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The Last Question — Isaac Asimov:
The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light. The question came about as a result of a five dollar bet over highballs, and it happened this way…
The Nine Billion Names of God - God, Faith, Monks. Great short story writing by Arthur Clarke.
This movie takes wickedly stylized film making and a perfect soundtrack and uses it as an extraordinary backdrop for a plot featuring extrapolated technology, kung-fu, and a look at a future of our world. The sum is much more than the parts. This movie could have been terrible - different directors, different actors, attempting to make it more “pop” and less gritty … there are so many wrong turns that are so frequently taken with futuristic movies of this type. This movie avoids these problems: how, I do not know.