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.

You canread James last column here.