Dutch 'boffins' have discovered that a common heart medicine might help people suffering from traumatic memories by erasing them from their heads - just like from out of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.
Future-seeing movies aren't always accurate (T2? Judgement Day? 1997? No). But, thanks to the joy of hindsight, we can celebrate the stories where sci-fi became sci-reality...
The Film: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
What It Predicted: A memory-washing procedure - created by Dr Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson) and offered by Lacuna, Inc.
Why We Wish It Hadn't Been Right: While the psychological benefits of erasing bad memories are clear, criminal villains could use it for bad things - like making someone do a robbery and then erasing their memory so they don't know anything if they get caught.
And what happens if we miss the bad memories and accidentally erase something essential? The pangs from failed relationships would remain, but we might lose the skill of being able to put trousers on.
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Bulletproof_animal
Feb 18th 2009, 14:28
"Problem: the film was complete and utter c**k." Thanks for that stunning incite. When I figure out what your juvenile (and completely subjective) opinion on the film has to do with the point of this feature I'll be sure to tell you so that you might stop being a sad, little child, who so desperately wants his opinion to be heard. Idiot.
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alowe
Feb 18th 2009, 16:21
Thanks for that stunning insight (spelling!). When I figure out what your juvenile (and completely subjective) opinion on my final, obviously throwaway comment has to do with the rest of the feature I'll be sure to tell you so that you might stop being a sad little child, who so desperately wants his opinion to be heard. Idiot.
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ashley.russell
Feb 18th 2009, 17:36
I didn't really understand that comment either. TF gave Hitchhikers' 4 stars anyway so I'm wondering what that was all about?
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squirebrown
Feb 19th 2009, 20:31
Hitchhikers... was pretty damn good - among the highlights of the last great summer - 2005. Batman Begins, War of the Worlds, The Descent.
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