Green Media Mediography – Utrecht University

The Walking Dead

Telltale’s The Walking Dead is a narrative point-and-click game set during a zombie apocalypse, but honestly, calling it a zombie game does not do it justice. It is way more about the people, the choices, and the emotional mess you get thrown into. The story is super well written, the characters are complex and believable,

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

FernGully is the story of the magical fairy inhabitants of a rainforest, who attempt to protect the forest from logging and polution. It portrays the intersection of transnational activism, corporate environmentalism, and technologies that accelerated and globalized the production process.

Avatar

Avatar is a science-fiction film set on the distant moon Pandora, where a team of humans has come establish a mining colony. The film uses the image of the Na'vi and their relationship with nature to put forward a message of environmentalism.

Elysium

Elysium tells the story of a future where the Earth has been driven to the brink of ruin, where the very wealthy have retreated to living on a man-made luxurious space station. The film touches upon multiple important issues such as health care, immigration, economic inequality, and environmental decay.

Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science fiction franchise, that actively uses their storylines to explore contemporary political and social issues. They often focus on diplomacy across cultures and promoting collaborative approaches to problem-solving.

Princess Mononoke

This Studio Ghibli film tells the story of the young prince Ashitaka who finds himself caught in a war between the old forest gods and a mining colony. The film discusses the negative implications of destroying nature for the sake of economic gain.