Comments on: Worlds of Tomorrow: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind http://escapepod.org/2009/06/28/worlds-of-tomorrow-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/ The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine. Each week Escape Pod delivers science fiction short stories from today's best authors. Listen today, and hear the new sound of science fiction! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:04:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2823 By: Brave Space Monkey http://escapepod.org/2009/06/28/worlds-of-tomorrow-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-13089 Brave Space Monkey Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:23:25 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=346#comment-13089 <p>Note: If a movie doesn't end with Will Smith saving the day -- I'm not going to watch it.</p> <p>Honestly "Eternal Sunshine" was a difficult movie to watch, it was good, but it also was a bit upsetting.</p> <p>I'm a huge fan of Oliver Sacks' body of work. He suggest that we are not (necessarily) our Mind,Bodies & Souls, but rather more or our Actions, History and Knowledge. With this in mind I couldn't help think that these people (in the movie) are changing who they are, by effectively removing a chunk of their knowledge (to hide a part of their History). In a way - killing themselves...</p> <p>Plus I was saw the movie right after a breakup. Which MasterThief correctly points out is a no-no.</p> Note: If a movie doesn’t end with Will Smith saving the day — I’m not going to watch it.

Honestly “Eternal Sunshine” was a difficult movie to watch, it was good, but it also was a bit upsetting.

I’m a huge fan of Oliver Sacks’ body of work. He suggest that we are not (necessarily) our Mind,Bodies & Souls, but rather more or our Actions, History and Knowledge. With this in mind I couldn’t help think that these people (in the movie) are changing who they are, by effectively removing a chunk of their knowledge (to hide a part of their History). In a way – killing themselves…

Plus I was saw the movie right after a breakup. Which MasterThief correctly points out is a no-no.

]]> By: MasterThief http://escapepod.org/2009/06/28/worlds-of-tomorrow-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-12910 MasterThief Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:10:09 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=346#comment-12910 <p>Protip: never watch this movie after a bad breakup.</p> Protip: never watch this movie after a bad breakup.

]]> By: Bruce Nielson http://escapepod.org/2009/06/28/worlds-of-tomorrow-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-12871 Bruce Nielson Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:13:52 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=346#comment-12871 <p>I enjoyed this review much more than I enjoyed the movie itself. Good job. Now I'm tempted to go back and watch it again and try to get as much out of it that this reviewer did.</p> I enjoyed this review much more than I enjoyed the movie itself. Good job. Now I’m tempted to go back and watch it again and try to get as much out of it that this reviewer did.

]]> By: tim http://escapepod.org/2009/06/28/worlds-of-tomorrow-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-12865 tim Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:41:22 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=346#comment-12865 <p>Excellent review, Alasdair! Your opening comments about the nature of love nearly had me in tears. Some years back, my wife and I were going through a seriously rough time. We watched this movie together. I won't say that magically, everything got better between us afterward, but I think it did help put things into a particular perspective.</p> <p>BTW - the final scene in the disintegrating beach house stays with me to this day. The dialog was fantastic, and really cemented Joel's character as someone who allowed fear to prevent him from becoming all he could be.</p> Excellent review, Alasdair! Your opening comments about the nature of love nearly had me in tears. Some years back, my wife and I were going through a seriously rough time. We watched this movie together. I won’t say that magically, everything got better between us afterward, but I think it did help put things into a particular perspective.

BTW – the final scene in the disintegrating beach house stays with me to this day. The dialog was fantastic, and really cemented Joel’s character as someone who allowed fear to prevent him from becoming all he could be.

]]> By: Hewitt http://escapepod.org/2009/06/28/worlds-of-tomorrow-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-12859 Hewitt Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:30:36 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=346#comment-12859 <p>More than Minorty Report, Blade Runner, Screamers, and even more than A Scanner Darkly...this is the most Dickian movie I've ever seen.</p> More than Minorty Report, Blade Runner, Screamers, and even more than A Scanner Darkly…this is the most Dickian movie I’ve ever seen.

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