What Happened?
- Thread starter pooyak
- Start date
F
Freshman
Guest
Never heard of this Robot.
Guttenberg, Sheedy, and El Debarge
It was Short Circuit.
Sadly--as some would have it--I have very fond associations to this film. Besides an affinity for several certain bad movies of the 1980s, Johnny Five was a first for me. Certes, IQ9 (Star Blazers), C3P0 and R2D2 (Star Wars) and so forth were granted in my conscience as individuals, but Johnny Five and also HAL (2001: A Space Odyssey) were the first times I ever really undertook the ethical questions of artificial intelligence. With HAL, it had been sort of a tragic necessity in my conscience; Johnny Five, being somewhat anthropomorphic, invoked even greater sympathy to the point that I would eventually rethink my sentiments toward HAL. By the time we get to Commander Data, the question has already been settled (though it was a moving episode). But isn't it ironic that Short Circuit is an essential stepping stone in my present interpretation of 2001? (Actually, no it isn't. Short Circuit was directed by John Badham, whose resume is impressive, and who was on a roll with ethical & moral films at that period: Whose Life is it, Anyway?, Wargames, American Flyers, and Short Circuit.)
File under "M" for "More than you cared to know".
Incidentally, I could swear I saw a Honda advert that featured the dastardly little robot fetching the morning newspaper.
thanx,
Tiassa
It was Short Circuit.
Sadly--as some would have it--I have very fond associations to this film. Besides an affinity for several certain bad movies of the 1980s, Johnny Five was a first for me. Certes, IQ9 (Star Blazers), C3P0 and R2D2 (Star Wars) and so forth were granted in my conscience as individuals, but Johnny Five and also HAL (2001: A Space Odyssey) were the first times I ever really undertook the ethical questions of artificial intelligence. With HAL, it had been sort of a tragic necessity in my conscience; Johnny Five, being somewhat anthropomorphic, invoked even greater sympathy to the point that I would eventually rethink my sentiments toward HAL. By the time we get to Commander Data, the question has already been settled (though it was a moving episode). But isn't it ironic that Short Circuit is an essential stepping stone in my present interpretation of 2001? (Actually, no it isn't. Short Circuit was directed by John Badham, whose resume is impressive, and who was on a roll with ethical & moral films at that period: Whose Life is it, Anyway?, Wargames, American Flyers, and Short Circuit.)
File under "M" for "More than you cared to know".
Incidentally, I could swear I saw a Honda advert that featured the dastardly little robot fetching the morning newspaper.
thanx,
Tiassa
