From: Artillo5@cs.com
Date: Tue Apr 22 2003 - 10:50:07 MDT
In a message dated 04/22/2003 1:53:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Spudboy100@aol.com writes:
<< If Cricthton wrote about everything working out just chummy, he would
never
get published. If Peter Benchley had written about the number and
characteristics of shark attacks, Jaws would have been published as a vanity
press release. Drama is usually a way of understanding the potential of a
problem, and then having the author use his imagination to thrill people by
it. This is akin to roller coaster affcianado's screaming through the thrill
ride. Dangerous, but almost completely safe, assuming one hasn't eaten
beforehand. There have been a few thrillers about computers going haywire
and
staring nuclear wars, or the hideous and terrifying dangers of the internet.
But for the vast majority of us critters, things are a bit of ok. Drama is
used for peddling novels, and promoting movies. If the X-Men, and company,
were liked and accepted, there would be no X-Men 2, no Terminator 3, No Matr
ix Reloaded. >>
All very good points, Spudboy! But, I personally would like to see a movie
where the tech is NOT the main problem, but the problems ASSOCIATED with
incorporation of the technologies into everyday life are the main focus of
the plot (ala "Minority Report" ::GAG:: style?). One good example of this is
the Anime movie "Metropolis", (loosely based on Fritz Lang's movie). This
movie focuses on how all different strata of society deal with robots getting
"lives" of their own. Get the English dubbed version, reading subtitles just
doesn't make the movie as enjyable (the artwork is phenomenal!).
Arti
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