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The sound was not well balanced in this episode, as the episode progressed, I found myself lowering the volume several times. We have a rigid class system aggressively enforced, The lowest class isn't even allowed individual names, but variations of the same name. I didn't notice if there were any women in the lowest ranks. I am guessing since nobody gets pregnant anymore, there is no type of inherited positions. Drugs seem to keep people happy, probably without affecting your ability to do your job. There is no indication of how long people live or what happens to them when they get old.

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  On 7/17/2020 at 3:00 AM, AnimeMania said:

The sound was not well balanced in this episode, as the episode progressed, I found myself lowering the volume several times. We have a rigid class system aggressively enforced, The lowest class isn't even allowed individual names, but variations of the same name. I didn't notice if there were any women in the lowest ranks. I am guessing since nobody gets pregnant anymore, there is no type of inherited positions. Drugs seem to keep people happy, probably without affecting your ability to do your job. There is no indication of how long people live or what happens to them when they get old.

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First off this and 1984 are two of my all time favorite books.  I am not a book purist so I don't need the show to follow the book.  And to be honest I kinda like the interpretation of this.  It leaves room for some interesting storytelling.    Alot of things not discussed in the pilot were explictily discussed early on the book which explains why the society works the way it does.  I am hoping they are mentioned later in the season because it really is fascinating how the society works.

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  On 7/19/2020 at 6:47 PM, Chaos Theory said:

First off this and 1984 are two of my all time favorite books.  I am not a book purist so I don't need the show to follow the book.  And to be honest I kinda like the interpretation of this.  It leaves room for some interesting storytelling.    Alot of things not discussed in the pilot were explictily discussed early on the book which explains why the society works the way it does.  I am hoping they are mentioned later in the season because it really is fascinating how the society works.

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I'm sorry I'm late to the party. I had no idea this show existed until a couple of days ago.

Reading Brave New World in high school was the most influential experience on how I chose to be the adult I am now. The cautionary tale and societal messages in the book spoke to me on a deeper level than anything else I had read, watched, or participated up to that point in my life. I still see shades in our current society that are exactly the things Huxley warned against in the book even though it was written in 1931. To me, this book is truly prophetic and also shows how humans have always had these baser needs and we really haven't changed even though our technology and ways of life have.

I checked IMDB, and I've seen every iteration of this book on television prior to this show. Each iteration has been a disappointment that has failed to capture the essence of the book and its messages.

I've just watched the first episode of this show, but so far, I'm hopeful. I think the television series format will lend itself better than a movie and allow the writers to delve deeper into this universe which I find so horrifying, prophetic, sad, and utterly fascinating.

I really enjoyed the cast and am looking forward to watching the remaining episodes.

I'll put the rest of my post as it relates to book details in spoiler quotes so I don't potentially spoil anything for folks who haven't read the book.

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