It's people like you who are actively ensuring the future will be a dystopia.
I dunno, he's kind of got a point, dark tones and cynical futures have been very present in more than one medium since the 90s or so.
Watchmen kind of inaugurated them and as good as that was, most of its spawn does not deserve to be put on the same pedestal.
Particularly, the problem with
The Hunger Games is, I think, that Ms. Collins just kind of ran out of steam after executing the initial premise; the sequels - especially the latter one - just feel very meandery and overstuffed with political overthinking. The kind that comes off as a juvenile but failed attempt to be deep. The franchise is entertaining in its own way and I'll certainly be in line to see the next film but overall I'd say there are better sources of meaning out there in fiction.
