Brave New World (TV Series) Soma Red (2020) User Reviews

Higher rating if new season coming

[sage4676 · 6/10 · 23 December 2020]

This would be a much better review if it weren't the ending of a great series. It has been dropped and not purchased by any other streamers. We will just have to wait and hope.

A good final episode to a great adaptation

[ay6 · 9/10 · 7 October 2020]

Now I've finished watching season one, I can say I quite like it. Sure, it's not a faithful dramatisation of the book; it's "based on" at best. But I think the changes they made and elements they added allow for a continuation into further seasons. Some people will hate it and bemoan the fact it's not what Aldous Huxley wrote, but it's good sci-fi TV nonetheless, and viewed in its own right as an entity separate from the book, it's really not bad at all.

Bittersweet Ending

[rebsothoth · 10/10 · 13 September 2020]

The finale of this wonderful, deep series illustrates how easy and how dangerous it is to for the downtrodden masses misinterpret a message. It shows that violence isn't the answer, and just leads to total collapse of society, from the top to the bottom. Empathy is the real key, seeing the world with the knowledge that every person, regardless of station or privilege, feels pain. People seek numbness from the pain from drugs or entertainment, spending more time watching the lives of other people than living their own. However, the differences between people are artificial and conditioned, so that we all "know our place" and "stay in line". Violence happens when people misunderstand the meaning of "equality", and think those above need to be brought down rather than trying to raise everyone up. There may be happiness in freedom from the constraints of society (Lenina), but even "savages" (John) still crave connections and stability. The people that need structure defined for them will always seek out ways to find that structure (Bernard). In the end of this version of the story, everyone simply moved from one less-than-ideal situation to another. Far more hopeful than the book, but still a sad reflection on our current reality.

Nearly 30 years after he wrote "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley wrote a book analyzing why we were moving closer to his dystopian vision of the future far faster than he had imagined. This was in 1958. As I write this, it is 2020; how much closer are we today?

One of my favorite sci-fi shows.

[anatoliymaslyanchuk · 10/10 · 11 December 2020]

Don't listen to the haters or the low ratings, this show is unlike any others i've seen. It's truly a unique setting and a sci-fi world. The actors are perfect. Lenina Crowne is really attractive and lovely.