X-Message-Number: 11191
From: "den Otter" <>
Subject: Re: Cryonics grist for yet more TV
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 18:49:06 +0100

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> From:  (Randy)

> A new TV show called Futurama upcoming from the creator of The Simpsons
> has a pizza boy falling into a vat of LN at a cryonics facility (or some
> such scheme) and revived 1000 years later.  

> Here is a quote from Matt Groening, the creator, on the themes of the
> show: "The themes: If you are a loser, is it possible to reinvent
> yourself? How do you deal with the desire for youth, for the return of
> dead loved ones, and what does it mean to be finite in the universe?"  
> 
> I guess that is how many people view us, as losers who want to reinvent
> themselves. Maybe they're right......  

Whatever our (deeper) motives may be, we're doing the right thing
and that's what counts. IMO those that meekly accept death are
the real losers.  

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