I like this framing. It seems like many dystopian or anti-technology thesis movies fall into this category. Whatever thing the creator thinks is bad, they'll come up with a dystopian future based on that thing without justifying why it would be likely.
It also applies to the "straw vulcan" trope: To prove that logic is bad, the movie will show the logical character doing something that has a bad outcome. Except that either the thing done isn't actually logical, or the outcome is something very unlikely.
There's also a straw utilitarian trope similar to the straw vulcan trope: The movie will show the heroes deciding to do the "moral" thing instead of the thing that would have the best overall consequences. But then the moral thing turns out to have the best overall consequences after all. It completely undercuts the lesson by not showing the more realistic result of the heroes sacrificing lives or whatever else is at stake to protect their supposed moral integrity. I know you're not a utilitarian, but I'm sure you agree that scenes like this are a terrible argument against utilitarianism.
I like this framing. It seems like many dystopian or anti-technology thesis movies fall into this category. Whatever thing the creator thinks is bad, they'll come up with a dystopian future based on that thing without justifying why it would be likely.
It also applies to the "straw vulcan" trope: To prove that logic is bad, the movie will show the logical character doing something that has a bad outcome. Except that either the thing done isn't actually logical, or the outcome is something very unlikely.
There's also a straw utilitarian trope similar to the straw vulcan trope: The movie will show the heroes deciding to do the "moral" thing instead of the thing that would have the best overall consequences. But then the moral thing turns out to have the best overall consequences after all. It completely undercuts the lesson by not showing the more realistic result of the heroes sacrificing lives or whatever else is at stake to protect their supposed moral integrity. I know you're not a utilitarian, but I'm sure you agree that scenes like this are a terrible argument against utilitarianism.