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Monday, August 09, 2004


 
Movie reviews. By popular request.

I, Robot
Not so much like the book... but and awesome movie from the standpoint of Artificial Intelligence. More like the book than I expected... and much more AI theory than I expected. If you have never read the book.. it's a pretty good sci-fi movie with good graphics and only a few slightly unbelievable parts, overall ok. If you read the book... enjoy the line in the credits: "Suggested by a book by Isaac Asimov". The nude scene with Will Smith was totally not important to the plot, and was (I assume) designed only to show off all the work he did preparing for Ali. Overall: Good movie, I'll prolly buy it on DVD.

Collateral
Weird, screwed up movie. But good. In a weird, screwed up sort of way. The camera guy was on crack, though... the whole movie looks like he was carrying the camera on his shoulder. Like Blair Witch, only wihtout the running, and they didn't mic him to get the paniced breathing. Really. I think I might want to see it again... but in a little while, not right away. Tom Cruise made a good and totally beliveable badguy... So I guess that should make up for the cinematography.

um... so like, those are the only movies I've seen recently... Sorry?

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Thursday, January 15, 2004


 
"What Franz Kafka was to the first half of the 20th century, Philip K. Dick is to the second half."
— Art Spiegelman, author of "Maus"


Found this quote in this article. the article is cool, not only because it quotes Spiegelman, but because it says a lot about sci-fi in general.

However... it says very little on the topic of AI. Which is what I'm researching. *sigh*

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Friday, July 18, 2003


 
Quote of the day:

Madness has no purpose. Or reason. But it may have a goal.
-- Mr. Spock, Star Trek TOS "The Alternative Factor"

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