I've just read the rest of the entry, and wow, thank you so very much. Sooo much food for thought here, and so many interesting movies I would never have heard of, plus your thoughts on ones I *have* heard of.
I love the sound of the Danish film about the trip to Mars. Just reading it made my eyes prick for the longing it represents and the (in our 21st century hindsight, and cinematographic hindsight) hopefulness it portrays. I'd love to see it one day.
And High Treason sounds fascinating as an artifact! I like that that it strove for gender parity in government--remarkable, and good! And the Federation of Europe and channel tunnel, etc.--fascinating. I'm always interested in the things that don't change, because the creators don't think of them as important enough details--for instance, in reading Philip K. Dick with the healing angel, I've been struck by all the people smoking all the time in the future. As it turns out: no!
The tall one just saw Ex Machina the other day, and we ended up having a heated conversation about AI in general, but we did also talk about the ending a little.
Off to tweet this now--more people need to know about your excellent reviews. (Not that my twitter is the greatest advertising platform, but one uses what one has.)
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I love the sound of the Danish film about the trip to Mars. Just reading it made my eyes prick for the longing it represents and the (in our 21st century hindsight, and cinematographic hindsight) hopefulness it portrays. I'd love to see it one day.
And High Treason sounds fascinating as an artifact! I like that that it strove for gender parity in government--remarkable, and good! And the Federation of Europe and channel tunnel, etc.--fascinating. I'm always interested in the things that don't change, because the creators don't think of them as important enough details--for instance, in reading Philip K. Dick with the healing angel, I've been struck by all the people smoking all the time in the future. As it turns out: no!
The tall one just saw Ex Machina the other day, and we ended up having a heated conversation about AI in general, but we did also talk about the ending a little.
Off to tweet this now--more people need to know about your excellent reviews. (Not that my twitter is the greatest advertising platform, but one uses what one has.)