misc updates (#405)

notes/stories/film/film-scifi-1930s.st.txt

@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Hawks
 :: Major Themes
 death ray [Shulter invents a death ray that Drewen plots to use to bring down three of Eldon's aircraft.]
 romantic love [Barry Eldon and Renee Dupont.]
-passion for vehicles [Barry Eldon had a lifelong passion for aviation.]
+passion for flying machines [Barry Eldon had a lifelong passion for aviation.]
 rivalry [Barry Eldon and Martin Drewen over desire to get lucrative airmail contract.]
 
 :: Minor Themes

notes/stories/film/film-scifi-1950s.st.txt

@@ -2979,7 +2979,7 @@ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toward_the_Unknown
 :: Major Themes
 romantic love [Lincoln Bond and Connie Mitchell.]
 old flames [Lincoln Bond and Connie Mitchell.]
-passion for vehicles [Major Lincoln Bond jumped at the chance to leave his desk job to become a test pilot for the experimental Gilbert XF-120 supersonic jet fighter. Brigadier General Banner was also enthusiastic about test piloting this aircraft.]
+passion for flying machines [Major Lincoln Bond jumped at the chance to leave his desk job to become a test pilot for the experimental Gilbert XF-120 supersonic jet fighter. Brigadier General Banner was also enthusiastic about test piloting this aircraft.]
 love triangle [Lincoln Bond, Brigadier General Banner, and Connie Mitchell.]
 fighting one's inner demons [Lincoln Bond was scarred from his experiences as a prisoner of war during the Korean War.]
 belonging [Lincoln Bond felt at home in the Air Force working as a test pilot, after having spent 14 months as a prisoner of war and then sent home and put behind a desk.]

notes/stories/film/film-scifi-1980s.st.txt

@@ -6489,7 +6489,7 @@ time machine [Jonathan used a time machine contraption built by his neighbor Max
 human childhood [We saw the 11 year old boy Jonathan living out a boy's dream mucking around with his grandfather in the year 1927.]
 grandfather and grandson [The 11 year old boy Jonathan traveled back in time form 1985 to 1927 and got to hang out with his inventor grandfather whom he idolized.]
 competitiveness [Max was determined to beat Charles Lindbergh and in so doing be the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo.]
-passion for vehicles [Max and his grandson Jonathan were both passionate about airplanes. In particular, Max took Jonathan for a joyride in his biplane "The Blue Yonder".]
+passion for flying machines [Max and his grandson Jonathan were both passionate about airplanes. In particular, Max took Jonathan for a joyride in his biplane "The Blue Yonder".]
 time traveler meddling in history [Jonathan traveled back in time form 1985 to 1927 to stop his grandfather's fatal attempt at a solo trans-Atlantic flight.]
 the desire for glory [Max dreamed of being the first person to complete a solo trans-Atlantic flight.]
 the desire to pursue one's dream [Max dreamed of being the first person to complete a solo trans-Atlantic flight, and he still resolved to go even after it became apparent that he was doing to die in the attempt.]
@@ -10307,7 +10307,7 @@ post-apocalyptic dystopia [The film is set not long after drastic climate change
 compassion [The android Byron was noticeably kind toward other people in a doggy dog post-apocalyptic world.]
 android [The virtuous android Byron.]
 friendship [The bounty hunter Matt Owens ultimately befriended and freed his android captive Byron.]
-the desire to become more human-like [Sleeping with Ariel expanded the android Byron's range of emotional experiences, and made him curious to become more human-like, but in the end he decided that he was too dangerous to be among humankind.]
+the desire to be human [Sleeping with Ariel expanded the android Byron's range of emotional experiences, and made him curious to become more human-like, but in the end he decided that he was too dangerous to be among humankind.]
 
