![]() What would we do if we had all of these freedoms in place in our society today? Would our lives change for the better from taking this one coloured pill? Would everything run in harmony, or would we fade into the background in a sea of banality? What 'Brave New World' accomplishes in doing is stirring up the question of what truly brings us joy in the world, and if relying on Soma pills is a healthy crutch for all of these citizens to cling to. Have we gone too far down the rabbit hole? See, there's nothing to worry about - everyone can be happy all of the time, right? Varying in seven different colours and strengths, depending on how negative or low you are feeling, you take one pill to ensure instant gratification and reinstate your happiness level. However, one ingenious method that ensures each person living in New London enjoys themselves at all times of the day and night, is a drug called Soma. ![]() But that in itself leads to barriers erupting between citizens, which may be a recipe for disaster. ![]() The World State’s caste system, which sees workers ranked in order of status - Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon - ensures that depending on your rank you can obtain certain perks with your status. Of course, this might sound alien to us, but in a world where the citizens know no different, it is their everyday life. But can all of this freedom bring you true happiness? The rules are simple - no partners, no family ties, and no privacy - and if you follow them the unified government that oversees New London, the World State, can see that citizens are having the times of their lives (and staying within their lines). What looks like a wonderful lifestyle superficially, once you dig a little deeper, not everything or everyone is as happy as they may seem. So, how does 'Brave New World' differ from other TV shows or movies where a technology-advanced utopia is the setting of the day? Let's find out. And it looks even scarier than you might think.īased on the groundbreaking 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley, Sky's provocative new futuristic series takes the wonders of today's world - the internet, social media, smartphones, and even television - and turns it into a hyper-realised society the likes of which hasn't been seen before now. ![]() But - do we have too much? Are we verging on being hyper-connected, or have we already passed this point? Sky original 'Brave New World' will make viewer's question where our society might one day be headed. In a pressure cooker of norms both strait-jacketed and freewheeling, humanity is on a collision course with forbidden love and revolutionary uprising.Brought to you by: Living in a world filled with incredibly advanced technology, one would think that we, as a society, have it all. Based on Aldous Huxley's prophetic 1932 novel, this genre-bending, science-fiction and fantasy drama imagines a world steeped in holographic pleasure, with hedonistic values re-branded as selflessness for the good of the collective. ![]() As members of society's upper echelons and those on the marginalized fringes begin to question the so-called faultless rules of their reality, perfection gets flipped on its head. Conditioned from birth at the Hatchery, residents of New London are assigned a letter of the Greek alphabet and relegated to predetermined life roles in accordance with expectations for their bio-engineered caste. In an idyllic utopia whose peace and stability hinge upon control of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself, everyone belongs to everyone else. ![]()
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