On 6/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">A B</b> <<a href="mailto:austriaaugust@yahoo.com">austriaaugust@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Boy, things have been tense around here lately. We<br>should be entitled to a little fun once in a while,<br>right?</blockquote><div><br>Right ^.^ <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I thought it would be fun to make a list of our<br>favorite semi-transhumanist movies. This written<br>medium can sometimes be somewhat dry, and difficult to<br>express and share positive emotions with each other.<br>It may sound cheesy, but perhaps by sharing our
<br>favorite movies, we could more easily recognize some<br>of the more fundamental feelings and aspirations<br>between us.</blockquote><div><br>Good idea! Let's see, what counts as "semi-transhumanist"? For the sake of argument I'll take it as portraying in a positive light a) reaching up to life rather than sinking down to death, and b) the role of science and rationality in general in that process.
<br><br>So for movies:<br><br>Independence Day<br><br>Hmm, short list! (Not saying there aren't other possible candidates, but that's the only one that comes to mind. Most of the other great movies I can think of have technology as just a neutral background, and some - well, now I almost wish The Terminator wasn't one of the greatest.) I'm going to take the liberty of including anime series also:
<br><br>Blue Seed<br>Bubblegum Crisis 2040<br>Neon Genesis Evangelion<br>Slayers<br>Xenosaga (also a game series)<br></div></div>