Movie directed by James Cameron known as "Terminator" "Alien 2" to answer questions about SF

"TerminatorSeries and "Alien 2","Titanic"Director · known by scripts such as scriptJames CameronA movie that answers "questions about SF" sent to Twitter is published on YouTube.

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Mr. Cameron who introduces himself to the camera as "Hi, Jim Cameron".


Mr. Cameron opened a PC and said, "A question from Jack Haith reads the question" Why does SF draw a pessimistic future, although the development of science and technology does not bring about totalitarianism? " .


"There are definitely many pessimistic forecasts on social systems that can be seen in science fiction"


"In the first place, it is more difficult for people not to be pessimistic in this modern era", Cameron answers.


According to Mr. Cameron, "The pessimistic future is drawn in SF because the pessimistic view on the present age has influenced it".


Then the next question. "Why SF is determinedTractor beamDoes it appear? "


"To tell the truth, I did not make a movie that tractor beam comes out ... but ..." Cameron who smiles bitterly.


Mr. Cameron says, "Like the tractor beam, the technology of" grabbing objects of interest with invisible beams and pulling them "is a technology we do not have at the moment."


"But,Type 2 superconductorAnd using a very powerful magnetic field,Meissner effectIt is possible to generate objects, pinpoint objects as one point and make them stuck. "


If it is limited to a very short distance, Cameron said, may be a phenomenon like a tractor beam due to the Meissner effect, which may be realized in any case.


The next question is "Does AI's researchers fail due to the viewers of the terminator movies?"


"Because I saw a terminator, researchers will not abandon AI's research," Cameron said with a laugh.


"A military think tank,SkynetWe are talking about the problem. However, that does not stop AI's research, "Cameron denied the influence that the" Terminator "series himself served as the director / screenwriter had on AI research.


In 1984 when Cameron made a terminator, the idea of ​​"computers kill people with ego" was only pure SF.


"However, in modern times, we are talking about the ethical issue of" Do you want an unmanned drone to kill people? "Cameron said.


Cameron said, "We predict that AI robots will be launched into war within as early as fifty years at the latest at AI 's forefront, and as early as 15 years, we are ethical We need to think about the problem.


The next question is "Why are all SFs and Androids humans?"


"Well, I've been thinking about 'humanoid robots' over and over again, but humanoid robots are designed to deal with the anxiety that people have" where will robots go in the future? " I think that it is a method of Mr. Cameron.


However, historically, the existence of humanoid robots is based on distrust of human beings.


"What do you think about the epidemic of a film about the delusion of a very real robot appearing in the 21st century" in the middle of the 20th century ...?


"It's a very intellectual question," Cameron said.


According to Mr. Cameron, the movie about the real robot of the 20th century imagines "the world where a real robot appears" to the modern day, and the future where robots actually play a role in society It was made to prepare.


"We already live in the SF world," Cameron said.


The next question is, "Many SF concepts such as tablet, rocket, autonomous drone, etc. are reality, but do you think monsters like aliens will appear in reality?"


"There are things predicting the future very precisely in SF, and there are things that are not quite so funny."


Regarding aliens, "If you travel far away in the universe, you might be able to meet an alien with a different biological structure with us, you may have such an organism on an old Mars , Jupiter's satellite may have extraterrestrial life forms. "


"As our technology can not move the universe so fast, encounters with aliens will not come soon," Cameron seems to think.


"Why can not SF and fantasy get Oscar? Tired of only costume design awards and makeup & amp; hair styling awards ..." ...


"I really do! I'd like to say so!" Cameron agrees with everything.


Mr. Cameron said, "When I was a movie fan,Star WarsIt was the best SF movie. Even so, I could not get Oscar the following year! I'm resentful.


"Since science fiction movies do not depict realistic people, the attitude that they are not suitable for Oscar is widespread, but in reality there are firm human dramas and stories in science fiction movies, alarm bells on contemporary society There are things that have attractive characters, but even though the Academy Awards only evaluate science fiction movies in terms of technical aspects such as art and costumes. "


"Even against acting actors who perform, maybe they think" acting in front of the green screen is meaningless ", but that's not the case," Mr. Cameron stressed. It seems that you are dissatisfied with the cool treatment of science fiction movies at the Academy Awards.


The next question is, "Time travel is nonsense, I do not know the terminator well, why did Kyle Lease, who traveled the time from the future, became a father of John Conner?"


"In the world of SF"Parent killing paradox"There is a classic problem of. If you invented a time machine and went back to the past and you killed your grandfather by himself before you encountered your grandmother, either of your parents will not be born and you will not be born. Then you can not invent a time machine, but you can not kill grandfather.


"This endless loop is a paradox of parent killing," Cameron says.


Cameron said, "Every SF writer has not been able to solve this problem, but it is boring to keep time travel unreasonable."


Mr. Cameron talks jokingly that it is only necessary to return "noisy" to the partner who says "time travel is impossible".


Mr. Cameron who has produced many masterpieces has become a movie that can touch part of thought.