The Matrix (BFI)
1.Dark City
2. The Thirteenth Floor
3. The Truman Show
Which three films does Sobchack reference to illustrate Kubrick's tendency to showcase the convergence of technology and erotism?
2.Eyes Wide Shut
3.Dr. Strangelove
What work of satire does Rieder identify as a text admired by science-fiction scholars?
The Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon and the Sun
VIKI compare humans to ____, as a means to justifythe logic of its plan?
Children
Beepy Star Wars
R2-D2
Clover argues that the use of "bullet time" assimilates immersive qualities from what?
Video Games
Which robot in A.I. does Sobchack say represents technophilic fantasy? And what robot represents feelings of inadequacy?
Joe (Technophilic Fantasy)
David(Feelings of Inadequacy)
How does Rieder suggest that H. G. Welles War of the Worlds uses satiric reversal?
Colonizers imagine themselves as colonized
Jar Jar Binks
______-E
How is Post-Modern Theorist Jean Buadrillard referenced in The Matrix?
There is a quick shot of his book.
How does Sobchack support her argument that David's programmed emotions cast him into a downward spiral of discontent and disappointment?
What novel does Reider reference when analyzing the structure of metafiction?
H. G. Wells's Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island
What city is credited as the epitome of Post-Modern architecture?
Las Vegas
_____-iE
CHAPPiE
What are the two strategies Clover suggests emphasize the feeling of isolation inside The Matrix?
The sickly green lighting and the spatial seperation of the cubicle.
How does Sobchack characterize David's unfulfilled longing?
As a form of nostalgia
Rieder notes that creation of artificial life often takes place in a laboratory with onlookers to emphasize what component of the science-fiction genre?
The genre's self-reflexively acknowledging its own ambivalence
At the end of I, Robot, what does Spooner declare freedom is?
The ability to find you purpose.
Little cutie that cleans your floors
A Roomba
What does Clover liken nostalgia to?
A form of false consciousness.
_____ is used in A.I. to signify melancholia for the loss of humanity.
Tears
How does Rieder challenge the notion that science fiction begins with a singular text or 'miraculous birth'?
By noting that Mary Shelley's Frankenstien did not attain it's science-fiction status until the 1880s despite being published in 1818.
Can Humans Love a Robot?
Sure, why not.
Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award
Optimus Prime