 :: Minor Themes
 force of nature existential risk to civilization [The film is set sometime after drastic climate change has swept away civilization as we know it. A vast wind current, the Slipstream, encircles the globe, and a few scattered settlements of survivors attempt to keep human life going.]

notes/stories/film/film-scifi-1990s.st.txt

@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ secret agent occupation [The movie star Neville Sinclair turned out to be a Nazi
 :: Minor Themes
 acting [The movie star Neville Sinclair was shown working on the set of his latest swashbuckling film. Jenny was an aspiring actress.]
 historical figure <Adolf Hitler> [A news report made mention that Hitler had assured the Western powers that he was not amassing troops at the Czech border.]
-passion for vehicles [The stunt pilot Cliff Secord had an undeniable passion for flying.]
+passion for flying machines [The stunt pilot Cliff Secord had an undeniable passion for flying.]
 motor sports [The career stunt pilot Cliff planned to enter a national competition with his Gee Bee Model Z airplane before it got destroyed.]
 
 
@@ -8042,7 +8042,7 @@ android [The story follows the android supersoldier Solo as he comes to question
 :: Major Themes
 maker and machine [The supersoldier android Solo formed a bond of trust with his maker, Dr. Bill Stewart. In the end, the android mourned Bill's death at the hands of some enemy black ops soldiers.]
 purpose in life [The supersoldier android Solo sought more out of life than the be a killing machine for the military.]
-the desire to become more human-like [A flaw in the supersoldier android Solo's programming led him to develop a conscience and compassion. Solo went on to cultivate his human side (e.g. he learned to laugh, and joke, and mourn) as he helped a group of peasant farmers defend themselves from guerrilla insurgents.]
+the desire to be human [A flaw in the supersoldier android Solo's programming led him to develop a conscience and compassion. Solo went on to cultivate his human side (e.g. he learned to laugh, and joke, and mourn) as he helped a group of peasant farmers defend themselves from guerrilla insurgents.]
 war [A community of peasant farmers were caught up in the middle of a conflict between the United States military and a band of guerrilla insurgents.]
 military related work [Colonel Madden led a black ops mission into a Central American jungle to retrieve the supersoldier android gone good Solo.]
 AI point of view [The android supersoldier Solo repeatedly struggled to make sense of such human behaviors as a boy risking his life to save a family member, someone bluffing to trick a friend, and so on.]
@@ -8088,7 +8088,7 @@ human vs. captivity [Dr. Montgomery sabotaged Edward's efforts to flee from Dr.
 god and follower [Dr. Moreau was as a god to his human-animal hybrid creations. The human-animal hybrid Hyena-Swine ultimately killed Dr. Moreau and came to think of himself as a god.]
 maker and monster [Dr. Moreau's human-animal hybrids, led by Hyena-Swine, rebelled against him and killed him.]
 descent into madness [Dr. Montgomery's behavior became increasingly erratic to the point where he went completely bonkers and destroyed all the serum used to keep the human-animal hybrids from regressing into beasts.]
-the desire to become more human-like [Many of Dr. Moreau's human-animal hybrid creations longed to be human.]
+the desire to be human [Many of Dr. Moreau's human-animal hybrid creations longed to be human.]
 being ashamed of who you are [The cat-like woman Aissa was disgusted to find herself slowly reverting back into a savage beast.]
 
 :: Minor Themes
@@ -11531,7 +11531,7 @@ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicentennial_Man_(film)
 2 <paul>
 
 :: Choice Themes
-the desire to become more human-like [Central to the story is the humanoid robot Andrew and his quest to become a human being. He went from being a naive, metallic, humanoid robot to acquiring the ability to eat, feel emotions and sensations, and even have sexual relationships, resulting in him and Portia falling in love.]
+the desire to be human [Central to the story is the humanoid robot Andrew and his quest to become a human being. He went from being a naive, metallic, humanoid robot to acquiring the ability to eat, feel emotions and sensations, and even have sexual relationships, resulting in him and Portia falling in love.]
 
