I got a lot more out of _eXisTenZ_, but maybe that's just because
Cronenberg's so talented and disturbing. Something about his biomechanical
aesthetic (a la Naked Lunch) and profound uneasiness (a la Videodrome)
really turns my crank.
-carl
"John Allain"
<allain_at_panix.com> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
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siccmp.org
07/10/01 03:47 PM
Please respond to
classiccmp
> We're just part of a simulation, being run in another universe. :)
<rave>
There was a movie called "The Thirteenth Floor" made in 1999
that had this as the basis, Computer simulations as all encompassing
alternate universes. In case you thought the movie sucked or,
further that is doesn't apply to the 10 year rule... It is based on
a story "Counterfeit World / Simulachron-3", published in, get this,
1964... and serialized for German TV in 1974 by Fassbinder.
Just in case you thought VR was a unique idea.
Galouye must've had something going, when you think of what
computers were actually doing in 64.
John A.
</rave>
Received on Tue Jul 10 2001 - 16:11:37 BST