AT&T is a greedy bitch. My US cousins have to pay close to $100 for "fair use" usage on their phones-- but at least you guys have an upgrade path. Current iPhone 3G users here in the UK are forced by their cell phone provider, O2, to wait until 1 month before their contract ends before they can negotiate a switch. Of course since the contracts are 18 months, for most early adopters that means January 2010. I don't know why, but this makes me furious. Oh well, patience is a virtue, I suppose.
The first question that comes to mind, is what would the film be about? I know they're thinking of storylines about Tyrell Corp, etc, but what would the story ultimately be trying to communicate? Blade Runner is kind of a landmark film (and novel) because it examines what makes us human, and it looks at transhumanism from the perspective of the self-aware "androids". What more can you say on the subject without reiterating what was covered in the first film, is the question they should be asking themselves, not "gee, what would Tyrell Corp do if Tyrell was killed?" Exploring those other areas may be interesting, but more from the perspective of a backdrop of a larger story that you're trying to tell. Oh well, the world is (sometimes) fucked and we're in it. Nuff said.
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AT&T is a greedy bitch. My US cousins have to pay close to $100 for "fair use" usage on their phones-- but at least you guys have an upgrade path. Current iPhone 3G users here in the UK are forced by their cell phone provider, O2, to wait until 1 month before their contract ends before they can negotiate a switch. Of course since the contracts are 18 months, for most early adopters that means January 2010. I don't know why, but this makes me furious. Oh well, patience is a virtue, I suppose.
The first question that comes to mind, is what would the film be about? I know they're thinking of storylines about Tyrell Corp, etc, but what would the story ultimately be trying to communicate? Blade Runner is kind of a landmark film (and novel) because it examines what makes us human, and it looks at transhumanism from the perspective of the self-aware "androids". What more can you say on the subject without reiterating what was covered in the first film, is the question they should be asking themselves, not "gee, what would Tyrell Corp do if Tyrell was killed?" Exploring those other areas may be interesting, but more from the perspective of a backdrop of a larger story that you're trying to tell. Oh well, the world is (sometimes) fucked and we're in it. Nuff said.