“It’s the dilemma of being a creative and striving for perfection, to better the next one, to always give the audience more and challenging yourself,” John-Kamen told us in an interview about her character’s challenges, adding, “There are many similarities in the creative world!” All too true! Adaptations should never be judged by the books they’re based on, and in this case, that principle only highlights the flaws of the standalone story of Peacock’s Brave New World. The book was an innovation, satirically criticizing the utopian novels of the time, but the reinterpretation now illogically appears to be derivative of the sci-fi genre its source material inspired. “I don’t know more!” Such is the paradox of Peacock having adapted Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel after years of audiences being subjected to the dystopian stories of The Hunger Games and The 100 among many others.
In Brave New World, the filmmaker character of Helm Watson, played by Hannah John-Kamen, laments having to create yet another sequel to her successful feelie series, Pleasure Bomb. This Brave New World review contains no spoilers.
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