He has become an artificial man with scissors for hands.
He has become a rogue rock star pirate.
See, I told you he was a chameleon.
On a character level, likewise, the protagonists are truly compelling thanks to Depps magnetic performances.
moments in the middle of a movie.
Now, in Wally Pfisters directorial debutTranscendence, that spirit is being channelled into a computer.
Figuring Depp as a hi-tech villain (is he a villain?)
What we have here is a human mind and will liberated from the limits of human physicality.
With the species identifiable anatomy abandoned, Caster goes beyond transhumanism and represents a post-human stage of evolutional development.
This sustained out-of-body experience achieved through scientific means strikes me as a fascinating, appealing idea.
(Or should that be digital supra-world?)
How do you fancy shifting into a new electrical existence of free movement through the internet?
How would you like to project your consciousness outside of your body?
What if your soul could live in a machine?
You may feel the same when you experienceTranscendencefor yourself.
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