Brave New World for Hollywood as Aldous Huxley feud ends

The Times ^ | 3/23/2008 | John Harlow

[weegee]

Hollywood proclaims the “Red Scare” a myth yet they understand that 1984 and Animal Farm are warnings. Too bad the Red Dupes are such useful idiots that they think it can ever apply to rightwing extremism.

They were an indictment of the Stalinists in the US and UK who absolutely refused to criticize Stalin or the USSR even though they had no problems with trashing the West even during WWII.

[kb2614]

They really can't see past their hatred for big corporations as the source of the world's evil, (a la Blade Runner) even as they use big corporations to produce and distribute their films.

I hear what your saying and agree. I will also admit that Bladerunner is one of my all time favorite movies. The movie was close to perfection! I'm a scifi geek though.

[webstersII]

"Plus all of his pot smoking and ‘relations’ with Toby McGuire are very, very Brave New World-esque. "

As they said in Seinfeld, "not that there's anything wrong with that!" ;-)

But I think you've got the story wrong. Link

[Leisler]

They'll have to fit in a car chase, lesbian sex, hip-hop brothers shooting guns sideways and, of course, a George Bush like character has the evil bureaucrat.

[RoadTest]

This and 1984 are very prophetic books.

My doctor informs me there is a drug called “Soma”, though it’s not in my pill book. He said it’s very powerful.

Here’s Google’s Soma finds: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Soma&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

[atomicpossum]

To the Leftists in Hollywood, the novel probably seems Utopian.

Either that, or they’ll turn it into a condemnation of the Bu$HitlerCo administration.

[VictoryGal]

> “DiCaprio will play John the Savage, ...

He’d do better playing the shrimpy, craven Bernard Marx.

[Paleo Conservative]

Brave New World it the DemcRATS's blueprint for how society should work.

[WorkingClassFilth]

He finally escapes celebrity to become a lighthouse keeper.

Wrong. He finally escapes by hanging himself in the lighthouse.

I do hope that Leonardo does his own stunts in this film...

[LRS]

But, will they cast Geraldo Rivera as Primo Mellon?

[nyyankeefan]

with DiCaprio in this crapper....it will do as well as the great film of the century......gigli!!!!!!

[napscoordinator]

This might be an interesting movie. I mean maybe some people will finally decide that we don’t want America to end up like that.

[napscoordinator]

Seems a weak choice for a big-budget film.

Are you serious? The number one ticket seller of all times with the highest money makes of all times even 10 years later. You need a serious marketing course ASAP!!! I suppose you are thinking that Rick Shroeder should play the part??? Just because he is conservative does not mean he will sell tickets. Leo a liberal has proved himself. Rick Shroeder has a TV show Silver Spoons under his belt. lol.

[FormerACLUmember]

Soma is an orthopedic muscle relaxant, now long generic.

It is true that it is prophetic (correct and incorrect predictions), but Brave New World is boring.

[Chickensoup]

If they do a good job, I will and so will my family. BNW is part of my children’s reading list on government. All of them learned a lot from the book, which by the way, is mentioned in Goldberg’s latest book on fascism.

[Chode]

Shut up and take the soma; I’m glad I’m a beta.

and there it is...

[Bean Counter]

If Ridley Scott directs “Brave New World”, that would be big news indeed. If done properly, this could make quite a movie.

There have been worse books chosen for movies...”Naked Lunch” comes to mind...

[Mark was here]

Is this the story where he ends up in Mexico and is saved by his Mother who has been living as a native for quite a while? This may be the spin as the natives are the smart ones.

[jiggyboy]

I’m certain I saw a version of this on TV a couple of years ago, maybe on the Sci-Fi channel. Leonard Nimoy was the top bad guy.

[struggle]

Well, I had a few sources that were on the set of Don’s Plum that said to the contrary.

Let’s just say they had a very close relationship.