From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:03:37 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:   
      
   > Keep in mind that Rotwang is presented as a magician, albeit one   
   > with mechanical talent.   
      
   Clarke’s Third Law applies: “Any sufficiently-advanced technology is   
   indistinguishable from magic”.   
      
   The fact that current SF TV/movies are overly fond of pseudoscientific   
   babble, and Lang didn’t bother much with that back then, is a   
   difference of style, not content.   
      
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