But if you were trying to design and improve on "more human than human", you'd end up with a caring sorta guy, who gets his butt kicked by an earlier, inferior design.
Batman: Wealthy man assaults the mentally ill. The Golden Compass: Critique of Catholicism upstaged by polar bear fight. The Shining: Wife and son keep author from finishing his novel.
I *still* don't understand Donnie Darko, even with that explanation! But "hippie-dippy starchild" - ace!
ReplyDeleteNot convinced. I'm in the Deckard is human camp. That's why Roy Batty kick's Deckard's ass.
ReplyDeleteWot, no Citizen Kane?
ReplyDeleteBut if you were trying to design and improve on "more human than human", you'd end up with a caring sorta guy, who gets his butt kicked by an earlier, inferior design.
ReplyDeleteOr something.
BTW - BluRay transfer - stunning. :-)
Yeah, that one is flat out wrong. Deckard is completely human, in both book and film, and there is no reason to think otherwise.
ReplyDeleteThe uncomfortable plot summaries link in the comments is great. My favourites:
ReplyDeleteBatman: Wealthy man assaults the mentally ill.
The Golden Compass: Critique of Catholicism upstaged by polar bear fight.
The Shining: Wife and son keep author from finishing his novel.
Excellent!
ReplyDeleteTHE WICKER MAN: Isolated religious community revitalized by newcomer.
ReplyDeleteWith a name like that, I always thought he ought to be a character in Coronation Street.
ReplyDeleteI wonder whether it's a pun on 'Robot'?
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