Re: Suggestions for metamorphosis images

Tony B. Csoka (csoka@itsa.ucsf.edu)
Mon, 02 Mar 1998 01:43:42 -0700


Max More wrote:

> Can you think of short scenes from movies or TV that would illustrate
> humans transforming? (Or images good for other sections such as on
> cryonics, nano, AI, uploading, etc.) Humor is good -- for instance for
> cryonics I suggested Sleeper, where Woody Allen is unwrapped from the
> aluminum foil and welcomed into the future.
>
> It's hard to find many non-horror images of humans transforming, so I'd
> welcome any suggestions. The more positive, optimistic, humorous images we
> can put in, the more favorably the transhumanist message should be conveyed.
>

Well, maybe it's an obvious one, but there's the final scenes from
"2001, A Space Odyssey". Or what about that old TV series "The Six
Million Dollar Man", which I believe is being made into a film (?).

T. Benjamin Csoka