> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gundam] (OT)Matrix Revelations > Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 16:40:17 -0600 (GMT-06:00) > > Somewhat on topic, I've thought for awhile (ever since I first saw > the Tachikomas in philosophy mode, in fact) that it'd be really > cool if they were the instigators behind a Matrix-like universe, > where they force humanity into dormancy in an effort to protect us > from ourselves. They would, naturally, be programmed with Asimov's > laws, and faced with no way to keep us from killing each other they > put us into cold storage until they can figure out what to do. But > that is cruel, they reason, and so they design a world where we can > exist and interact. Plot complications ensue, and the story begins. > > It would never work, I suppose, but the general setup has a lot > more going for it than does that of the Matrix. <shrug>
I don't think it'll really be necessary as a way to protect humanity. If you look at both volumes of the manga, the movies, and the series, it seems evident that GITS humanity is in a Transhuman stage, and will in the not too distant future be moving minds into electronic storage with the ability to hop between bodies at will much as Motoko Aramaki does in the second manga. In the second manga, an assassination attempt is made on one of the corporate officers that seemingly succeeds - except that the victim was a dummy body being remotely operated by the officer who we eventually learn has his real body in stasis on a space station in orbit. The only critically important part of a person appears to be their brain (or cyberbrain). Everything else is optional for survival. And bodies can be swapped the same way one changes his or her clothes - something that the main character does frequently throughout the second manga series. junior -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
