tech tales from the Hollywood backlot
Over the years I’ve interviewed many movie directors, and most (but not all) do their homework when it comes to technology plausibility for their plots.
However, when they don’t, I have a few scientists on speed-dial (or know people who do) and like to run scenarios past them, get access to their labs, and generally flesh out the story behind the silver screen. Then I present the director/writer — and sometimes star — with what I’ve found (it doesn’t always go down well) — to ground the story-about-their-movie in sometimes far-off reality.
Here are a few of my favorite interviews over the years:
Science Fiction/Hollywood/Labs: Androids (Ridley/Luke Scott)
Science Fiction/Hollywood/Labs: Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams/VR
Science Fiction/Hollywood/Labs: Cloning Consciousness (Keanu Reeves)
Science Fiction/Hollywood/Labs: Human Stasis (Jennifer Lawrence)
Science Fiction/Hollywood/Labs: Single Unified Field (Mindgamers)
//ENDS
S.C. Stuart is an award-winning futurist (and sci-fi writer), technology commentator and strategist focusing on AI, DARPA, exoskeletons, NASA, medical/military innovation, robots and virtual humans for companies including 20th Century Fox, DTCC (Wall Street), Four Seasons, Milken Institute, Nano (empowering global human health), New Line Cinema, RAND Corporation, Smithsonian and Sony Pictures. Published in ELLE China, Esquire Latin America, Four Seasons Magazine (global), Mosaic (Morgan Stanley), Singularity Hub and Ziff Davis PCMag.