KZK thanks for interesting and thought-provoking stuff. Look, I like Miazaki and I have enjoyed a lot of other anime. Still, there seems to be a deep and abiding reluctance to do SF that I would call "for grownups".
Look, I know I have a lot more to see! Thanks for the viewing assignment. I will work my way thru it (slowly.) >>Most stories that deal with time travel forget that we are also moving very rapidly in space, so if you were to travel in time you wouldn't bein the relative vicinity of where you traveled from.. See Benford"s TIMESCAPE that actually uses this as part of the plot. >>It seems to me, the biggest problem with faster than light travel (and time travel) is traveling at exactly the speed of light (which is division by zero). If you could 'jump' over close to exactly c you could avoid most of the unpleasantries. Which is why some people believe there may be tachyons. Thanks for the comprehensive run down of Japanimation studios! As for amateur CGI sf films... they do NOT have to be of the same rendering quality as Beowulf! A helluva market niche awaits decent "cartoon" level renderings of really good stories. db _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
