Morning Star
Science fiction fantasy
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Demon Seed
Just watched it for the first time last night. My verdict?
Meh.
Just for those that don't know. Demon Seed is based on an early novel of the same name by Dean Koontz. It is about a super computer who holds a woman prisoner in her house with the intention of impregnating her and creating a child so that he may ensure his development and survival.
I enjoyed aspects of it, I always get amused by AI supercomputers commenting on irrational human behaviour, but I found it to be very lacking. There were so many great points where the plot could have picked up, but failed to.
One or two interesting things though, like when Proteus is showing Susan images of the galaxy, his super powerful telescope focuses on a planet with an alien landscape.
Funny though that none of this was recorded into his databanks (as all the boffins were perplexed as to why he focused on that system.) but of course, all questions like that are merely assumed to be answered by "He's a sooperdoopercompooter he can do what he wants and nobody knows! "
There were some great quotes, all by Proteus himself. But the writers also made him contradict himself...I suppose this could have been purposeful to demonstrate his artificial humanity or flawed logic, but I don't know. I mean I just found it odd that he won't assist the company in 'raping the earth' of deep sea metals, as the mining would kill millions of sea creatures, but later says that he will kill as many children as possible to ensure the birth of his offspring.
For me, the most powerful scene was of Joshua, a simple robot that consisted of an arm on a wheelchair, picking himself up after being thrown to the ground by a human. (In self defense)
Basically, if seeing what a computer would look like with an erection is your lifes ambition, then rent this film! Otherwise don't lose any sleep if you miss it.
Anyone else have any comments?
Just watched it for the first time last night. My verdict?
Meh.
Just for those that don't know. Demon Seed is based on an early novel of the same name by Dean Koontz. It is about a super computer who holds a woman prisoner in her house with the intention of impregnating her and creating a child so that he may ensure his development and survival.
I enjoyed aspects of it, I always get amused by AI supercomputers commenting on irrational human behaviour, but I found it to be very lacking. There were so many great points where the plot could have picked up, but failed to.
One or two interesting things though, like when Proteus is showing Susan images of the galaxy, his super powerful telescope focuses on a planet with an alien landscape.
Funny though that none of this was recorded into his databanks (as all the boffins were perplexed as to why he focused on that system.) but of course, all questions like that are merely assumed to be answered by "He's a sooperdoopercompooter he can do what he wants and nobody knows! "
There were some great quotes, all by Proteus himself. But the writers also made him contradict himself...I suppose this could have been purposeful to demonstrate his artificial humanity or flawed logic, but I don't know. I mean I just found it odd that he won't assist the company in 'raping the earth' of deep sea metals, as the mining would kill millions of sea creatures, but later says that he will kill as many children as possible to ensure the birth of his offspring.
For me, the most powerful scene was of Joshua, a simple robot that consisted of an arm on a wheelchair, picking himself up after being thrown to the ground by a human. (In self defense)
Basically, if seeing what a computer would look like with an erection is your lifes ambition, then rent this film! Otherwise don't lose any sleep if you miss it.
Anyone else have any comments?