How Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Created the Blueprint for Modern Science Fiction (1927)
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February 27, 2026
A vast, miserable proletariat squanders its days in meaningless toil. Society is under the control of ultra-wealthy business magnates. In order to pacify the underclass, the ruling class pins its hopes on a technological solution: artificial intelligence. Welcome to the year 2026, as envisioned in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. When the film premiered, not long after 1926 […]
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