I think I envy you for that. There are plenty of really nasty aspects of humanity that I wish I couldn't see any seed of in myself.
But. See. There are probably also very good (or at least goodish) aspects that you still see in yourself that I've not seen in myself in at least a couple of years now.
Though I suppose that fearful reaction would be one of the human programmes to be cast aside. Though that's also probably frightening, as the inability to be duly alarmed by something strikes a rather primal note of fear.
I think I have, in the past, described it as a dread of the fear of no longer fearing the unknown. But the way you said it, that works, too.
That bit in the Two Towers movie where Elrond explains to her what her existence would be like certainly has some relevance to this issue. Having set it up, it actually felt sort of odd that it wasn't followed up upon in the next movie. Maybe they shouldn't have opened that can of worms, but it was certainly a beautiful scene.
Agreed, it is a beautiful scene in the film, and agreed that it also feels like Jackson either forgot about it in Return of the King or just didn't know how to address it. It wasn't necessary to resolve it, but some more attention might have been needed.
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Date: 2006-03-13 03:48 am (UTC)But. See. There are probably also very good (or at least goodish) aspects that you still see in yourself that I've not seen in myself in at least a couple of years now.
Though I suppose that fearful reaction would be one of the human programmes to be cast aside. Though that's also probably frightening, as the inability to be duly alarmed by something strikes a rather primal note of fear.
I think I have, in the past, described it as a dread of the fear of no longer fearing the unknown. But the way you said it, that works, too.
That bit in the Two Towers movie where Elrond explains to her what her existence would be like certainly has some relevance to this issue. Having set it up, it actually felt sort of odd that it wasn't followed up upon in the next movie. Maybe they shouldn't have opened that can of worms, but it was certainly a beautiful scene.
Agreed, it is a beautiful scene in the film, and agreed that it also feels like Jackson either forgot about it in Return of the King or just didn't know how to address it. It wasn't necessary to resolve it, but some more attention might have been needed.