XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv, rec.arts.tv   
   From: retired@home.net   
      
   Ken from Chicago wrote:   
   > Imagine that! And it only took them 5 eps, shaving 2 eps off Syfy   
   > sisthren series, STARGATE UNIVERSE. If Zoe's story was the most sf and   
   > interesting of stories followed (e.g., the Adamas, the terrorist   
   > investigation / Graystones, the cult and Zoe's journey), she's got stiff   
   > competition in Tamara.   
   >   
   > Sure, everyone's going to think it's a rip off of The Matrix, altho the   
   > prophecy of The One is an ancient meme, going back to the prophecies of   
   > a Deliverer, Messiah or Christ--not to mention a relatively recent   
   > super-powered blonde Californian ex-cheerleader. Sorry, I mean the one   
   > who slayed instead of jumping off tall objects (altho she had a habit of   
   > doing that too).   
   >   
   > Still the look was, as Alan Sepinwall's review pointed out, was more   
   > akin to DARK CITY's retro look, than contemporary cities. I thought   
   > Zoe's would be the story to follow but now I really look forward to see   
   > how Tamara's story will proceed.   
   >   
   > Meanwhile on the flipside back in RL (Real Life for the nongamers), you   
   > had the totally creepy demonstration Daniel Graystone gave, first   
   > insisting that he has created not only artificial intelligence but   
   > artificial sentience--and then deliberately denying it free will,   
   > literally creating a race of roboslaves to do their bidding. He himself   
   > thru away the common figleaf that the robotmakers didn't know their   
   > creations were alive or at least sentient.   
   >   
   > In that one scene Adama's retirement speech in the BATTLESTAR   
   > GALACTICA's mini-series are proven horribly true.   
      
   It's not bad, but I wish they would go into the details of how an   
   independent avatar could be created.  Did Zoe perfect some method of   
   scanning her brain, and what about Adama's daughter?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)