WALL E The Quiet Robot Movie With A Huge Heart
I remember when WALL-E first turned up in cinemas back in 2008. I’d gone expecting another Pixar kids’ film, maybe something with talking toys or...
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The Worlds End Review Pub Crawls Robots and the End of Britain
# The World’s End Review: Pub Crawls, Robots, and the End of Britain Okay so Luna’s writing this because we’ve been having this massive argument...
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Westworld Review The AI Theme Park That Lost Its Own Plot
# Westworld Review: The AI Theme Park That Lost Its Own Plot Right, I need to address the elephant in the room here. Westworld started...
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Portal Review The Puzzle Game With The Most Terrifying AI In Sci Fi
Look, here’s what I tell my students when they claim video games aren’t real storytelling: play Portal. Spend three hours with GLaDOS, and then tell...
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How Van Damme’s Scrappy Cyborg Movie Got the Future Right
Back in ’89, I was working on satellite propulsion systems during the day and watching whatever sci-fi I could find at night. Cable TV was...
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When Robots Fall in Love and Time Travelers Kiss: Why Sci-Fi Romance Hits Different
You know that feeling when you’re watching two people fall in love while reality itself bends around them? I’m talking about those moments when the...
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Why I Keep Coming Back to Steam-Powered Spaceships and Clockwork Time Machines
There’s this moment in “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” where Captain Nemo adjusts a brass valve, steam hisses from somewhere deep in the Nautilus, and...
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Why Every AI in Sci-Fi is Either Jesus or the Terminator (And I’m Sick of It)
You know what pisses me off? Every single artificial intelligence in science fiction is either humanity’s digital messiah or our chrome-plated executioner. I’ve been binge-watching...
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Why I Can’t Stop Watching AI Movies (Even Though They’re All the Same)
You know what’s funny? I spend my days testing video games for bugs, which means I’m basically paid to break things that other people spent...
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How Van Damme’s Scrappy Cyborg Movie Got the Future Right
Back in ’89, I was working on satellite propulsion systems during the day and watching whatever sci-fi I could find at night. Cable TV was...
