i hear ya!
-- Original message --
From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For me, The Day The Earth Stood Still is it. I grew up in the midst of the
Cold War, saw the fear of MAD in everyone's eyes. Heck, I still don't trust the
Russians because of it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For me, The Day The Earth Stood Still is it. I grew up in the midst of the
Cold War, saw the fear of MAD in everyone's eyes. Heck, I still don't trust the
Russians because of it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I love The Matrix as entertaining, slick,
action-packed scifi, and a cool concept. I
If you can accept Brazil as a cautionary tale, The Matrix is easy. I
personally believe that the Matrix is a lot more possible than we give
credit, as Karl Rove proved over six years. One moral of the Matrix was
simple: free your mind and expand beyond what you have been taught,
because
well said
-- Original message --
From: Daryle Lockhart (personal e-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you can accept Brazil as a cautionary tale, The Matrix is easy. I
personally believe that the Matrix is a lot more possible than we give
credit, as Karl Rove proved over six
The Matrix is the ultimate cautionary tale, just not the ultimate
dystopian cautionary tale.
However for people who love substance over form, it is perhaps the
tale for our times. It's THE example of what happens when you mix an
uber excessive Budget with an utter absence of creative talent and
http://blogs.takepart.com/2008/02/13/top-10-dystopian-future-films-telling-us-to-act-now/
There is an entire genre of film out there that examines the darker side
of humanity and what the future looks like if that darker side continues
to thrive. It seems to me that these films offer us a great
not sure i'd call The Matrix a Cautionary tale, beyond the standard don't
make computers too intelligent 'cause they always turn on their creators idea.
maybe it's just me, and the idea of intelligent computers farming humans seems
so far in the possible futures we can have, it leans more
