[ExI] Favorite ~H+ Movies.

[Brian J. Shores]

Pardon me if I'm late in posting this and it has already been mentioned, but
Im answering Emails just now getting to read them LOL

Has anybody mentioned the movie "The Island"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399201/ ? I thought this was an excellent if
flashy vision of a not so perfect advanced society, kinda scary that is
could be just that feasible!


How about these titles involving the use of advanced VR:
Lawnmower Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104692/
Existenz http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/
The Cell  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209958/

Ooo how about these classics:
Dreamscape http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087175/
Looker http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082677/


Renegade robots:
Runaway http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088024/
Chopping Mall (don’t laugh, it could happen in an overly automated society!)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090837/  (ok yea that’s tacky :)  ) 
Deadly Friend (ok but seriously, chips implanted into the brain)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090917/
The Iron Giant (love it) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129167/

Craziness:
The Fifth Element http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/
Dark City http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118929/
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (stop giggling
muahahaahha) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086856/
.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399201/

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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Olga Bourlin
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 2:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [ExI] Favorite ~H+ Movies.


From: "John K Clark" <jonkc at att.net>
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Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 10:29 AM


> The only transhuman movie that I think of that was dead accurate in 
> every respect was made nearly 40 years ago, it was called "The Forbin 
> Project" ... To top it off the AI now forces Forbin to help it design 
> a successor machine even more powerful than it is.

Ah, yes ... I remember that well!  The tagline for "The Forbin Project" 
could have been the same one they used for "Seconds" (a movie I saw as a 
teenager in 1966, which gave a slight boost to my perspective forevermore, 
as well as a new word to my vocabulary, i.e., "reborns"):

"What Are Seconds?... The Answer May Be Too Terrifying For Words!"  (Olga's 
note:  Oh, yeah?  Well, those people obviously never heard of "Second 
Life.")

more: "What if someone offered you the chance to begin again, with a new 
life that was organized to be exactly what you wanted it to be? That's what 
the organization offers some wealthy people..." (Olga's note:  Ha! Ha! Those

stinkin' greedy wealthy people who live dangerously and just can't seem to 
heed the moral lessons imbued in fairy tales such as The Tale of the 
Fisherman ...):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060955/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Fisherman_and_the_Fish

;) Olga

 

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