[ExI] We Need a Movie, People!! Dammit!

[Josh Cowan]

Anne, I think that was GREAT!! Kudos!


On May 5, 2007, at 6:47 PM, Anne Corwin wrote:

> I like this idea.  And don't laugh (okay, laugh if you want to) but 
> after seeing the musical episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" I was 
> thinking how cool it would be to have some sort of H+ themed musical.  
> You know how show tunes tend to stick in people's heads?  We could 
> have lyrics like:
>
> "Some years ago they froze me
> They vitrified my head
> Most people laughed and mocked them,
> saying, "Why preserve the dead?"
>
> But now I stand before the world
> With body made anew
> And gaze about in wonderment
> At what this world's come through
>
> Through war and existential threat
> Through peril deep and dark
> And yet I live, a child once more
> Aloft on some strange ark.
>
> Some say it happened much too fast:
> An exponential function
> But others (those who rode the curve)
> Look back without compunction.
>
> I wander through the shining streets
> With eyes of diamond staring
> So much has changed: I don't know what
> to  call that thing you're wearing!
>
> But still, some things remain the same:
> Like friendship, love, and heroism,
> And arguments on mailing lists
> On freedom and determinism."
>
> ...or maybe not.  OK, back to working on some more, um, serious 
> writing...
>
> - Anne
>
> A B <austriaaugust at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>  A while back I suggested that someone NEEDS to make a
>> pro-Transhumanism, pro-Singularity fictional
>> (hollywood quality) movie in order to help spread the
>> memes to the masses who are less reading-inclined. I
>> was a little disappointed that there apparently wasn't
>> much interest in getting something started (Except by
>> maybe one or two people possibly). But I still think
>> this would be a great, highly-leveraged opportunity to
>> do some real, tangible good. Now personally, I pretty
>> much SUCK at writing fiction, I'd probably be no
>> better than average. But if *no-one* else, is
>> interested, I'm going to *attempt* to start writing a
>> free-of-charge screenplay. But without any help, the
>> result could be pretty abysmal. Would someone else
>> here *please* consider taking up the reigns entirely,
>> or at least collaborating if they don't want to do it
>> by themselves? Heartland, might you be interested,(I
>> recall that you replied to the original post)?
>>
>> SINCERELY and with Best Wishes,
>>
>> Jeffrey Herrlich
>>
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