SRL Reaction

Hi Jason! Ok, first, above all else, have you seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf-s-Po7Vx8

If not, you REALLY should! =D If you were fascinated enough by SRL to go to a live show, I'm pretty sure this movie won't disappoint you. AT ALL.

"Steamboy" pretty much sums up my initial reaction to the videos you showed us in class. My friend invited me over to watch this movie, I don't remember why, but we didn't get to finish. I've always wanted to finish, but didn't have the time. Now, however, after watching the SRL, I was a lot more compelled to finish. Mind you though, the Japanese/English sub version is much better in my opinion... English voice-overs always kind of sucked for any anime... these guys don't even have a proper British accent! What. >___>

Back to the topic though - you made it very clear that SRL wanted to have absolutely nothing to do with the art world. However, art and invention go hand in hand, and the line between them is so blurred that very few can see the difference. But if the guy doesn't want his stuff called art, why yank on his whiskers? It's quite ignorant of these art people. Lastly, I would say that technology has changed the way we view the world, not just art. At the same time, the way we view art is also constantly changing, with movement after movement after movement... it just so happened by coincidence that these two married somewhere in between.

The main reason I linked you the movie was because in one part of the SRL video, the creator (forgot his name) mentioned of the inevitable evils caused with machinery when operated by man, or something of the sort. Since this is the central theme of "Steamboy", these two immediately became connected. This is all I'll say though, you have to watch the movie for yourself! :)