[ there are systems that can do what wise does, in theory. it'd be a simple search. input keywords, receive outputs — hugo could have a list of movies to watch in seconds, if that was all he wanted. but they wouldn't necessarily be good movies, and what wise does that a system cannot — what is beyond even an advanced AI like fairy — is bring his own human touch, his own sense of empathy.
what does he know of the little boy who huddled in the darkness over a book to distract himself from crying? maybe he's been that boy before. he can look at hugo and guess, on the basis of his human heart more so than an analytical mind, at what a man like him probably wants to see, and might be moved by. ]
Have you ever seen "The Duke of Cavalcante"?
It used to be more commonly considered a classic, but most modern film critics seem to have forgotten about it. It's about a man who, in his youth, is framed by his own friends for a series of murders he did not commit — one of his alleged victims being his own fiancée. When he returns from a long sojourn serving out his exile, it is under the identity of the mysterious Duke of Cavalcante: wealthy, charismatic, and hellbent upon revenge...
...I think it has everything you're asking for and then some.
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what does he know of the little boy who huddled in the darkness over a book to distract himself from crying? maybe he's been that boy before. he can look at hugo and guess, on the basis of his human heart more so than an analytical mind, at what a man like him probably wants to see, and might be moved by. ]
Have you ever seen "The Duke of Cavalcante"?
It used to be more commonly considered a classic, but most modern film critics seem to have forgotten about it. It's about a man who, in his youth, is framed by his own friends for a series of murders he did not commit — one of his alleged victims being his own fiancée. When he returns from a long sojourn serving out his exile, it is under the identity of the mysterious Duke of Cavalcante: wealthy, charismatic, and hellbent upon revenge...
...I think it has everything you're asking for and then some.