Worst movie I've seen in many a moon…

As soon as I heard the “we only use 10 percent of our brain” nonsense I sort of tuned that movie out. I guess it’s a great plot device for a film but I’m not big on bad science.

Don’t get me wrong–I don’t mind stretching things. I’m sure Chris Nolan’s “Interstellar” will stretch things but at least things like “wormholes” are theoretically possible or even things like shared dreams in “Inception” may one day become a reality.

But to start off with the old wives tale of the 10 percent of the brain thing and go from there? Eh.

Yeah I saw the “%10 of the brain” thing in the trailer and just went…enh. Didn’t see it.

If what you say is true, and I don’t doubt it, that’s a lotta wasted talent. Besson, Johansson…

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Johansson wasn’t good but it wasn’t really her fault. Her part was the same ol’ hackneyed role you often see in sci-fi movies such as this. As she gained access to more and more of her brain she became more automaton-like. Her character loses her depth and humanity. Much of her role involved staring blankly and speaking in a flat, emotionless tone. I find it boring that sci-fi movies always depict beings with higher intelligence as being Vulcan-like. It’s like they assume a sense of joy or wonder or sadness could not coexist in a super-smart being.

This is probably the price to pay for going into a transhuman existence. If you believe in the idea that for the species to survive in the long run it will have to somehow morph into a sort of computer–less a carbon based life form but something that can still hold the general “stuff” of humans there probably has to be a merging point. There may have to be a compromise on what that would be.

Okay–yes–yes–I’m making excuses for a terrible movie. It’s early–I just had some Frosted Flakes and my mind drifted off to the transhuman movement. It’s absurd anyway. When computers take over they won’t have any need for us anyway. But since this already may be a simulation who knows?

P.S. This was written only using 1.3 percent of my brain.

Howdy NR. I fixed the image, which I assume is what you intended.

Here’s how to do images.

First with the image in question, right click it and choose “image info.”

That takes you to a page where you can then copy the image url.

Like so:

What you copy is the blued out part.

Anyway then you come to the post box here, and click “img.” You paste the url in that, and then before posting it will ask you a couple of stupid questions. Check the box, type in any name (I chose “a”) and then post.