This concept is not so far fetched, as there have already been cases of dead musicians like Amy Winehouse and Roy Orbison being resurrected as holograms to play sold out tours, raising issues of ethics abc.net.au/news/2018-12-2… #bcm325

New technologies already being developed to create "augmented-eternity bot" to keep aware of current events, develop new opinions and become an entity that is based on a real person rather than a replica of who they were at their time of death #bcm325 qz.com/896207/death-t…

"It can resemble a person, but is ultimately just an outline." This sums up the issue perfectly I feel - bringing loved ones back to life through AI may bring temporary relief or joy, but ultimately can never truly replace someone. #BCM325

#BladeRunner2049 run time is two hours and 44 minutes, even Ridley Scott said “It was fucking way too long” 😂 vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017… #bcm325

Interested in the contrast between reviews on #BladeRunner2019.. it seems to be a film that was either loved or hated by critics #bcm325

#BladeRunner2049 operates from the premise that when androids dream, their innermost desire is to be human. Following that thread to its natural conclusion, Villeneuve has crafted a 21st-century Pinnochio story- a replicant yearns to be a real boy bit.ly/2wb7pTM #bcm325

"Like the original, #BladeRunner2049 uses Asianness as a visual cue for the future. You might have missed it, since the film wholly lacks Asian characters" Why is so much of our western scifi imagined in this landscape? #BCM325 bit.ly/2JVQBIs #bcm325

woww the visual aspect of this film in particular the colour scheme is so striking.. a key feature of Villeneuve's filmmaking. He often allows his environments to act as extensions of his characters. #BladeRunner2049 studiobinder.com/blog/movie-col… #bcm325

#TheMatrix was released 20 years ago! It takes place in a dystopian future, approximately 200 years from the present - but it understood where things were headed far better than any film did at the time theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/… #bcm325

The Guardian wrote of #TheMatrix - "There are essentially two ways of looking at the film: 1. The world as you know it is a lie. 2. The world as you know it is changeable." #bcm325

The idea of the world as changeable seems far closer to what the film’s creators had in mind, as since the film they have both gender transitioned. #TheMatrix is a reference to the possibility for humans to define themselves however they like, outside fixed identities #BCM325

The simple yet profound question raised in #TheMatrix - "What is real?" could relate back to the transgender undertones. For a film of such immense scale and complexity, it seems remarkably personal for the film's creators #bcm325

"Do you think that's air you're breathing?" OK this is getting too philosophical for my brain to handle... you could literally question everything about your existence if you wanted to #TheMatrix #wtf #bcm325

The idea of a physical body and a separate subconscious self in #TheMatrix reminds me of #Inception - a physical body that is connected to the 'dream'/subconscious body #bcm325