The new and recent TV series about the near(ish) future, fittingly called Futurescape does a good job imagining the spectrum of Utopia and Dystopia. It is surely a timely show, as we are heading toward some difficult realities that we may not be able to restrain ourselves from engaging. Will these breakthrough technologies at breakneck speeds break our world, by ushering in humans with bio-luminescent hair, glow-in the dark lipstick, bio-mechanical detachable penises or will it fall more towards the other end of the spectrum: the promises of near free energy, clean air and water for rich and poor alike? The age old curses versus blessings. The train lessened the need for horse-drawn caravans but the automobile lessened the train. Collectivism vs individualism. Can we find a non-violent balance? Can we not both have 'organic', natural food grown on natural and rich soil or will the future be about nanotoxins in our bodies and animal and plant food?
James Woods presents some possibilities of the good, the bad and ugly old future where scifi themes of like it or not extremes are presented. Because sometimes, only in the extremes can we see the balance.
That's why we have our limbs; our extremities. You can catch the series online. Click this link for a preview of Futurescape with James Woods on YouTube. (You'll have to search your local listings yourself.) How you do is up to....You-Know-Who [insert mock copyright here]
James Woods presents some possibilities of the good, the bad and ugly old future where scifi themes of like it or not extremes are presented. Because sometimes, only in the extremes can we see the balance.
That's why we have our limbs; our extremities. You can catch the series online. Click this link for a preview of Futurescape with James Woods on YouTube. (You'll have to search your local listings yourself.) How you do is up to....You-Know-Who [insert mock copyright here]
