

 

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: Pheran

Originally posted by: Psynaut
yep, 1984.

Brave New World gives 1984 a run for its money, but it's been so long since I've read both of them that I'm not sure which one was worse.

Both were pretty close but I give the edge to 1984.

 

[Pheran]

Filmwise, Gattaca is a good one.

EDIT: Also, 12 Monkeys

 

[LikeLinus]

August 27th edition of the New York Times?

 

[yhelothar]

desperate living

Imagine a stinky alleyway covered in slime and populated solely by angry, ugly lesbians and you have a good idea what Mortville is like. The ?town? is run by a disgusting porker of a monarch, the evil Queen Carlotta. Carlotta does wonderful things to her subjects, including (but not limited to) forcing everyone to walk backwards and her next plan is to inject the entire village with bat rabies. The queen is too obese to move around on her own, but that doesn?t stop her from getting down ?n dirty with her henchmen more than once. (Just? ick.) Peggy and Grizelda rent a guest room from a pair of rather unpleasant lesbian ladies, and before too long, all the nasty women start a revolution to depose Queen Carlotta.

Described by Waters as a fractured fairy tale, Desperate Living will certainly appeal to fans of ?Cinema Gross?. It?s not too often that you get to see a 350-pound woman have a sex scene with a woman who weighs about a quarter as much. Rare is the film that displays male frontal nudity so freely. Can you think of any other movie that displays a quickie sex change operation and an even quicker sex change reversal? (Think scissors.) Desperate Living has all that and much, much more. Not for the weak of heart or stomach, this one is worth a look for truly brave movie fans. People with delicate constitutions shouldn?t even get close.

http://www.apolloguide.com/mov_fullrev.asp?CID=3493

 

[CottonRabbit]

Death of a Salesman

 

[brandonb]

Originally posted by: Pheran

Originally posted by: Psynaut
yep, 1984.

Brave New World gives 1984 a run for its money, but it's been so long since I've read both of them that I'm not sure which one was worse.

I was reading Brave New World a few years ago. I had to quit about half way through.

I should probably pick it up again. I hear more about 1984 though even though I haven't read it.

 

[angry hampster]

Children of Men

 

[Ctrackstar126]

Originally posted by: angry hampster
Children of Men

That one came to mind as well. Some very powerful scenes

 

[clamum]

Book: 1984

Movie: Threads

Game: Bioshock

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: dNor

Originally posted by: Pheran

Originally posted by: Psynaut
yep, 1984.

Brave New World gives 1984 a run for its money, but it's been so long since I've read both of them that I'm not sure which one was worse.

Both were pretty close but I give the edge to 1984.

I give the edge to Brave New World.

If you really think about it, 1984 was bleek, and it was the obvious kind of bleak. Brave New World is more the kind that could overtake this current reality. One where everyone is of a certain level, and works a certain job, everything is pre-determined, you have "Soma" vacations (doesn't Soma just seem like an anti-depressant on crack, without side-effects?)...the end to Brave New World just kind of dropped my jaw, and left me hurt, because it felt so real.

As a side note, Anthem was a good book.

edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World

 

[Chaotic42]

We

 

[chowmein]

1984

 

[Away]

The Stand

 

[nageov3t]

On The Beach

I wanted to slit my wrists right along with the main characters by the end of that book... it's about a town in Australia just waiting for the nuclear fallout to reach them and kill them all.

 

[DangerAardvark]

The Old Testament? Yahweh is like the king of fucking shit up.

 

[amicold]

Originally posted by: CottonRabbit
Death of a Salesman

It's been awhile since I read it or watched the film but the main character's life was meager and pointless and the story itself is rather depressing.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: CottonRabbit
Death of a Salesman

When I read this in high school, I felt very relieved and happy when Willy finally died because it meant the story was almost over.

 

[silverpig]

The Matrix?

edit: A Wrinkle in Time?