tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20604905.post3640795832807316438..comments2024-02-20T05:55:38.238-06:00Comments on the angry thing: the last onesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20604905.post-35231433199542595512008-02-15T14:32:00.000-06:002008-02-15T14:32:00.000-06:00For me, at least, having a sense of self also is s...For me, at least, having a sense of self also is somehow tied into knowing there are generations to follow. Knowing that my actions now, even if they don't go down in history book, will have an effect on the entire future of humanity in some way. I guess it's this effect Children of Men is exploring the most. I think you and I talked once about how maybe our love of Star Trek informed us with a sense of optimism about the future of humanity. For a while I was always reminding myself, while watching Star Trek "But the real future will be grim and dirty, if we even make it there." Now I'm doing the opposite--reminding myself that every unthinkable what-if that I imagine would probably include some survivors, and that's all you really need, along with human ingenuity.<BR/><BR/>It was the second episode of the Christopher Eccleston series (1).Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131926542354340214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20604905.post-40820439113643709812008-02-15T06:41:00.000-06:002008-02-15T06:41:00.000-06:00Oh, that Doctor Who quote gave me chills! I can't...Oh, that Doctor Who quote gave me chills! I can't remember if I've seen that episode or not.<BR/><BR/>I, also, have thought about the Very Last Person, though probably not as much as you! The problem with being the Very Last Person is that having a sense of self depends on there being other people around you whom you recognize as having separate senses of self. So the thing is, when the world around you seems empty of people who are recognizable to you it's always an apocalypse. This is a sad train of thought!ginnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719683198452823289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20604905.post-49337131757928953942008-02-12T13:02:00.000-06:002008-02-12T13:02:00.000-06:00TB--I think I used to do that, but part of me star...TB--<BR/>I think I used to do that, but part of me started saying "No WAY will there be something powerful enough to knock out every human on the planet! There are billions of us! And we adapt!" I think worse case scenario, it will be some dystopia. Like that one with the hobo-dog in the story you read. But if we make it that far, I have confidence we'd recover eventually. There was a Doctor Who quote: <BR/><BR/><B>The Doctor</B>: [as he and Rose view the Earth from Platform 1] You lot, you spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're gonna get killed by eggs, or beef, or global warming, or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible. Like maybe you survive. This is the year 5.5/apple/26, five billion years in your future, and this is the day... Hold on... <BR/><I>[He checks his watch, and through the window the sun suddenly flares] </I><BR/><B>The Doctor</B>: This is the day the sun expands. Welcome to the end of the world.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131926542354340214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20604905.post-80456900628016826162008-02-12T13:01:00.000-06:002008-02-12T13:01:00.000-06:00katia--1- I will send it later today!2- I was just...katia--<BR/>1- I will send it later today!<BR/>2- I was just thinking the other day how all Czech movies have given me nightmares eventually. I'm sure a zombie movie is just the cure for that particular ailment!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131926542354340214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20604905.post-52225176370786998962008-02-12T11:54:00.000-06:002008-02-12T11:54:00.000-06:00I realize, reading your post, that I basically ope...I realize, reading your post, that I basically operate under the belief that the last humans to be alive will be in my grandchildren's generation. Is this silly? I don't know. --TBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20604905.post-12545602094581400462008-02-12T00:34:00.000-06:002008-02-12T00:34:00.000-06:001. Please send the mp3!!2. You should check out my...1. Please send the mp3!!<BR/>2. You should check out my favorite Czech zombie movie, which ALSO EXPLORES THE MEANING OF LIFE. It seems very apt for your current trajectory. It is called, amusingly enough, Choking Hazard. Seriously. Check it out. It is calling you. Like Basia Bulat is calling me.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07262514406897344103noreply@blogger.com