OK, so I only saw one episode, but this has got to be the worst adaptation of 1984 imaginable.
The decision to update the setting was ridiculous: 1984 is about 1948! It doesn't even have anything to do with the 80s - it has even less to do with the beginning of the 21st century. Do producers think viewers can't handle a story that's not actually set in their own century?
Why all the ad-libbing? Orwell's language is a model of prose: how can some modern actor come close?
OK: I can see where the decision to update the themes came from, but the heavy-handed treatment of race was out of place. It had nothing to do with Orwell's vision for his work.
And why make Winston a woman?
Does anyone have an explanation for this travesty?
2007-03-15 13:37:06 · 3 answers · asked by garik 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Very funny. As you know, Big Brother was inspired by a motif in Orwell's 1984, rather than an attempt at an adaptation. Or at least I hope you do. Hmmmm.....
2007-03-15 13:41:44 · answer #1 · answered by AlexChappel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure to pot smokers you are an inspiration of wisdom but for those of us without mental illness you make no sense. I am not sure if you are trying to be ironic or moronic
2007-03-15 13:47:45 · answer #2 · answered by properwired 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i have no idea what you are talking about
2007-03-15 13:42:09 · answer #3 · answered by stuffy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