Kolya on 19/8/2014 at 22:20
As you may have heard the BitTorrent company (not the one that downloads your TV series but related) is producing a pay-for-play scifi series called (
http://blog.bittorrent.com/2014/07/13/the-bittorrent-interview-marco-weber-on-children-of-the-machine/) Children of the Machine and this is their first clip: (
http://vimeo.com/103029194)
(
http://io9.com/bittorrents-science-fiction-series-looks-like-an-americ-1623992264/all) Annalee Newitz from io9 is apparently getting some weird paedo vibe from that clip. I just thought it was about as interesting as watching any 14 year old talk about her new smartphone. With the added twist that it's an implant that can regulate her hormones etc. I had thought we learned from cyberpunk that everything comes true except people sticking tech into their bodies. But maybe that's the reason why it still works for scifi. Or doesn't. You judge.
Quote Posted by Marco Weber of Rapid Eye Studios
What's most fascinating to me right now is that — for the first time in youth culture — emotion and anger isn't communicated directly to others, but instead: through devices, software, and social media. That triggers a totally different dynamic.
Jeff [Stockwell] and I started thinking about how that would develop over the course of the next twenty years; into the time when our story takes place. I believe that things like Artificial Intelligence and digital addiction will have a major impact on our society. The idea and experience of Oculus Rift is an early indicator; it's not hard to imagine a future where wired experiences become — effectively — digital drugs. These are some of the themes we're interested in exploring.
nickie on 20/8/2014 at 18:09
Good grief! The idea of all that is scary for me. I find it entirely too possible to be classed as sci-fi which I prefer to be like Star Wars with alien machines, strange creatures and weird planets.
Is it my imagination or does she really look like a young Winona Ryder, around the mouth maybe?
