We've seen people's pop culture utopia - where things go right for everyone's favorite movies, shows, video games, music, etc. But what about BAD things happening to people's favorite movies, shows, games, and music? Some examples I can think of:
-Instead of the Hays Code, the US Government institutes a much harsher code that severely hampers Hollywood as an industry.
-Elvis Presley dies at birth - just like his twin brother - resulting in less/no rock n' roll.
-The plane that took The Beatles to New York for their famous performance on The Ed Sullivan Show crashes on the way - butterflying the best of their music and potentially killing rock music.
-The John Jympson cut of Star Wars (read: A New Hope) is released instead of OTL's cut, causing the film to be only average. A sequel - Splinter of the Mind's Eye - is poorly received and is a huge box office bomb - killing the Star Wars franchise and the blockbuster as a whole.
-Saul Steinberg's attempted takeover of Disney succeeds and Disney is broken up - with Bally's and Taft buying out the parks, and Turner buying the film library.
-Video games and western animation are still perceived as children's media - unfit for adult consumption.
-A worse Columbine/September 11 leads to a much more heavy-handed censorship of media, ruining the formative years of many people.
-The United States - or most of the world - falls under a fascist/communist/Orwellian dictatorship that replaces all pop culture with state propoganda.
-Reality TV is way more popular, to the point that media corporations replace most scripted content with reality shows.
What do you guys think? What would have been a pop culture dystopia to you?
EDIT: When I mean dystopia, I mean worse than our reality. I know life sucks right now, but I'd just like to see how it could get worse.
-Instead of the Hays Code, the US Government institutes a much harsher code that severely hampers Hollywood as an industry.
-Elvis Presley dies at birth - just like his twin brother - resulting in less/no rock n' roll.
-The plane that took The Beatles to New York for their famous performance on The Ed Sullivan Show crashes on the way - butterflying the best of their music and potentially killing rock music.
-The John Jympson cut of Star Wars (read: A New Hope) is released instead of OTL's cut, causing the film to be only average. A sequel - Splinter of the Mind's Eye - is poorly received and is a huge box office bomb - killing the Star Wars franchise and the blockbuster as a whole.
-Saul Steinberg's attempted takeover of Disney succeeds and Disney is broken up - with Bally's and Taft buying out the parks, and Turner buying the film library.
-Video games and western animation are still perceived as children's media - unfit for adult consumption.
-A worse Columbine/September 11 leads to a much more heavy-handed censorship of media, ruining the formative years of many people.
-The United States - or most of the world - falls under a fascist/communist/Orwellian dictatorship that replaces all pop culture with state propoganda.
-Reality TV is way more popular, to the point that media corporations replace most scripted content with reality shows.
What do you guys think? What would have been a pop culture dystopia to you?
EDIT: When I mean dystopia, I mean worse than our reality. I know life sucks right now, but I'd just like to see how it could get worse.
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