2017 is the
year blockbusters lost their faith in humanity
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To hear the movies tell it, it's always the end of the world.
Every few weeks, another existential threat drops into the multiplex, usually via sky portal, promising certain doom unless an "unlikely" hero steps up to stop it. Almost without fail, he (and it's usually a he) succeeds. Crisis is averted, tears turn to cheers, and mankind is safe for another day.
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Lately, though, the formula's started to shift. In 2017, our
blockbusters didn't just ask if humankind could be saved. They started asking whether humankind was worth saving to begin with.
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