++> From exchange between Day Brown and
 ++> D. Martorana on "Iliad/Odyssey" virtual
 ++> possibilities
 
 DB> I had heard of Fagles translation; sounds promising. Given the
 DB> example of the remake of the titanic movie, I look forward to
 DB> a well done screenplay of Fagles' interpretation.
 
 As the "Titanic" was an incredible shared synthetic experience-
  such an Iliad/
 Odyssey type experience would be more difficult to achieve as it would
 reach out over too many different contained experience-to-language
 sensual constructs;  the "Titanic", a single such construct
 presentable in the English language. A really good Iliad/Odyssey
 virtual presentation would be one hell-of-a challenge, even if the
 technology was presently up to it. When I toured Sicily, I visited
 many of the would-be toy Hellenic geographies, even being so naive as
 to look for the "lady Scylla" in the Messina Straits. How do you
 translate lump-in-throat into any definition of meaning that is
 truer than an emotional experience? If we cannot translate the
 mind-meaning, presentation becomes touchy.
 
 DB> What with the increasing capability of virtual reality,
 DB> I hope to see a rendition of the tale with the landscape
 DB> of that area faithfully restored.
 
  With eternalish-life now a (very delicate) "possibility" perhaps
  even the senses might be cross-posted through hi-fi controls to the
  dream mechanism. There we might personally experience reasonable
  actuality anywhere in history, circumstance or universe ....living
  experientials. There is SO MUCH that is "technically" possible, from
  traveling with Odysseus to actually being him (or even looking down
  at it all from Olympus) ................we might even be, ourselves,
  budding gods!!!  
 
 DB> Likewise, Troy itself could be rendered.  This leaves
 DB> only the representations of the actors on the film, which
 DB> again would be much improved over the last version which
 DB> was just a vehicle for the hollywood stars of the 1950s.
 
     If our time permits, I believe we are going to see some
     BIG much!
 
 DB> Although, I spoze that it might do better as a DVD miniseries
 DB> which could include multi-media annotation to try to communicate
 DB> the wide range of subtlety in the characterization and culture.
 
 Yes, a few DVDisms into a next week......  tomorrow.
 
 Read the other day that the game industry has moved past the business
 industry in expanding beyond the limits of graphic chips.
 
 I'm often astounded at the extended sophistication of our senses
 to pleasure the mind far beyond the simple hungers ....that such
 an "old-ish"  design had been future programed to correlate such
 incredible input joy.  It *do* add a dimension to tease evolution 
 .....that a few wonder-sparks could be so neatly tucked into an only
 surviving mind. I believe it gives some credence to the view that
 some Paley-ish "AGENDA" has been "quietly" tending the garden clock .
 
 NOTE: I was gifted the very personal treasure to have stood on some
       of the most magic soils of history. I do at times tap that
       enchantment-ish goad to "mind-taste" what I cannot know ...a
       bit of reason...able phantasy....! Yes, as I get older, there
       ARE some bits of me that bad mouth all-  philosophy, religion
       AND even logic . My second 50 years have not been as simple
       as my first 50.
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                             oQ ... Dave
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