Earth (Elysium universe)

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Earth in the Elysium universe is a heavily overpopulated, polluted, and impoverished planet whose struggling inhabitants contrast starkly with the wealthy elite living on the luxurious space habitat Elysium.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional planet
location in film
alsoDepictsLanguage Spanish
appearsIn Elysium (film) NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme environmental degradation
immigration and border control
wealth inequality
borderControlBy Elysium’s security forces NERFINISHED
classRelationTo lower class relative to Elysium
contrastsWith Elysium (space habitat) NERFINISHED
countryFilmingLocationForDepiction Canada NERFINISHED
Mexico NERFINISHED
depictedAs impoverished
overpopulated
polluted
directorOfWorkItAppearsIn Neill Blomkamp NERFINISHED
dominantAuthority Elysium government NERFINISHED
economicActivity dangerous industrial labor
economicCondition widespread poverty
environmentalCondition severely polluted
governanceCondition weak state authority
governedBy Armadyne Corporation (de facto) NERFINISHED
healthcareAccess severely limited
healthcareInequalityWith Elysium (space habitat) NERFINISHED
immigrationStatusToElysium heavily restricted
inhabitedBy impoverished humans
working-class humans
lawEnforcement robotic police
locationOf Frey Santiago’s home
Max Da Costa’s factory workplace
Max Da Costa’s home
Spider’s base of operations
medium film
narrativeFunction symbol of global inequality
partOfFictionalUniverse Elysium universe NERFINISHED
populationStatus heavily overpopulated
primaryLanguageDepicted English
publicHealthCondition high disease burden
resourceCondition scarcity for majority population
securityPresence heavily militarized policing
socialStructure highly stratified
technologyLevel advanced robotics present
timeSetting year 2154
transportationTo illegal shuttles to Elysium
usedAsAllegoryFor contemporary global South
visualContrastWith Elysium’s clean environment
visualInspiration near-future Los Angeles NERFINISHED
visualTone dusty and desaturated

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Spider countryOfOrigin Earth (Elysium universe)
subject surface form: Spider (Elysium)