Weird City Trailer Reaction: 4 Ups & 1 Down

2. A New Take On A Tired Genre

While dystopian stories have been part of the fabric of Hollywood for decades now, it feels like they've been done to death in recent years - thanks, in no small part, to the fact that dystopian cities often serve as the perfect backdrop for YA movies. However, while Weird City does employ a dystopian setting, it also offers the possibility of a reinvention.

This isn't a diseased landscape that has been ravaged by aliens or a burning city overrun by machines. There is no troubled young protagonist who must overcome these monsters to save their loved ones and, perhaps most noticeable of all, there is no immediate threat. Instead, we have a glossy, over-the-top utopia that, in being so, has allowed humanity to become so out of touch that they don't see that they are the enemies to society (more on that later).

Even on a less deep note, it's using a trope that is usually reserved for overly dramatic or angsty storylines, reinventing it for a ridiculous comedy and, in this era where the YA post-apocalyptic adaptations are a dying breed, it has breathed new life into the dystopian genre.

Perhaps, if successful, we could see a new era of pieces where dystopian settings could serve as a backdrop for a multitude of different genres. Dystopian romcom, anyone?