On a movie and two original poems
Will try to keep blog posts simpler and briefer, but this weekend led to a backlog.
On the recent remake of Robocop (2014), an homage to the late 1980s original, the more recent one I first watched yesterday. It stars a young actor I did not know of before but also a lot of accomplished secondary actors like Abbie Cornish ,Jennifer Ehle, Michael Keaton, and Gary Oldman.
In reality there is a problem of overly emotional police who of course have superior physical force in most cases over civilians. The main character in this film is not evil, but technology and his personality make him superior to the hardened criminals he pursues. The movie also made me remember a college classmate, who seemed smart and said he usually innately trusted technology.
The movie is a bit disturbing because the main character is a police officer who is attacked by a criminal gang and loses almost his entire body except his head, upper torso, and one hand. A cutting-edge doctor repairs him with robotic humanoid parts. It reminded me of the novel/movie Johnny Got His Gun about a soldier who loses all his limbs in war but survives. I have not read it or seen the full film myself, but one of my college students wrote a long essay about it.
Two poems
“Juvenal” by yours truly
Been juvenile quite a while.
Maybe just spasm of satire.
Juvenal/juvenile: quite a trial.
Not really my style.
“Gone Away” by yours truly
The beautiful foothills
On the horizon
Seemed to have gone away.
“Put your eyes in.”
Then realized:
It is only heavy fog,
Blurring vision.