That evening, John grabs a knife and heads outside where he’s quickly grabbed by men and shown the illuminated beauty of New London’s skyline. Back home, his strained relationship with his Mother Linda is made worse by intermittent power cuts. Our main man here is John who works as a fixer-upper at the theme park. Various different workers eek out a living on the scraps they’re given and it’s a complete contrast to the fortunes of New London. However, he rejects the advances of a couple and walks away while Helm watches him from afar.Īway from the drug-induced euphoria of New London lies the Savage Lands. As he mulls it over with Emotional Engineer Helm, he’s forced into attending Pleasure Gardens that night and encouraged to mingle and make love with multiple partners. That problem comes in the form of an accident involving a n Echilon worker named Jack standing next to the blood-stained remains of another, identical work who’s seemingly jumped from the roof.īernard heads back to his chambers and tries to make sense of what’s happened. While she leaves, Bernard is approached by the Director and informed they have a problem. Of course, this is against the rules and after being reprimanded, she’s forced to head back to work again. Working in a science lab, a woman named Lenina is called into Bernard Marx’s office where they sit and discuss her recent sexual behaviour with a man named Henry. Because of this, everyone is very happy…or are they? The entire society revolve around 3 rules – no privacy, no family and no monogamy. Of course, book lovers will almost certainly be turned away by this adaptation but if you can go in with an open mind and take to some of the big changes made to the novel, there’s enough here to enjoy.īrave New World wastes little time welcoming you to the hedonistic world of New London in episode 1. What it is, however, is a very watchable series with some nice action set-pieces and a few good twists along the way. Based loosely on the book of the same name, Brave New World is neither brave nor particularly new in a bloated sci-fi genre.
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