 :: Major Themes
 humanoid robot [The NDR series robot Andrew is the main character in the story.]

notes/stories/film/film-scifi-2000s.st.txt

@@ -4625,7 +4625,7 @@ displacement by a rising new species [A revelation of the story is that the Seve
 reunion with a loved one [Deunan was pointedly reunited with a cyborg version of her longtime comrade Briareos.]
 flying car [Hitomi's prototype car floated above the highway as she drove.]
 jealousy [Hitomi spoke of being of jealous of humans for their being able to feel love.]
-the desire to become more human-like [The bioroid (i.e. android-like human clone) Hitomi expressed a desire to experience that human emotion known as love.]
+the desire to be human [The bioroid (i.e. android-like human clone) Hitomi expressed a desire to experience that human emotion known as love.]
 piloted creature-shaped vehicle [Piloted, humanoid battle bots were in common use.]
 terrorism [A secret faction of the Regular Army executed a terrorist attack against the bioroid's life extension facilities.]
 mother and daughter [Deunan interacted with a holographic depiction of a woman whom she came to understand was her mother.]
@@ -5412,7 +5412,7 @@ android clone of a person [Walter and his android duplicate, Puzzlehead, came in
 
 :: Major Themes
 maker and machine [Walter made a self-aware android in his own image that ultimately turned against him.]
-the desire to become more human-like [The android Puzzlehead longed to integrate himself into the human world (e.g., he wished he could dream like other people and wished to have a relationship with a human female).]
+the desire to be human [The android Puzzlehead longed to integrate himself into the human world (e.g., he wished he could dream like other people and wished to have a relationship with a human female).]
 stereotypically innocent character [The android Puzzlehead started out utterly lacking any common sense (e.g., he failed to recognize a man as a mugger, didn't understand that a woman with slit wrists in a bathtub had just attempted suicide, etc.).]
 love triangle [Walter and his android duplicate, Puzzlehead, came into conflict over their common love interest Julia.]
 human vs. sentient machine [The android Puzzlehead ultimately turned on his creator and master, Walter.]
@@ -6507,7 +6507,7 @@ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daft_Punk%27s_Electroma
 :: Major Themes
 humanoid robot [The story revolves around the quest of two humanoid robots to become human.]
 robotic civilization [A significant portion of the film is set in a town populated by only robots, which, strangely enough, was otherwise indistinguishable from an idyllic American town.]
-the desire to become more human-like [The story follows two humanoid robots in their quest to become human. Although the film contains no dialogue, their desire to be human is suggested by the license plate of their Ferrari displaying the letters "HUMAN", and also by their sporting of caricature latex masks of human faces around town.]
+the desire to be human [The story follows two humanoid robots in their quest to become human. Although the film contains no dialogue, their desire to be human is suggested by the license plate of their Ferrari displaying the letters "HUMAN", and also by their sporting of caricature latex masks of human faces around town.]
 prejudice in society [The towns-robots persecuting the two human wannabe robots and driving them out of town is interpretable as an act of machine prejudice against humans.]
 suicide [The story culminates with the two human wannabe robots taking their own lives, probably out of despair, although their true motives are left obscure. The silver helmet robot went out via auto-destruct, the gold helmet robot in an act of self-immolation.]
 

notes/stories/film/film-scifi-2020s.st.txt

@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ social inequality [The story contrasted the uber-rich CEO Sullivan and the elite
 space habitat [A novelty of the story is a large, disc-shaped, domed orbiting home for humanity that mimicked the ecosystem on Earth.]
 pollution in society [The story is set in a near future in which debris in outer space has become a serious enough problem that "space sweepers" need to go around cleaning it up.]
 humanoid robot [The humanoid robot Bubs was an integral member of the Victory crew.]
-the desire to become more human-like [One story-line follows the humanoid robot Bubs in its effort to save up enough money to purchase human skin grafts for itself.]
+the desire to be human [One story-line follows the humanoid robot Bubs in its effort to save up enough money to purchase human skin grafts for itself.]
 approaching astronomical object event [The evil CEO Sullivan plotted to crash his orbital factory into the Earth, killing an estimated three billion people in the process. He was foiled in his effort by Kot-nim and the "space sweepers".]
 colonization of Mars [The main antagonist Sullivan had a grand plan to move a remnant of humanity to Mars, which he'd recently terraformed for that purpose.]
 compromising one's ethical principles vs. great need [The story explores the crew's grappling with the decision of whether or not to hand over a child they'd grown fond of to terrorists in exchange for the money they needed to get themselves back on their feet, and in Tae-ho's case find his long lost daughter.]
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_414
 
