From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Thu Jun 28 2001 - 11:26:19 MDT
"Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:
> Rather than thinking of it as an exploration of the Singularity,
> I would think of it more as a documentary of the negative consequences
> of luddite thinking. Something along the lines of Schindler's List
> perhaps.
Hmm...maybe if we bill it as another take on "man vs. society", those
who would change the story might not be so tempted to change it?
A small band of people, having already cured themselves of aging and
most diseases, seeks to share their knowledge with the world...but an
omninous, decentralized yet monolithic force tries to sabotage their
efforts at every turn. It is only through bootstrapping themselves
that the protagonists can get the resources to overcome this adversity.
Intersperse liberally with news alerts of the mounting death toll of
common tragedies (cancer, AIDS, massacres), which the protagonists cite
near the film's end in the final confrontation...which the master
luddites then admit to be part of their hidden agenda. Also contrast
humanity at large, which remains mostly static during the course of the
movie, with the visibly-upgrading protagonists.
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