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Analog
A movie about people getting turned into robots. | |
Gal's husband returns from a business trip and displays
odd
behavior. Being really good at math but not so great at
picking out what pictures have school buses in them.
"Bob,
I'm going to the store, I notice I haven't bought you razor
blades in months, do you need some?" "No, I'm good,
thanks
hon."
Hilarity or horror ensues.
I don't know if this has been done but I'm not about to do
a
web search because I don't care. I'll leave it up to
anybody
who might.
Humans
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BV8qFeZxZPE
[xenzag, Dec 30 2020]
Maria’s Dance
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A0D4fHieW8o
[xenzag, Dec 30 2020]
Replicas
https://en.wikipedi...iki/Replicas_(film)
Plot line is a bit irrational with two much scifi magic. [wjt, Jan 04 2021]
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An excellent concept in so many ways. |
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BBC series 'Humans'. These were more in the line
with brain take overs to create a range of
domestic servants. It was a totally excellent
series. I'll post a clip if I can find. |
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Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" |
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The most puzzling thing is why these stories often seem to portray the cybernetic enhancement or replacement of humans in such negative ways ... |
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Ok, here's the twist ending to my short story Analog.
It's about 15 minutes. |
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The guy keeps seeing people turning into machines
because his interaction with them gets more and
more awkward, then one day he cuts himself shaving
and some kind of blue fluid comes out for a second,
then the cut instantly heals. |
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It's funny because the more positive the change is depicted the more literally dehumanizing it is. |
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Oops, forgot the twist ending. Then a ten ton weight
falls on his head. |
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As the credits roll, the camera pans up to see
another ten ton weight coming down which lands
on the "audience", then the screen goes black. |
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Then, as the audience is getting up to go demand
their money back, the screen shows "Wanna see
the
part where the guy cuts himself shaving and
realizes
he's a robot again?". |
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Then it says "Well fuck you anyway!" |
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I don't believe a movie has ever said "Fuck you!" to
the audience. |
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OK, I'm applying for an Academy Award. Is there a
category for "Movies Not Actually Made"? |
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Better start working on my acceptance speech. |
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// I don't believe a movie has ever said "Fuck you!" to the audience. // |
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Mel Brooks has probably come fairly close now and again. |
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//I don't believe a movie has ever said "Fuck you!" to the
audience// |
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See Peter Handke's play "Insulting the Audience" and, in fact,
much of avant- garde theatre and cinema, since, say, Ibsen. |
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Also, isn't the idea conceptually quite similar to Blade Runner,
but without the noir ambience? |
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Did the robot realize he was a robot then have a ten
ton weight fall on his head? |
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Regarding the movie "Replicas" link. |
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Sounds like the box office bomb factor could have
been remedied by adding my ten ton weight at the
end plot twist. |
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Replicas just needed a wide view to show society and the level of technology commonly used to sanely background the advancements used in the script. And yes, I'm the real William Foster, ten ton weight twist would have been good. |
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