tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post3047552042372098384..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: IEET's Biopolitics of Popular Culture SeminarGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-71840574886232745002010-01-20T20:16:25.115-05:002010-01-20T20:16:25.115-05:00I think it might cause an impact since the books s...I think it might cause an impact since the books show the lead choosing immortality over humanity as the better choice. As a fan I know it had opened a few questions about if the fans support immortality or not, and even though a great part of it are still afraid or wary of the idea some are more willing to consider the advances and some of them are up for it. I think younger generations might discuss immortality with a lot more POV to consider it a choice.Ana Bastowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03462204287366232511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-19304721263963977582009-11-06T23:09:14.137-05:002009-11-06T23:09:14.137-05:00@Mark Plus: It probably won't because most of ...@Mark Plus: It probably won't because most of the people who like Twilight read it because of the hot sparkly vampires, not because of any transhumanist subtext.<br /><br />Also tonight's episode of Sanctuary had something of an inversion of the usual "person seeking immortality pays huge price" trope.ZarPaulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923548883992534673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-37787169325570995342009-11-05T22:55:12.072-05:002009-11-05T22:55:12.072-05:00Sounds like an exercise in "geek hermeneutics...Sounds like an exercise in "geek hermeneutics." BTW, I've learned more about the Twilight story than I cared to know from a 20 year old female employee, who just had to tell me all about them. (Interestingly enough, she said she normally doesn't read much, but she devoured all four of those novels.) Apparently in the 4th novel, the heroine, Bella Swan, acts like a "reverse Arwen." She renounces her humanity to become a negligibly senescent vampire so that she can stay with her vampire husband Edward Cullen forever.<br /><br />I doubt the popularity of this franchise will make any practical difference in our culture's attitudes towards transhumanism, however.Mark Plushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03859046131830902921noreply@blogger.com