![]() The idea is that humans of old allowed their differences to drive them into ruin, and the city’s founder, Gaia, created New Babyl as a fresh start for humanity. The city is meant to represent an idyllic future. New Babyl’s populace is governed by Chancellor Diara (Alexandra Castillo) and the other members of the Tribunal, and protected and controlled by a militant police force led by the villainous Authority Phydra (Kate Drummond). But the rest of the Sectors are dedicated to keeping the city running. Most of the citizens in Reform are there to redeem themselves for past wrongs through restorative justice - except for the children of transgressors, who are sent to Reform along with their families, and must remain there until a committee decides their fates after their 18th birthdays, or their parents are redeemed, whatever comes first. The people of these factions are, respectively, the city’s builders, thinkers, growers, and (perceived) troublemakers. The city is divided, Panem or Divergeiverse-style, into four sectors: Industry, Progress, Nature, and Reform. ![]() Thorne and Dark Matter and Stargate producer Joseph Mallozzi, Utopia Falls is set in a futuristic city called New Babyl, about 400 years in the future. ![]() And science fiction is often literally a forward-thinking genre, a way to imagine new ways of life, and the perils humanity could face if it continues on a path of destruction.Ĭreated by Canadian filmmaker R.T. But really, what better genres to use to question the status quo than hip-hop and science fiction? When hip-hop first emerged, it almost immediately attracted frustrated artists who wanted to provide social commentary about the ills facing a marginalized group of people. On its surface, the storyline does seem outlandish. Utopia Falls seems designed to either draw fans in quickly, or turn them off by the middle of the first episode. ![]() It sounds downright corny, but by blatantly merging other hit teen shows and movies, the creators have set up an all-or-nothing gamble. So Hulu’s new dystopian-future YA series Utopia Falls was already facing an uphill battle with science-fiction fans, even before it introduced the second half of the show’s premise: rigidly socially controlled teens in a oppressive regime rediscover ancient hip-hop, then use music and dance to rebel against authority. There were some good tales (The CW’s The 100) and some not-so-great ones (like the Divergent trilogy), but even the best ones piled up until they made fans skeptical of new additions to the subgenre. After Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy took over the world, movies and shows about young people on the far side of an apocalyptic event started cropping up everywhere. Over the last decade, most science-fiction fans have experienced at least some level of teen-dystopian-series fatigue. ![]()
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