The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video
arena: the Videodrome. The television screen is the retina of the
mind’s eye. Therefore, the television screen is part of the physical
structure of the brain. Therefore, whatever appears on the television
screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch it. Therefore,
television is reality, and reality is less than television.
-Dr. Brian O’blivon,
Videodrome
The basic premise is that of un-reality