I exclude positive intervention in order to let them - or God - off the hook. There is (1) no evidence for such events and (b) had others the power to intervent, there have been mega tragedies they could have helped us to avoid. Just the availablity of glass lenses, would have let us skip past a thousand hellish years.
See http://ieti.org/articles/brin.htm Hey, if I were anti-Japan, do you think they'd have made me guest of honor for their biggest show ever, the World SF Convention, in Yokohama, last year? I've seen a couple of the movies you cite. And thanks, I'll look into more. Alas, I must tell you that storytelling logic often seems deeply lacking. PlanetS actually had some elements I quite liked, though. What I am trying to learn more about is the rising KOREAN sci fi film renaissance. I glimpsed one live action time travel story, set in a parallel univ where Japan still dominated Korea nowadays. Lots of verve. Wish I knew the name. ANyway, thanks and keep spreading the memes. db --- KZK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In your article on Singularities and Nightmares, you > briefly discuss > negative intervention by outsiders (i.e. Aliens or > so-called deities), > but you didn't really discuss positive / > preventative intervention or > even neutral intervention by aliens. Granted you > explore those > scenarios in depth in your uplift novels, but I > would have thought you > would be more of a completest in your non-fiction > works. > > But Actually I write because you say this Dr. Brin: > > "For those of you who like Japanese-oriented sci > fi... like monsters > that stomp cities... or just cool mythology, have a > look at a small > webzine called Daikaijuzine. " > > And you have also attacked anime and manga on > several other occasions. > I just want to set the record straight. Their is an > enormous amount of > japanese sci-fi and it isn't all just monsters > destroying cities or > giant robots. It runs the full range and explores > every facet of hard > sci-fi. Most japanese sci-fi TV / Movies comes from > adaptations of > manga and light novels, usually but not always into > Animated Shows or > Animated Theatrical Movies. Their are actually > > 10,000 Anime shows / > movies that have been produced in japan over the > years-A large fraction > of which are science fiction. There are even more > manga / novel series > that never get animated. > > Heh, even you are probably more likely to see one of > your own Sci-Fi > books made into a japanese animated movie than a > live action hollywood one. > > Here is a short list of good anime sci-fi > shows/movies you *might* > actually be interested in, based on what you have > written in the past, > all available in America: > > -Post Singularity: > Blame! (very short) > Noein > Ergo Proxy > > -Post Apocalyptic: > Scrapped Princess (don't be fooled it's not really a > fantasy show) > The Big O (I even threw in a not-so stereotypical > giant robot / > monsters stomping cities show) > Interlude > Avenger > Trigun > > -Existentialist / Becoming "God": > Serial Experiments Lain > Ergo Proxy > The Big O > Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya > Kamichu! > > -Polymorphic Necro-Regeneracy: > Gungrave > > -Other Good Sci-Fi Movies: > The Place Promised in our early days > Paprika > [Voices of a Distant Star] > Ghost in The Shell (inspiration for the matrix) > Metropolis > NausicaA of the valley of the Wind > Castle in the Sky > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
