Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)

collectorsweekly.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

41–50 of 99 posts

Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)

#41

Post by rikroots »

qmmmur wrote: post #5
photochemsyn wrote: post #2

Children and amphetamines, not hallucinogens, was the real-world solution to behavioral problems in schools... it's a bit dystopian. If you're one of those who feels they benefit from amphetamines, that's fine - but I imagine overprescription is an issue: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/us/schools-backing-of-beh... > "Last year, doctors wrote almost 20 million monthly prescriptions for the stimulants, according to…

Are you an AI?

I'm thinking of starting a social club for people who have been accused of being an AI on HN. We can have secret meetings, and ice cream on Thursdays ...

Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)

#44

Post by scotty79 »

thriftwy wrote: post #39
Doctor_Fegg wrote: post #33

Britain’s current government can be alarmingly Scarfolk-like at times. Take this graphic tweeted by the Prime Minister: https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1633158789103747072 “If you come to the UK illegally you will be DENIED access to the UK’s modern slavery system” Put that in a 70s typeface and slightly weathered poster appearance and it’s pure Scarfolk.

"Modern slavery system" is hilarious, but even more worrying is claim that one might ever lose the modern society's protrection against being enslaved under some conditions.

I'm not saying we are gonna enslave you. Buuut...

Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)

#45

Post by 082349872349872 »

ben_w wrote: post #38
Doctor_Fegg wrote: post #33

Britain’s current government can be alarmingly Scarfolk-like at times. Take this graphic tweeted by the Prime Minister: https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1633158789103747072 “If you come to the UK illegally you will be DENIED access to the UK’s modern slavery system” Put that in a 70s typeface and slightly weathered poster appearance and it’s pure Scarfolk.

I think the reality inspired the satire. E.g. the (also very 1984) "SECURE BENEATH THE WATCHFUL EYES" poster from 2002: https://art-for-a-change.com/News/eyes.htm And the banned 1997 Conservative election campaign posters: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/guardianwitness-blo...

Whether it be Hateful 8, Scarfolk, Simpsons, Life of Brian, 1984, or Brave New World, doesn't reality always inform the satire?

Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)

#46

Post by zelos »

helsinkiandrew wrote: post #32
robocat wrote: post #28

> I finally discovered that I hadn’t imagined it—it’s a 1977 public information film called “The Finishing Line,” which was made to deter children from playing near railway lines. The film was screened at my junior school https://youtube.com/watch?v=SXGqwCbeFD8

I still have difficulty crossing rail tracks on foot after that film. Same period was "Apaches" (farm safety), in which 10 children are killed one by one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3yyKFaq-aw

That film is disturbing for adults, let alone kids. The cut to the girl screaming is terrifying.

Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)

#47

Post by CapeTheory »

Doctor_Fegg wrote: post #33

Britain’s current government can be alarmingly Scarfolk-like at times. Take this graphic tweeted by the Prime Minister: https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1633158789103747072 “If you come to the UK illegally you will be DENIED access to the UK’s modern slavery system” Put that in a 70s typeface and slightly weathered poster appearance and it’s pure Scarfolk.

[flagged]

Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)

#49

Post by blipvert »

hasbot wrote: post #8

Sadly the TV show was never made: https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/scarfolk/ Scarfolk Merchandise: https://saatchistore.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=scarfolk

Worth having a look at Dick and Stewart - an animated series from Richard Littler, narrated by Julian Barrett

https://hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2019/10/05/dick-and-stewart-...

Re: Visiting Scarfolk, the most spectacular dystopia of the 1970s (2016)

#50

Post by UncleSlacky »

helsinkiandrew wrote: post #32
robocat wrote: post #28

> I finally discovered that I hadn’t imagined it—it’s a 1977 public information film called “The Finishing Line,” which was made to deter children from playing near railway lines. The film was screened at my junior school https://youtube.com/watch?v=SXGqwCbeFD8

I still have difficulty crossing rail tracks on foot after that film. Same period was "Apaches" (farm safety), in which 10 children are killed one by one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3yyKFaq-aw

Not to forget the classic "Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water" narrated by Donald Pleasance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNPMYRlvySY

Post reply on HN