 :: Major Themes
 android [The titular Zone 414 is the city of androids in which a significant portion of the film is set. One storyline follows the android Jane as she goes beyond her programming to experience various deep emotions.]
-the desire to become more human-like [The android Jane became fascinated with the experience of various human emotions, and even referred to herself at one point as "the metal girl who wants to be real".]
+the desire to be human [The android Jane became fascinated with the experience of various human emotions, and even referred to herself at one point as "the metal girl who wants to be real".]
 murder [In the latter half of the story, the private investigator David worked to uncover that Marlon's daughter, Melissa, was murdered by Marlon's own brother, Joseph.]
 coping with a loved one being missing [The deranged inventor Marlon hired the private investigator David to bring home his daughter, who'd gone missing in a city of only androids.]
 father and daughter [Key to the plot was Marlon hiring the private investigator David to find and bring home his missing daughter, Melissa. David technically satisfied Marlon's request by returning to him her dead, apparently suicided body, but this was not Marlon's ideal outcome.]

notes/stories/literature/novel-various.st.txt

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ human vs. self [The Beast Folk struggled mightily to suppress their animal insti
 human nature [The Beast Folk tried to go against their inner animal natures in an effort to be more human-like, but failed, ultimately reverting to their original animal selves.]
 maker and monster [The human-like hybrid beings that Dr. Moreau had created from animals via vivisection, and looked up to up almost like a god, turned on him and the end and killed him.]
 vivisection [The reader is made to ponder the morality of performing torturous experiments on animals in the name of scientific advancement.]
-the desire to become more human-like [Many of Dr. Moreau's human-like hybrid creations longed to become human.]
+the desire to be human [Many of Dr. Moreau's human-like hybrid creations longed to become human.]
 
 :: Minor Themes
 what if I were stranded at sea [Edward Prendick found himself twice stranded on the open ocean with few provisions.]

notes/stories/television/tv-alfredhitchcockpresents.st.txt

@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ becoming a nicer person [Lectured by Clementine, the ex-con Harold reluctantly s
 
 :: Minor Themes
 resisting a temptation [Clementine took Harold's pay on Christmas because she knew he wouldn't resist the temptation to blow it all on booze.]
-passion for vehicles [A young boy who was fascinated with a fancy toy airplane expressed a desire to become a pilot when he grew up.]
+passion for flying machines [A young boy who was fascinated with a fancy toy airplane expressed a desire to become a pilot when he grew up.]
 sacrifice for a child [Harold stole a fancy toy airplane to give to a boy in need at the risk of violating his parole.]
 
 :: Other Keywords
@@ -829,6 +829,9 @@ Directed by: Robert Stevenson. Story by: Ray Bradbury, Mel Dinelli.
 3 <paul>
 3 <mikael>
 
+:: Related Stories
+rbt1985e2x12
+
 :: Choice Themes
 obsessive love [John's obsession with his dummy was clearly to the detriment of his marriage.]
 

notes/stories/television/tv-faeritaletheatre1982.st.txt

@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ human self improvement [Pinocchio learned to be a kind and caring person.]
 human self-sacrifice for another [The fairy spelled out that one reason Pinocchio deserved to be a real boy is because he had learned to care for others before himself. He had done so by risking his life to save his father.]
 
 :: Major Themes
-the desire to become more human-like [The titular living marionette Pinocchio longed to be a real boy.]
+the desire to be human [The titular living marionette Pinocchio longed to be a real boy.]
 anthropomorphic object come to life [Pinocchio was a living wooden puppet.]
 fairies [The Blue Fairy (of wooden objects) first granted life to Gepetto's marionette, and later transformed him into a human boy.]
 father and son [Central to the story is the relationship between Gepetto and his son Pinocchio.]