When The Robot Apocalypse Is Mostly Just a Flashdance That Runs Too Long
In which we also take note of a milestone or three
Theater In The DMV
If you’re going to try to get folks to invest in the potential of a robot’s spiritual and emotional development, maybe don’t make it explicit that she’s programmed to die when her hospice patient does:
Also, maybe don’t write a hacking/meltdown/stack-dump/dream ballet hoping to create suspense about whether the ’bot will murder the human, especially if you’re going to let the thrashing drag on for what feels like a full five minutes. Because lbh, at some point audiences become more afraid of the lingering effects of interpretive dance than of any mortal risk to the protagonist.
(Plus we all know a robot can’t hurt a human. Look, I don’t make the rules.)
