The idea is that the avatars look a bit like the human in question, but all through the film (yes, I've seen it: capsule review - very good, but too long), I kept thinking that the avatar of the character played by Sam Worthington, who looks thus:
... looked a lot more like Brendan Fraser.
Is there a medical term for the tendency to 'pattern recognise' and seek similarities where there may be none? If so, I have it. Or, at least, an analysis of my posts and thought patterns alike seems to suggest just such a pattern of behaviour.
2 comments:
"Apophenia".
That's the word!
Mind you, I can see why William Gibson chose to call his book 'Pattern Recognition'.
J
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