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RE: A.I.

> my vote is they are alien.

Wrong-o.

   http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,168081~1~0~whyaistillcauses,00.html

   [ snip ]

   (And those things are NOT aliens, they're advanced robots, all right?)

   [ snip ]

   What may be most disturbing to many moviegoers is "A.I."'s underlying
   assumption that the human race isn't particularly noble, nice, or
   important. That's the thread that runs through all of Kubrick's work,
   and why some critics dismiss him as a mere misanthrope. And it's truly
   startling to see that belief refracted through Spielberg's visual
   iconography. But there it is: Who we are is not as good as what we
   make. The movie dares to imagine that humans are a passing phase -- a
   brief virus caught by Earth, perhaps -- and that the robots who will
   outlive us are the better gods we have fashioned in our own image. Chew
   over THAT one at your next church meeting.

   [ snip ]

If the robots look too organic, keep in mind that the machines have had
2,000 years to develop themselves since David was invented.

BTW, does anyone here remember the article EW did on _A.I._ back when
Kubrick died, before Spielberg had agreed to complete the project?  It's
kind of interesting looking back on it, now that the film's been made.

   http://www.ew.com/ew/archive/0,1798,1|26025|0|a.i.,00.html

--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
 "I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
      Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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