The Matrix (BFI)
Love Machines
Colonialism and The Emergence of Science Fiction
Mystery Flavor
Name that Robot
100
What three movies are referenced as "Edge of the Construct" films?

1.Dark City 

2. The Thirteenth Floor 

3. The Truman Show

100

Which three films does Sobchack reference to illustrate Kubrick's tendency to showcase the convergence of technology and erotism? 

1. A Clockwork Orange

2.Eyes Wide Shut

3.Dr. Strangelove

100

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

100

VIKI compare humans to ____, as a means to justifythe logic of its plan?

Children 

100

Beepy Star Wars

R2-D2

200

Clover argues that the use of "bullet time" assimilates immersive qualities from what?

Video Games

200

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)

200

How does Rieder suggest that H. G. Welles War of the Worlds uses satiric reversal?

Colonizers imagine themselves as colonized

200
What character is used as an example for bad-digital spectacle?

Jar Jar Binks

200

______-E

WALL-E
300

How is Post-Modern Theorist Jean Buadrillard referenced in The Matrix? 

There is a quick shot of his book.

300

How does Sobchack support her argument that David's programmed emotions cast him into a downward spiral of discontent and disappointment?

By referencing the film's multiple unsatisfying endings. 
300

What novel does Reider reference when analyzing the structure of metafiction? 

H. G. Wells's Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island

300

What city is credited as the epitome of Post-Modern architecture? 

Las Vegas

300

_____-iE

CHAPPiE

400

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.

400

How does Sobchack characterize David's unfulfilled longing?

As a form of nostalgia 

400

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

400

At the end of I, Robot, what does Spooner declare freedom is?

The ability to find you purpose. 

400

Little cutie that cleans your floors 

A Roomba

500

What does Clover liken nostalgia to? 

A form of false consciousness.

500

_____ is used in A.I. to signify melancholia for the loss of humanity.

Tears

500

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.

500

Can Humans Love a Robot?

Sure, why not.

500

Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award

Optimus Prime 

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