This project is inspired by the film Soylent Green, which is a 1973 American Dystopian thriller film, depicting a dystopian future of dying oceans and year-round humidity due to the greenhouse effect, resulting in suffering from pollution, poverty, overpopulation, euthanasia and depleted resources. Soylent Industries, which derives its name from a combination of “soy” and “lentil”, controls the food supply of half of the world and sells the artificially produced wafers, including “Soylent Red” and “Soylent Yellow”. Their latest product is the far more flavourful and nutritious “Soylent Green”, advertised as being made from ocean plankton, but is in short supply. However, at the end of the film, the Soylent products are found to be made of human corpses.

Four of the most severe issues, respectively, deforestation, pollution, over-exploitation of resources and animal testing, are addresses in this project. The cruel fact of each is displayed along with an illustration, predicting the future of human beings - nature’s revenge on us.

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When Arthur C. Clarke died, science fiction - hell, science in generallost one of its greatest, most forward-looking masters. In his honor, PM's resident geek and sci-fi buff analyzes the most eerily predictive, prescient films of the future.

1. Gattaca
Released: 1997 | Set in the year: Unspecified
2. Minority Report
Released: 2002 | Set in the year: 2054
3. The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2)
Released: 1981 | Set in the year: Unspecified
4. The Truman Show
Released: 1998 | Set in the year: Unspecified (probably an alternate timeline)
5. Destination Moon
Released: 1950 | Set in the year: Unspecified
6. Running Man
Released: 1987 | Set in the year: 2019
7. Blade Runner
Released: 1982 | Set in the year: 2019
8. Soylent Green
Released: 1973 | Set in the year: 2022
9. Short Circuit
Released: 1986 | Set in the year: Unspecified (but probably 1986)
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Released: 1968 | Set in the year: 2001

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