X-Message-Number: 29522 From: "John de Rivaz" <> References: <> Subject: Re: [LongevityReport] jason x Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 17:19:50 +0100 We watched Jason X http://imdb.com/title/tt0211443/ . Chrissie left it after 20 minutes on the basis that there was no sensible plot and the whole thing was gratuitous violence pointless sexual suggestions, all to no purpose. She also found the concept of serious female cryonics scientists in scanty clothing as these were whilst doing their work to be ludicrous. I did see it through to the end and it could well be that the screenwriters had read cryonet and similar lists to get the ideas of cryonics, nanotechnology, electronic companions, and similar ideas. However it looks as though they had also seen "Alien" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/ and appeared to want to find a vehicle for a film that would replicate its success. The idea of making money from the killing machine was similar, but why did the killing machine exist at all? In "Alien" there was the logic that it was simply an alien life form -- in the same way a poisonous snake, wasp or stinging nettle is an undesirable life form produced by the natural selection of animals, insects or plants. Was Jason X a US military experiment? Why was its face disfigured? Was it to emulate the 1930s Boris Karlov film "The Raven" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026912/ in which it was suggested that an ugly appearance caused the person to behave in an ugly manner? Clicking through IMDB it is possible to see that "Jason X" is one in a string of films about Jason Vorhees, in which it appears that there is little to reveal why he behaves as he does. The introduction of cryonics in "Jason X" is clearly just a method to make a futuristic film about his career of killing people for the sake of it. The IMDB page reveals an industry selling products such as a "Jason Mask", and I wonder how many mentally ill people have been made sicker as a result of watching these films. The special effects, mood music, and so on were all there. But why waste them without including a thought provoking plot? Such a waste. I suspect that some hapless author may have written a better screenplay, but had all the thought provoking bits removed to provide 90 minutes of pornography of violence. It is a shame that they have to use "our" subjects as a vehicle for this sort of thing. It does the logical arguments in favour of cryopreservation as a caring life saving procedure no good at all. I also find it irritating that whatever makes Jason Vorhees be invulnerable as well as immortal is coupled with a compulsion to kill everything else. The message is clearly in favour of those who like the idea of ageing, suffering and death, without providing a clear logical argument. (ie it suggests that the result of providing invulnerability is to create a mindless killer). -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy, Nomad .. and more ----- Original Message ----- From: "sebastian melmoth" <> To: "longevity report" <> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 12:34 PM Subject: [LongevityReport] jason x > cryonically-themed movie on channel 4 this evening - 23.10 hours. > > definitely not to be confused with jason king from department S [ > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063893/ ] > ---------------- > > 23:10 > Jason X > [repeat] [subtitles] [widescreen] (2001) Get ready for a sci-fi > slasher as hockey-masked nutter Jason Voorhees returns in the ninth, and > best, Friday The 13th sequel. > > In the 25th century, a group of archaeologists discover two cryogenically > frozen figures on a desolate Earth. One is scientist Rowan - and the other > is Jason Voorhees... > > http://imdb.com/title/tt0211443/ > Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=29522