Community | July 21, 2011 | 4 comments

Mary Shelley LIVES! (Frankenstein + TRON + Jurassic Park + Matrix + Max Headroom + RoboCop....)

source: http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2011/07/20/mary-shelley-lives-romantics-luddites-runaway-te...

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We see the phenomenon in science fiction over and over again. Jurassic Park was Frankenstein with dinosaurs. TRON, War Games, William Gibson’s Cyberspace Trilogy, Max Headroom, Blade Runner, Brazil, RoboCop, Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, A Clockwork Orange, Planet of the Apes, Terminator, Real Genius, The Matrix. Dozens, even hundreds more. Time and time again we are presented with what amount to twists on Mary Shelley’s epic scenario: somebody does something because they can do it without regard for the consequences.
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4 comments // Mary Shelley LIVES! (Frankenstein + TRON + Jurassic Park + Matrix + Max Headroom + RoboCop....)

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    • I have always thought that the "tragic flaw" of Frankenstein lay in his " full scale final production process/manufacturing" implementation -( perhaps he should have worked further on the Beta version )- not his "scientific" research per se ; he really didn't stop to consider the environmental impact and bio-hazard waste products, much less the cultural impact. Ooooops.

      ( When its time to put that "super amazing scientific wonder electric car" into mass production, we REALLY should stop to consider how we will dispose of all those spent electric batteries when the line has run its course. That sort of thing. )

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