![]() Culture Police: Terminal Citizens are kept on a short leash when it comes to media diet and artistic expression dissident artists are publicly shamed on television, rock music has been banned, and the film begins with a public screening of the comedically violent cartoon short Lupo the Butcher (by future Ed, Edd n Eddy creator Danny Antonucci) being raided by the cops.Needless to say, Terminal City is not a fun place to be. Crapsack World: Only six cities in the world are still inhabitable, a corporate despot rules the town, there are almost no birds left alive, and flaming space junk regularly falls from the sky.Corrupt Corporate Executive: Ross Glimore, the greedy, dictatorial, murderous, Satan-worshipping mayor.Comically Missing the Point: As Coddle's cronies are distracted by falling space junk, one of them sees a side of beef fall from the sky and screams indignantly, "They're eating meat up there?!".perhaps the movie takes place in a post-nation-state world. Canada, Eh?: Averted the movie is a Canadian production, and the popularity of hockey and Danny Antonucci cartoons, references to Elmer the Safety Elephant, the presence of French-Canadian hockey players and the spelling of the word "saviour" would seem to indicate that it takes place in Canada, but other than that the Canadianness doesn't jump out.Capitalism Is Bad: Basically the entire movie in a nutshell.Bread and Circuses: Glimore's public re-election celebration is a chintzy spectacle featuring bodybuilders, go-go dancers, and a live band.Brain with a Manual Control: Scientists in Glimore's employ experiment on a boy by putting a mind-control device in his brain in the film's climax, Ace reveals him to the people by using a joystick to make him walk around.Brainwashed: Alex's mom buys into Glimore's propaganda hook, line and sinker and is convinced her son is really a terrorist. ![]() ![]()
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