Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams
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entropy said:
I actually enjoyed it and found it thought provoking given dementia has been given top billing in the news agenda. Admittedly my mind did wander at times times.
Never realised how dominant the themes of memory and reality dominates his work.
Also love and the pursuit of happiness. Many of the characters seem to be searching for that high, just want to really feel alive, to belong, to be happy. He questions what is real love, emotion and consciousness, whether it's possible in the case of machines and in virtual reality. It's quite sensual really, communicated through the medium of science-fiction.Never realised how dominant the themes of memory and reality dominates his work.
I though the episode tonight was great. Poundbury was eerily appropriate.
RedCarsAnonymous said:
Thanks for the head up OP - looking forward to this.
Your list made no mention of "Screamers" (from the story "Second Variety"), arguably the most faithful to the original story, though that's not saying much - I recommend if you haven't already seen it. TBH I'm still carrying mental scars from the end of Minority Report - implicitly about Mccarthyism, the "and they all lived happily ever after" ending is the total opposite of the story.
Yes, I am something of a Dick aficionado
I really quite like SCreamers, I also like IMposter.Your list made no mention of "Screamers" (from the story "Second Variety"), arguably the most faithful to the original story, though that's not saying much - I recommend if you haven't already seen it. TBH I'm still carrying mental scars from the end of Minority Report - implicitly about Mccarthyism, the "and they all lived happily ever after" ending is the total opposite of the story.
Yes, I am something of a Dick aficionado
I had a look. Seems I haven't seen Paycheck and stopped reading the blurb, because I fancy watching that, reminds me of the classic film, MIrage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#Films
ajprice said:
Differences between the original short story (11 pages, so very short) and the TV version of The Impossible Planet (spoilers if you haven't seen it)
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-09-24/how-is-e...
Thanks!http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-09-24/how-is-e...
Dick was a decent writer, but for screen adaptation, he does need a lil zing and jumbling, a bit like the locomotion spell from Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
K12beano said:
Well played by Spall - helped make it!
And that mk 2 transit!
Much better.
A very interesting premise - being careful what you wish, tranquility, perfection etc... a very SciFi topic - I always look at SciFi as a great place to explore stuff that simply couldn't work due to the boundaries of reality. A bit like cartoons.
Anyway, reminded me of the scene in The Matrix where Agent Smith describes the first Matrix being flawed by trying to provide a world where everything was perfect which humans couldn't deal with as they need misery and suffering for balance. Now any biblebasher will tell you that god does this, but we know that's just an excuse - however, we need consequence - there must be accounting for actions, there must be bad stuff to happen if you make a bad risk assessment otherwise it would be anarchy! Then it got me thinking about The Culture and the Iain M Banks stuff where benevolent AI has taken over all the mundane stuff and unless you specifically want to harm yourself, there are bots and drones that will always save your skin and thrill seeking has become almost redundant - even if you do die, you can just reboot yourself into a clone. how does that society still function in any way that would have meaning to us?
..and that's just my thoughts after ten minutes...
Sorry for the verbal runs...
A very interesting premise - being careful what you wish, tranquility, perfection etc... a very SciFi topic - I always look at SciFi as a great place to explore stuff that simply couldn't work due to the boundaries of reality. A bit like cartoons.
Anyway, reminded me of the scene in The Matrix where Agent Smith describes the first Matrix being flawed by trying to provide a world where everything was perfect which humans couldn't deal with as they need misery and suffering for balance. Now any biblebasher will tell you that god does this, but we know that's just an excuse - however, we need consequence - there must be accounting for actions, there must be bad stuff to happen if you make a bad risk assessment otherwise it would be anarchy! Then it got me thinking about The Culture and the Iain M Banks stuff where benevolent AI has taken over all the mundane stuff and unless you specifically want to harm yourself, there are bots and drones that will always save your skin and thrill seeking has become almost redundant - even if you do die, you can just reboot yourself into a clone. how does that society still function in any way that would have meaning to us?
..and that's just my thoughts after ten minutes...
Sorry for the verbal runs...
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