Photo on the left is more like the landscape from the last Judge Dredd movie.
http://media.kino-govno.com/images/dredd/dredd_15.jpg
http://media.kino-govno.com/images/dredd/dredd_26.jpg
And what is going on in Chechnya now has by far more similarities with the movie than just the views.
Dude, the real Mega City 1 never looked like that. Massive city blocks, yes,
but no low lying urban or old buildings except in special "historical" districts.
The weather in Mega City 1 is PERFECT- every day is sunny and 70 F, because the weather is controlled by a machine.
Each city block is an enclosed system-
with their own power generation, health services, commerce, and a CITI-DEF armory/arsenal.
During the "Block Mania" when East Meg 1 pumped a biological agent into most city block ventilation systems, during the APOCALYPSE WAR,
Bugs Bunny Block CITI-DEF actually fought Ronald Reagan Block forces to a standstill, right before the Dan Tanna Junction was severed.
This idyllic sci-fi world ends with East Meg 1, 2, and 3 becoming large sheets of trinitite (slightly radioactive green glass)
You can bet your Siberian clone mother that this is some of the most UNIQUE, imaginative, "fastastical" cold war paranoia sci-fi
ever conceived. I look at the cover today and still think, "Jesus CHRIST, that shit looks fucking crazy."
I love the futuristic obsession with excessive shoulder "paddage".
https://i.imgur.com/sFo42Cj.jpg