I ramble about what makes something “good” and what makes it crap. AND what makes some crap good. It’s yet another meandering poderance that serves to set the stage for future discussion hopefully.
music:
Astrobotnia – Lightworks
198: Failure (right click, or click)
A bit about where we are and where I am going, we’ll see.
music: Amon Tobin – Verbal (Topo Gigio mix)
The Last Boyscout review (right click OR click)
Who knows where life will take us but for now this may be the final Futile Podcast. Though I’m sure it is quite the whimper to the deafness of the void, I say that this will not be the end.
musics:
Boz Scaggs – Lowdown
Sigor Ros – Svefn-G-Englar
Sorry about the wait. But if it’s any console I talk about running in the woods naked so there is that.
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Matrix Discussion pt. 2 (right click OR click)
Would you stay? Reconciling humans and machines. Celebration of the flesh. An exercise in diplomacy.
The other guy: www.eripsa.org
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Matrix Discussion pt. 1 (right click OR click)
Back with prof. Estrada and this time it’s all about The Matrix sequels and the Nature of Virtual. Delusion and deus ex machina.
Estrada: www.eripsa.org
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Just Robots Bein’ Robots (right click OR click)
We finish up our talk about portrayals of robots in cinema with a talk about movies that seem to handle the idea of a robot with some sense of seriousness rather than making them some lame sounding board for discussing Humanity.
Academic blog of record: www.eripsa.org
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Robots in film pt. 2 (right click OR click)
More movies dealing with robots as it relates to Robo-ethics. Also see: www.eripsa.org
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Pixar and Wall-E (right click OR click)
Ian and Prof. Estrada talk about the various portrayls of robots in cinema. In part 1 we talk about Pixar and specifically the triumph that is Wall-E. Check the prof’s site: http://eripsa.org/
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