From: morrisj@epsilon3.me   
      
   On 7/13/2025 8:41 PM, Gary McGath wrote:   
   > On 7/13/25 8:54 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   >> THE MT VOID   
   >> 07/11/25 -- Vol. 44, No. 2, Whole Number 2388   
   >>   
   >   
   >> TOPIC: Mini Reviews, Part 16 (film reviews by Evelyn C. Leeper)   
   >>   
   >> Three more from Mark's list of neglected gems:   
   >>   
   >> THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951): This "neglected science fiction   
   >> film" is as topical now as ever. It is about how technology has   
   >> unintended and unexpected results. In the film, it's the "perfect"   
   >> cloth. Since then it's been the personal computer, the Internet,   
   >> and now AI. There are three aspects it gets right. One is that the   
   >> people who come up with technologies are not (necessarily) evil   
   >> scientists trying to take over the world. The second is that   
   >> (initially at least) many people see only the advantages of the   
   >> discoveries/inventions. And the third is that there is resistance   
   >> to all these discoveries/inventions by those who see them as   
   >> disruptions to their way of life.   
   >   
   > I love the ending (which I won't spoil here).   
      
   And who turns out to be the key figure.   
      
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