The future world may be more magical than imagined.
The dystopian science fiction drama I am talking about today, whether it is good or not, let alone whether it is good or not, the plot setting from the first episode has already made the audience "eye-opening" -
Brave New World
Brave New World
The story is set hundreds of years later, with the rapid development of the times, human life has reached an unprecedented new height.
The whole world is united and lives together in New London.
There is no war, no hunger, no poverty.
At first glance, people get along harmoniously, live richly, and all negative emotions do not exist.
However, this seemingly "perfect" state has gradually become problematic, and due to the development of social and biological control technology, human beings have been controlled by the upper society since they were still genes and embryos.
Everyone is already assigned a class and a social division of labor from birth.
In New London, humans are divided into five levels according to genetic hierarchy: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Absilon.
On the basis of these five levels, "plus" and "subtraction" are also divided.
From the moment of embryonicity, perfect genes begin to be carefully cared for by professionals in order to prepare as the elite of the future.
Delta and Abhiron, who are at the lowest level, can only be assigned to do some unskilled manual labor because of their natural "mental retardation".
Each class performs its own duties, and the seemingly prosperous and stable New London actually hides great conflicts and crises.
People living in New London have no privacy at all, and everyone is "connected".
Carry the chip at any time and monitor your every move in real time by the network.
Of course, they don't seem to need privacy either, just work properly and enjoy life.
In order to maintain this social stability, they also invented a psychoesthetic drug called soma to make people forget unpleasant things...
It's this jelly bean-like thing ↓
Instigating hemp, in fact, is a universal D product, only one pill can eliminate all bad emotions, at any time to keep people in a state of fluttering pleasure, it has also become a necessity for people in New London.
For example, if the feelings are frustrated, then come to a grain of instigation.
Frightened? Then let's take a grain of hemp...
In short, everything can be instigated.
At the same time, for the sake of stability, New London abolished the monogamy system.
Everyone can't have a fixed lover, because this is a manifestation of selfishness and greed.
For example, the heroine Lenina, played by "Three Misses" Jessica Brown Findlay in "Downton Abbey", is in the beta+ position in the class.
In her daily life, in addition to doing her job well, she must also abide by three rules of New London society:
No privacy, no family, no monogamy.
London, which has maintained this social relationship for a long time, has naturally given rise to a "multi-partner culture". When it's okay, the gang will hold a "multi-person sports" conference... (The first episode is stunning)
Brave New World is based on the novel of the same name by British writer Ados Huxley and is part of a dystopian trilogy. The book was written in 1931, and it has to be admitted that the ideas in the book, such as human genetic control and hierarchy, are still advanced enough and ironic.
In this beautiful new world that has been shaped, although everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, food and clothing, but the family, personality, and even joy and sorrow have all disappeared, they are strictly scientifically monitored, they follow the rules and procedures, humanity is completely lost, and the external harmony fills the inner void, which is sad and lamentable.
Although the original book is well written, it now seems that the adapted version is not satisfactory, high and low, and there is currently only a passing score on Douban, 6.6 points.
Brave New World has only 9 episodes, if you are interested, you can download it and take a look...
It's a good habit to like it!