I am seriously looking forward to this. Out of all the writers tackling the transhumanist angle, W.E. piques my interest the most. I love the idea of nanotechnology as a force. It can stand for so much more. Ellis almost always gravitates towards nanotechnology. Shit, even his Justice League episode was about the Atom shrinking himself to stop an "unstoppable" nano-alien mass.
In short: count me in.
EDIT: Is it redundant to refer to the Atom as shrinking himself to save the day or can I just say he saved the day and people can assume it was on an atomic level?
There is always something moral about his writing too. I find with Garth Ennis or Morrison an ambiguous ethic that Ellis avoids by being a bastard, moreover a bastard with a heart, which is what makes his take on transhumanism a little more likeable. He still emphasizes the human.
For example, with Transmet, Spiders attitude toward the digitized personalities is almost contemptuous mainly from a moral standpoint. #blacksummer
@Jeremy Tapsell: You know, I have never thought of Morrison in that light. He really is ambiguous, isn't he... Can you guess what I am going to ponder all day?
For years I confused Warren Ellis with Bret Easton Ellis. Took me years to realize they were not the same person. A stupid mistake, especially when you start saying things like, " I can't believe the American Psycho guy wrote Transmetropolitan!"
I know what you mean. I always thought that Brett Easton Ellis and Brett Ratner were the same person!!
"What? The guy who wrote American Psycho directed Rush Hour? No way!!"
Re Morrison; not that I judge Him in anyway for that! It is mainly just a point of difference I notice when comparing the two.
Its probably because he's Scottish. #blacksummer
11/03/09
11/03/09
In short: count me in.
EDIT: Is it redundant to refer to the Atom as shrinking himself to save the day or can I just say he saved the day and people can assume it was on an atomic level?
11/03/09
There is always something moral about his writing too. I find with Garth Ennis or Morrison an ambiguous ethic that Ellis avoids by being a bastard, moreover a bastard with a heart, which is what makes his take on transhumanism a little more likeable. He still emphasizes the human.
For example, with Transmet, Spiders attitude toward the digitized personalities is almost contemptuous mainly from a moral standpoint. #blacksummer
11/04/09
For years I confused Warren Ellis with Bret Easton Ellis. Took me years to realize they were not the same person. A stupid mistake, especially when you start saying things like, " I can't believe the American Psycho guy wrote Transmetropolitan!"
Just saying... #blacksummer
11/04/09
I know what you mean. I always thought that Brett Easton Ellis and Brett Ratner were the same person!!
"What? The guy who wrote American Psycho directed Rush Hour? No way!!"
Re Morrison; not that I judge Him in anyway for that! It is mainly just a point of difference I notice when comparing the two.
Its probably because he's Scottish. #blacksummer