On 6/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Elaa Mohamad</b> <<a href="mailto:emohamad@gmail.com">emohamad@gmail.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;">
I wonder why nobody mentioned The Matrix so far? Or did I miss it?</blockquote><div><br>Well, the criteria I've been using are portraying technology in a positive light, and - more important, sufficiently so to get a work at least an honorable mention by itself - the use of rational thought for solving problems.
<br><br>In The Matrix, the machines are evil and the way to solve problems is with a form of watered-down mysticism. I'm not saying it's a bad movie - it's good for what it is, a martial arts flick with cool special effects - but I wouldn't recommend it for the philosophy.
<br><br>Here's another one I just remembered: Ghostbusters.<br></div></div>