That show Linda was watching, with the cousins, and all they can talk about is the blue room, the green room, the yellow room, and 'what do you think, Linda?', that's actually MORE entertaining and intellectually stimulating than 99% of TV shows that are on the air today. Now that's frightening.
sharenovastar, very well said. I just re-watched this film last night for about the fourth time in my life, yet the first time post-1990's and it struck my how her viewing habits pre-saged today's god-awful "reality" shows.
shareI thought it was just plain creepy the way those men stared at the camera while saying "What do YOU think, Linda?" They were supposed to be hypothetical family members, but I certainly wouldn't want to be around family members who stared at me like that. No affection or even camaraderie in the way they asked Linda to participate in their discussion, just the expectation that she should perform for them.
You bring up an excellent point, though.
It definitely IS creepy, but only to people who actually think about it, and since nobody in that world THINKS, it doesn't bother them, because by them looking at her, it shows that they 'care' about her opinion and what her answer's going to be.
shareyes the total invasion of privacy happened but not via TV - it was far more clever than that via Twitter etc where J Doe's ego to "look at me, look at me" induces hir to VOLUNTARILY supply every bit of info HAL needs to target advertising at them.
I say clever because an aggrieved person can NOT plead relief under the Privacy Act if the Privacy Information in question was given VOLUNTARILY.
exactly the same as Taking The Fifth, ie shut your mouth or pay the price.
http://www.kindleflippages.com/ablog/
I thought it was kinda hilarious myself, two guys gossiping over dinner party seating arrangements then staring at Linda.
shareI think you pointed out very important part of the movie.
Yes, I also remembered that scary moment.
And I think her reaction also quite interesting one.
Logic is the foundation of the certainty of all the knowledge we acquire. -Leonhard Euler
not really, burning books wasn't for people with weak hearts, i'm sure they can't say no book was hurt in the making of this movie
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