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Monday, July 23, 2012

To Whom Would They Send The Check?

Quite apart from the typical futurological megalomania, I'm always a little perplexed by the very idea of someone "playing god" since any actually observable performance would by definition be a hopelessly bad one.

Well, I'll grant that Keanu Reeves came close to managing the trick of playing not existing in a few movies.

1 comment:

jimf said...

> I'm always a little perplexed by the very idea of someone
> "playing god" since any actually observable performance would
> by definition be a hopelessly bad one.

Transhumanist pickup line from the 60s.

Suzanne Pleshette sez (to George Hamilton):

"Genetically speaking, it's entirely possible to produce
a Man of Tomorrow right now."

"The Power" trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar6wzLUPB8s

This looks like a hoot.