http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=32606 Robots who are fun to be with! Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=32606&cpage=1#comment-16030 Robotbling Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:16:00 +0000 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=32606#comment-16030 Thanks for the compliment and your in-depth comment, Tim!  I agree with pretty much everything you said, but I am skeptical about the anti-aging stuff. But hey, if they can crack that before I’m about to kick the bucket I won’t argue with them. :)

]]> http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=32606&cpage=1#comment-16028 Timothy Payne Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:04:00 +0000 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=32606#comment-16028 *Additional Spoilers*
This was such an excellent review! You did a great job breaking down many of the same problems that I noticed
in the plot/dialog and I too thoroughly enjoyed Prometheus despite those shortcomings… One thing in particular which I found hard to digest was that the entire story is contingent upon Weyland’s desperate plan to extend his own life (of which he only has days
remaining). As mentioned in your review, he is in a decrepit state and requires a robotic exoskeleton just to walk; however, current research in biochemistry promises not just future longevity for humans, but the
extension of youthful human life (see research from Biochemists such as Cynthia Kenyon). There is a great Ted Talk with Harvey Fineberg where he suggest it may be possible in the near future to make humans smarter, faster, live longer, even more attractive “simply” by engineering bacteria in the stomach. Coupled with recent progress made in creating synthetic organs and it becomes quite easy to imagine that we would have tackled the problem of aging well before 2090 (especially in a universe with the nanotechnology required to build an android like David). The only issues remaining would be that of ethics or costs associated with said technologies, but not a problem for the head of a multi-trillion dollar (and assuming multinational) company. I only say all of this because it seems that Ridley Scott’s
team went out of their way to research and incorporate futuristic versions of many present-day technologies such as HAL-5 and the da Vinci Surgical System. By the way, why does it seem that after 80 years, exoskeleton technology has barely advanced past where it is now, while an android like David could be so advanced? Well, I have gone on my nerd rant long enough. With all that said, Weyland was an okay enough plot device and I would enthusiastically recommend this movie to anyone. Though, 3D movies still give me the occasionally headache afterward. Now, I just have to PATIENTLY wait for July 20th…

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