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Jayang t1_itsopfy wrote

>The thriller series will follow Thora (Viola Prettejohn), a rebellious teenage clone who escapes from the boarding school where she and her fellow clones are kept hidden from society. As she starts living undercover in the outside world, she unwittingly sets in motion events that will spark a revolution and test the boundaries of what it means to be human.

I'm a bit skeptical since this isn't actually an adaptation of the original book, and the description implies the series will veer more into YA territory, which seems a bit antithetical to the message of the book. But I hope that Ishiguro's hand in the production will help steer this project into a good direction.

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amcfatboy t1_itt233m wrote

God it sounds like they’re going to ruin it The Handmaid’s Tale style. That book was haunting because of the hopelessness. Ishiguru’s books are about people’s need to serve at their own expense, not rebellion.

“In every endeavor, we care about this so much, and this is what fascinates me about people and it touches me about people,” he said. “It moves me about human beings, in (their) struggle to do something that they think will bring them dignity and pride and a sense of self-worth. And so I often show people in service because that is such a huge part of who we are.”

His books are about serving a master’s will and not standing up for other’s or your own safety or freedom, in order to serve the ‘greater good’ of society, which is the tragedy. If they pay lip service to that, and then turn it into a hero chase, catch and release show like ‘Handsmaid’ I’ll throw up.

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Kheten t1_ittesvh wrote

To me his work speaks to the fact that every moment of your life is either spend in accordance to your own purpose or in service of someone else's purpose.

Like how each action to act as a part of a greater whole is a theft from some unrealized personal future.

Every mundane choice to be a part of something eats away at their individuality and how each of those tiny choices shapes remorse and longing for a future they chose to ignore.

This sentiment is like the entire point of What Remains of the Day. He tries to be cute at the end say Stevens tries to live with this knowledge but turns around and remains in his job to a different employer. lmao

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future_shoes t1_ittu5ez wrote

There is a Japanese TV series from a few years back based on it as well. I don't know how faithful that was to the books either but wouldn't be surprised if the US show is more based on that than the book.

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TheWholeOfTheAss t1_itw3lxp wrote

Sounds like a major departure. I guess they’re going in this direction as the original plot wouldn’t support multiple seasons. I read the book and the outline does nothing for me. Might be good.

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AshgarPN t1_iturcpb wrote

Sounds like post-end-of-book fanfic Handmaid's Tale style. If you're eventually going to have the oppressive state taken down by the people, it kind of negates the whole message of the book, no? It's supposed to be depressing and hopeless.

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