Generation X

Generation X. Jack Sholder, dir. Canada: MT2 Services, with Marvel Films, Marvel Comics, Marvel Entertainment Group (prod.) / New World (dist.). Premiere Fox TV, 20 Feb. 1996. Eric Blakeney, co-exec. prod. and script. Bruce Sallon, co-exec. prod. Matt Frewer, Finola Hughes, Jeremy Ratchford, featured players. Based on Marvel's Generation X, by Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo. 2-hour time slot for premiere.

Features a "dream machine" that might have been "The next phase in free-market mind control" but instead becomes the device allowing the villain (Frewer) access to a dreamscape where he can mess with minds and be confronted by the mutant heroes. Note imagery of superimposition of cybernetic/electronic upon the human and a kind of Dreamtime. Cf. and contrast The Lathe of Heaven. (RDE, 22/02/96)