Logan's Run is set in a dystopian future in which everyone lives a hedonistic and self centred life style, but are forced to attend something called "Carousel" a ritual sort of thing that requires the people to have to willingly kill themselves in order for the system to work. This happens at age 30. This puts a lot of the film's focus on age, due to the fact that anyone over thirty either accepts their fate for the good of the society, or they become a "runner" and are hunted down. This representation is incredibly negative, as people are not just discriminated at old age, because they never really reach old age, they're just killed. The producer of Logan's Run did still include the elderly, near the end having found outer civilisation for runners, there was shock in seeing someone that old, having only lived inside the society for years. The producer represented them in a positive light, as they are, in actuality, the good guys, and that the society was wrong.
The Hunger Games are set in a dystopian future in which people have to compete in the "Hunger Games" as a punishment, but also as a reminder of past events. The Hunger Games themselves are a televised death match for the purpose of entertainment for the "Capitol". One male and one female are taken from each district for it. Katniss Everdeen volunteers when her sister is taken, and acts as the main protagonist for the films, and books. Throughout all of it, she uses her wit, might and strength to survive, which breaks convention for most action films, since they often have strong male roles. She's represented in a very positive light, and throughout most of it, she doesn't simply just use brute force to make it through, mostly relying on her own wit and survival skills. |
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