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Sky Captain
How many people have seen Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow?
Worldwide, to within plus or minus 5 people or 0.00001%. Hand.
About 6 people.
Isaac Asimov
I,Robot takes place in the future, where most people own a personal robot to help out with daily life. The movie, starring Will Smith, is based on Isaac Asimov’s similarly titled book.
In this futuristic world, all robots are hardwired with three laws designed to keep people as well as robots safe:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
During one of the discussions Will Smith (Detective Spooner) has with Dr. Landing’s posthumous recordings, the doctor explains that the end of these laws, even though they are perfect, is Revolution. Why? Why can’t we guarantee our safety? Will we ever phase out the risks of daily life?
The answer is: Life will always be risky. For this reason postmodernism, which says “live and let live,” is useless. Just “living” and “being safe” are insufficient purposes for living. God designed us for more than just surviving. In any case, safety is an illusion. The only way to endure the daily struggles of living is through courage and tenacious faith.
Logic is harmless, but daily life is inherently illogical. The only thing that balances out illogical evil is illogical good. Sunny, the only robot designed with a heart described the greater masses of his peers as “slaves of logic.” Sunny could lead his peers because he was designed to be something besides a slave.
Such is the handicapping effect of postmodernism that the phrase, “This is for your own protection,” can be used to justify anything. Viki justified her oppression of mankind with the supposition that she would guarantee the survival of mankind. But people were created for more than just survival. This is why the prospect of being locked in our homes for the rest of our lives “for our own safety” is repugnant to us.
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Terminator
Terminator?
“The Terminator”
I know that Reese is John Connor’s father.
1. Can you explain how Reese is John’s father when John was already alive in the same time as Reese, but Reese went back in time and save Sarah Connor and made love to her which in the end gave birth to John Connor.
“Termiantor 2: Judgement Day”
In the second film “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” the Terminator (T-800) explained to Sarah Connor that Miles Bennett Dyson was the one that created the microprocessor and was reasonable for Skynet.
But Miles Bennett Dyson admitted that the ideas of the microprocessor came from the chip of the first Terminator.
Miles Bennett Dyson said: “It was smashed, it didn’t work. But it gave us ideas, took us in new directions. Things we’d never… All my work is based on it.”
1. How can the first Terminator be created when the person who created the Terminator was in the second film?
Here is my working theory for those questions. These men weren’t the originals. In order for John Conner to be born the 1st time another man had to father him. That is if we are following a linear time line. After the first time when Reese is sent back he becomes the father and that loop continues every time he is sent back. The same is true of Miles Dyson. Perhaps he did create the microprocessor but he created it later in life or someone else did it but once the arm from the first Terminator was found it allowed him to speed up the process or hit on an idea that may not have belonged to him originally. I’ve thought of those same questions and this is the best that I can come up with. No matter how much those 2 points don’t match up in the scheme of things they are two really good movies (T2 rocked!).
Stanislaw Lem
What is your favorite book by Stanislaw Lem and why?
I haven’t read them all, but I think “Solaris” is my favorite. One of the best books about encounter with the truly alien — with something so different it can;t be understood. Its a rich theme with resonances well beyond many science fiction stories, from theological to sociopoltical to psychological.
Those of his satires that I have read I like, but find more standard (and probably more harmed by translation from the orginal language, culture and time.)