brave new world – Moe Lane

The “Ah, they missed the point” BRAVE NEW WORLD reboot trailer.

I suppose that I should be used to Hollywood fundamentally misunderstanding literary dystopias. They’re not always making bad movies, but they so rarely understand what the author was trying to say. BRAVE NEW WORLD seems destined to do the same:

USA Network picks up Brave New World TV show.

It’s going to suck. Bolding mine.

As citizens of New London, Bernard Marx and Lenina Crowne have only ever known a rigid social order, a perfect pharmaceutical called Soma, and a culture of instant gratification and ubiquitous sex. Curious to explore life beyond the strictures of their society, the two New Worlders embark on a vacation to the Savage Lands, where they become embroiled in a harrowing and violent rebellion. Bernard and Lenina are rescued by John the Savage, who escapes with them back to New London. John’s arrival in the New World soon threatens to disrupt its utopian harmony, leaving Bernard and Lenina to grapple with the repercussions. The three become entwined in a fraught relationship that awakens them to the dangers of their own conditioning.”