Marty McFly was excited about picking up the new laserdisc compilation documenting his life. "Blu-ray," I told Marty, "It's a blu-ray."
He was utterly enthralled with the technology we have now. He wanted to explore every aspect of the blu-ray, all its bells and whistles. After watching some of the special features, I noticed Marty was very quiet. I asked him what was wrong, and then I realized we'd just seen an interview with Michael J. Fox. "He looks like me," Marty said, "but... he isn't me."
Then it hit me. We're dealing with more than the space time continuum here. We're dealing with the psychology of fabricated existences, questions of what is real, all sorts of "heavy" (as Marty put it) stuff.
I then sat him down and watched Last Action Hero with him, the often forgotten post-modern action movie gem from 1993.
It has been a pretty pensive and powerful night for the both of us. I'm really going to miss this guy when he's gone.
He was utterly enthralled with the technology we have now. He wanted to explore every aspect of the blu-ray, all its bells and whistles. After watching some of the special features, I noticed Marty was very quiet. I asked him what was wrong, and then I realized we'd just seen an interview with Michael J. Fox. "He looks like me," Marty said, "but... he isn't me."
Then it hit me. We're dealing with more than the space time continuum here. We're dealing with the psychology of fabricated existences, questions of what is real, all sorts of "heavy" (as Marty put it) stuff.
I then sat him down and watched Last Action Hero with him, the often forgotten post-modern action movie gem from 1993.
It has been a pretty pensive and powerful night for the both of us. I'm really going to miss this guy when he's gone.
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