The Feed, a dystopian series based on the novel of the same name by Nick Clark Windo.
Calum Henderson reviews The Feed - the dystopian parallel universe future coming to you, probably never.
Let's say you're walking to the dairy and you see a funny dog. Obviously, you want all your friends to see the funny dog too. What you currently have to do is fish
your phone out of your pocket, wait for face ID to recognise you, tap in your password when it doesn't, open up the camera app and – oh for god's sake, the funny dog has already gone.
There must be an easier way! What you want is some kind of high-tech brain implant that lets you instantaneously share all your memories, thoughts and emotions with anybody at any time, like you're a real-life Sim in The Sims. What you want is The Feed, the titular technology in TVNZ OnDemand's new British thriller, The Feed.
If The Feed sounds familiar, it may be because it's essentially a beefed-up version of the kit imagined in the Black Mirror episode "The Entire History of You", which allowed people to rewind and replay their memories. If that wasn't enough to put you off the idea of brain implant technology for life, this dystopian series – based on the novel of the same name by Nick Clark Windo – surely will.
In The Feed's near-future parallel universe, everybody has become completely reliant on their brain implant in the same way we're all basically reliant on our smartphones now. Like smartphones and social media, there are some who resist it – mostly hipsters like Tom (Guy Burnet), who instead uses The Feed's powers to secretly listen to awful ska music during the speeches at his brother's engagement party.
