Blog 8

Simone is a virtual reality show which is science fiction drama film. Simone is “Simulation number one.” I think that it has three parts for objective goal: one is creating the Simone of successful popularity; two is killing the Simone of animal characters; and three is reviving the Simone of new character.
Most of the VR shows such as Tron, The Matrix, Open your eye, The Truman show, Star Trek, Farscape, reality TV are ideological or fantasy VR films based on cinematic technogy. Those are created by present condition and future hope. I think that Simone is one of those. So Simone comments to our “now” using the television or DVD or media ways. Simone also is trying to say about Western/ American culture that is relationship to philosophy issue, social norms, and high technology, and Simone reveal that world is the one .The psychology of people who live in that culture is that everyone has a egoism. In the Simone of film, when Viktor Taransky made Simone as a good character, the audience or viewers loved her; at the same time although Taransky created Simone as a animal character again, audience still accepted as their model; I understand those two situations that when the people like or love something, they can not see reality. It is very amateur of egoism. They easily follow the simulation, they obey the inherited traditions or religions or beliefs or norms. In addition, Simone is trying to say about Hollywood as emblematic of the “American Dream” that they will create the new characters as actual computer generated characters in the future.