Beside Himself—a review of Moon Written by Nathan Parker from a story by Duncan Jones Directed by Duncan Jones Starring Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott What do you do if you need a human being to do a job which may kill him? As humans extend their reach into space, this question will become more and more acute. Do we send robots to do the job? Fine, but what if they can’t? What if the limits of artificial intelligence fall far short of the limits of natural intelligence? What if the job calls for intuition, instinct, or imagination? We’ll have…
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Iron Man
The Self-Made Hero—a review of Iron Man Written by John August, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Arthur Marcum, Matthew Hollaway Directed by Jon Favreau Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terence Howard Iron Man always reminded me of the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz, not just because of his metallic exterior, but because of his lack of a functional heart. After seeing the movie, I now see that he has close parallels with Frankenstein’s monster as well—Tony Stark is the sum of many men, whose seams sometimes show and whose parts do not always mesh well. Most of…