Netflix has had a big year in 2026 with new releases like The Rip (starring Matt Damon) and War Machine (starring Alan Ritchson). The former was the biggest movie of the year for the streamer until the premiere of the latter, which has added over 130 million views since its debut back in March. Netflix also aired the third season of The Night Agent a few months ago, and while the streamer quickly renewed the show for Season 4, it has since been announced that the next season will be the last. The success for Netflix in 2026 all started with Stranger Things, though — the show may have kicked off its final season at the end of 2025, but it aired the final episode on New Year’s Day, even putting the series finale in theaters around the world.
Stranger Things was written and created for TV by the Duffer brothers, Ross and Matt, and the show exploded to the level it has turned the duo into one of the most sought-after TV producers in Hollywood. The Duffers didn’t take long to come back to Netflix for a new sci-fi series, The Boroughs, which arrived on the platform last weekend. It’s now been over a full week since The Boroughs began streaming, but the show has still yet to concede the #1 spot on Netflix streaming charts — the streamer may have the next version of Stranger Things on its hand. The Duffer brothers did not write The Boroughs — that job fell to Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, but they did produce the show and were involved in the creative direction.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
What Is ‘The Boroughs’ About?
Netflix has released an official synopsis for The Boroughs, which reads as follows:
“In a seemingly picturesque retirement community, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don’t have: time.”
Alfred Molina, famed for his role as Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man: No Way Home, stars in the lead role of Sam Cooper in The Boroughs. Additional cast members include Alfre Woodard (12 Years a Slave), Denis O’Hare (Dallas Buyers Club), and Clarke Peters (The Wire). Euphoria director Augustine Frizzell helmed four episodes of The Boroughs, more than any other director. The show holds scores of 95% from critics and 85% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.
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