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Philosophy

Gravitycollapse

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1. A few others and their general themes.

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Tue May 7, 2013, 11:52 PM

May 2013

2001: A Space Odyssey - Agency, preeminence of tools, man vs. machine, transhumanism, existentialism, self-destruction, isolation, redemption, reincarnation

8 1/2 - Identity, love, frustration, dreams

Adaptation - Identity, duality

Children of Men - Existentialism, absurdity, war, apocalypse, extinction.

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A few others and their general themes. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #1

It is not a bad list TM99 May 2013 #2

just because it was a bad philosophy doesn't mean it was not philosophy - Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #3

I have to disagree strongly. TM99 May 2013 #9

not a bad list you say... Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #10

The list is fine. TM99 May 2013 #11

I'd add to that the 1972 Bartleby with Paul Scofield. rug May 2013 #4

excellent selection, I suggest you ask the author of the article if he concurs. Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #5

I prefer not to. rug May 2013 #6

lol .... embedding disabled Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #7

Yeah that one didn't resonate as well with me. rug May 2013 #8