Romantic Fantasy of the Last Century

Sigurd 2022-03-19 09:01:04

Advanced, magnificent, romantic

The coordinator of the brain and the hand is the heart. The interpretation of the Tower of Babel is interesting from the perspective of biblical metaphors of reality, although it may be too idealistic.

Another point is the attitude towards technology. Total exclusion would bring destruction, and the pioneer creators of technology and humanoid machines were the devil incarnate. Does it reflect a hidden worry about the unknown direction of technological development and a sense of contradiction in the reality that we must rely on technology to survive?

It can be seen that the idea of ​​dungeon, metropolis, videophone, etc. had a huge impact on the later science fiction telecommunications. Is it classified as a cyberpunk movie based on the high-tech, low-life portrayal of dungeons? It's just that the core seems to be far away from punk, and the answers to the same questions in the movies no longer have the romantic feelings and optimistic expectations in the movies.

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  • Maria: HEAD and HANDS need a mediator. THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN HEAD AND HANDS MUST BE THE HEART!

    Worker #1: But where is our mediator, Maria - ?

    Maria: Wait for him! He will surely come!

    Worker #2: We will wait, Maria...! But not much longer - - !

  • Maria: Today I will tell you the legend of THE TOWER OF BABEL... "Come, let us build us a tower whose top may reach unto the stars! And the top of the tower we will write the words: Great is the world and its Creator! And great is Man!" But the minds that had conceived the Tower of Babel could not build it. The task was too great. So they hired hands for wages. But the hands that built the Tower of Babel knew nothing of the dream of the brain that had conceived it. BABEL. BABEL. BABEL. BABEL. One man's hymns of praise became other men's curses. People spoke the same language, but could not understand each other...