Maercutio
wrote:
>
Okay, so last night, I sit down on my
bed with my dinner looking forward
>to
a nice quiet evening of vegging out in front
of the tube. Instead I spend
>an hour
being somewhat outraged by the work of hacks.
>
>For
those of you who don't know, last nights
(Friday 8 May) episode of the X-
>Files
dredged up the classic 'evil AI' plot that
sci-fi shows are obligated to
>do every
once in a while. I was actually looking
forward to it.
>
OK. First off, this
was a re-run from earlier in the season.
Secondly, this episode was co-written by
William Gibson IMHO the best cyberpunk author
out there. IIRC Gibson started writing
cyberpunk before BGC was even an idea in
the creators mind. So, if anything BGC
"stole" from Gibson, but I won't
go into that because everyone knows there
are no new ideas, just new ways of presenting
them.
>There. I've said my
bit. I feel better.
Ditto.
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