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robots poll: when you watch a show like Westworld or movie like The Creator, do you mentally check out b/c they're just machines thus no stakes?

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Oct 6 '23, 15:37

i'm usually more invested even in robot "feelings" but i've seen millennial writers who just don't care if any of them live or die

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That was my main problem with Westworld -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 22:00 1
- (but not my only one) -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 22:01
I checked out of The Creator because of the humans -- nm - Roger More Oct 6, 18:00 1
- heh the trailer was . . . not great -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 18:06
No but I've been media raised by characters like Data, the T2 T800 and even the Robot from Lost in Space. There's Call from Alien Ressurection but that -- (edited) - JD Oct 6, 15:43 4
- I'm with you in that sense of being raised by media and pop culture. - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 16:34
- yes, when your formative robots were R2-D2 and C-3PO i think you humanize them more -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 15:48 2
  - Don’t humanize fictional machines! - Landbeck Oct 6, 15:54 1
    - This is where my grandmother would undoubtedly chime in with something about the Second Commandment, too. ;-) -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 16:56

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