S01.E02: Want & Consequence

[nodorothyparker]

Streaming 2020.07.15

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Bernard Marx is preoccupied with recent events in New London as he and Lenina Crowne take a trip together; John struggles with a dilemma.

 

[paulvdb]

Lenina's friend has a sadistic streak. She enjoys watching children be shocked for trying to play with epsilon children.

Also some interesting twisting of the truth about the Savages and their lifestyle. That informational card about the western dear beast was not entirely accurate.

[AnimeMania]

Yes, I was wondering about that, how could two societies be so similar in the housing, objects and devices, while removing all information about how the failed society operated, it had to be completely deliberate. Why would you remove all information about animals, extant or extinct, I don't see what purpose that would serve. Unless they are showing that the people of the new society only have the information they need to do their jobs and not much more.

[Chaos Theory]

On 7/16/2020 at 11:12 PM, AnimeMania said:

Yes, I was wondering about that, how could two societies be so similar in the housing, objects and devices, while removing all information about how the failed society operated, it had to be completely deliberate. Why would you remove all information about animals, extant or extinct, I don't see what purpose that would serve. Unless they are showing that the people of the new society only have the information they need to do their jobs and not much more.

You don't want them to think too much about things.  Bernard is a deep thinker and he is miserable.  Each member of society is taught just enough to do their job and exist in society.  Enough social and education information to be happy.no more no less.   Why bother teaching them things they don't need to know?  

You know how people are about animals.  You can tell a story about your dead grandma and people would laugh but tell one about squirrl you accidently ran over on the highway and they will be horrified,  Calling a deer a "Western Deer beast" and making up some facts on how it was so vicious and thats why it is extinct does make people feel better about it.  And in society where feeling good is what matters that is a good thing.   Its also fun how the "Savages' have taken advantages of New London and their tours up to this point with their fake shows.  

I am interested in the "what is wrong with Epsilon Jacks?" mystery.  

Dude.  Now I have to get my free 7 day trial.  Ok sure why not   I am kinda enjoying this.  

 

[sadie]

Me too, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to keep watching but the last 15 minutes really brought me in. Damn you Peacock network, another app I have to keep track of. 

[eelpout]

Rich Hall (!), sans Sniglets. 

Edited July 25, 2020 by eelpout

[Ottis]

On 7/19/2020 at 2:15 PM, Chaos Theory said:

You don't want them to think too much about things.  Bernard is a deep thinker and he is miserable.  Each member of society is taught just enough to do their job and exist in society.  Enough social and education information to be happy.no more no less.   Why bother teaching them things they don't need to know? 

This kind of stuff is interesting. It is a shame it gets put aside for the "Savage Land rebellion." They should have spent 3 eps or so simply showing the future society and letting us see and contemplate the pluses and minuses of it. THEN they could have shown seeds of the rebellion. Very little interest in the rebellion or "the movement."

 

[Catfi9ht]

On 8/9/2020 at 5:30 PM, Ottis said:

This kind of stuff is interesting. It is a shame it gets put aside for the "Savage Land rebellion." They should have spent 3 eps or so simply showing the future society and letting us see and contemplate the pluses and minuses of it. THEN they could have shown seeds of the rebellion. Very little interest in the rebellion or "the movement."

I agree. I really enjoy world-building in television and movies. There's alot of information in the book they could have used as a foundation and built upward from there. I still hope they do.

[TV Anonymous]

Future or not, some basic engineering concepts surely are still applicable. Who designed the rocket craft? Why were there plenty of wasted space in it? The spacing of the seats made no sense whatsoever, particularly as the seats were just that. There were no mini-cabins as in today's first class. And why there was no headrests on the seats?

[Tachi Rocinante]

Well, that escalated quickly.

Thanks, Buddy!

Took me a while to realize that Buhnud was Viserys Targaryen in GoT.

[meira.hand]

I really enjoyed the "Black day" celebration of the Want house, poking fun at Black Friday.