Tarnished sequel to the over praised Westworld, with Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner (as ‘Socks’, no less) investigating a cloning conspiracy at the futuristic equivalent of the western theme park. The obligatory huge computers, shoestring representations of Usbourne Book of the Future-style pastimes (the ‘holographic’ chess is a winner) and an all-dancing dream sequence with Yul Brynner which shamelessly pisses on the memory of the original all add to the fun. Now, if they can get clearance for Beyond Westworld we’d be sorted.
Futureworld
1976
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The People’s Songs
Wednesday, 22.00, BBC Radio 2This series certainly isn’t just aiming for the standard Radio 2 demographic as it’s been true to its word of covering the entire sphere of post-war British pop, and we mark the halfway point with another more recent tune in Cigarettes And Alcohol. The reason it’s here is because it became the unofficial anthem of the new lad, a movement that seemed quite exciting at the time. Remarkably Loaded is still going, even though we haven’t got a clue who reads it, but it’s probably still more relevant than the world’s worst magazine, the truly appalling GQ.
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