3036228385 Cheung Chun Yu
In most of the movies, cities are always described as a moveable space. The cities in these films look like robots or a massive public transport system, for example trains, ships, fleets. Cities are moving to search for the best living place and the most resources for people to live. Besides, some cities are built outside the Earth. In some movies, the Earth is already not a great planet for people to live on. It lacks resources and suitable places for people to live.
Another characteristic of the future city is that it is well distributed, the spaces and people are divided into different parts and each part has their own duties. The world is more connected and interdependent. These are also similar to the concept of global cities in today’s world.
People are being more concerned about our living environment. People are adopting more and more resources in our daily lives. We are destroying and polluting the environment. The concerns of the lack of resources are revealed in these movies. Even with technological breakthroughs, cities did not become an utopia or the Garden of Eden where people live happily in the future. The technology is not used for improving our living standard, they are compensating for the damage we have done to the Earth, be it moving around to search for more resources or escaping from the Earth.These films are describing a world in danger instead of a happy world.