[ExI] Pantheon

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 04/10/2025 14:21, John Clark wrote:
> Has anybody around here seen the animated Netflix series "Pantheon"? The animation is not Pixar quality but it's not bad and I've never seen a better depiction of uploading in any movie or TV series.

I'm watching it, on your recommendation, but can't say I'm impressed so 
far (episode 4).

They seem to be getting a lot of things wrong, in my view, including 
what I call the Disembodiment Fallacy and 'separable emotion', but maybe 
that's deliberate and at least some of it will be sorted out later on, 
so I'll keep watching it. Don't really like animated film, but I can put 
up with that for now.

There's a programme called "Upload" on Amazon which, while quite 
unimaginative, at least doesn't suffer from the same problems. There's 
still an evil corporation of course, but you can pretty much take that 
for granted in any fiction. Got to have a Bad Guy, or there's no story.

I thought that 'Transcendence' wasn't a bad effort at depicting 
uploading, although the film was disappointing in the end.

When I've finished watching Pantheon (or given up on it), I'll post my 
verdict.

Does anyone have any other uploading-related TV programmes or films 
they've seen, and opinions about them? Entertainment plays a big part in 
shaping public perception (look at the Terminator films, and how often 
they're cited when talk turns to AI dangers), it might be a good idea to 
have an overview of what's currently available, and the general attitude 
being promoted.

-- 
Ben