From what I can tell, Huxley's criticizing a social world that relies on image over substance. Distraction over discourse. Surface over substance. Simplistic image over complex reality.
I think that Huxley, like Orwell, was seeing this as something new, or something getting worse. I don't think so. I think that this is common to all settings and all cultures/subcultures.
As to the TV movie. It was either a TV Movie or a miniseries on the Sci-Fi channel, back when it was the Sci-Fi channel and would take risks. I caught bits of it, enough to know that it made some changes that just don't work.
I might try to see if I can watch it for free at some point in this deconstruction.
Re: Tons of questions
I think that Huxley, like Orwell, was seeing this as something new, or something getting worse. I don't think so. I think that this is common to all settings and all cultures/subcultures.
As to the TV movie. It was either a TV Movie or a miniseries on the Sci-Fi channel, back when it was the Sci-Fi channel and would take risks. I caught bits of it, enough to know that it made some changes that just don't work.
I might try to see if I can watch it for free at some point in this deconstruction.