at the end of spielberg's "artificial intelligence"

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Option	Votes
hyper advanced robots	4
hyper advanced alien robots	4
hyper advanced aliens	2
predators	2

― moonship journey to baja, Thursday, 22 March 2007 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

me, asleep

― max, Thursday, 22 March 2007 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

why is the question time in modulo 12 time and the response in modulo 24 time?

― lfam, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

what a weird poll. they're clearly hyper advanced robots.

― blueski, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

i do remember contention about this among my friends when this movie came out, so i don't think this is a weird question

― cutty, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

They are shore awful slender, them.

― Abbott, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:19 (nineteen years ago)

predator ship

― river wolf, Thursday, 22 March 2007 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

the film itself doesn't make it 100% clear, but the logical conclusion is hyper advanced robots, seeing that that would be the logical extension of the film's themes.

also, from what i recall of interviews with the filmmakers and other things i've come across relating to AI it is clear they are meant to be robots.

― latebloomer, Thursday, 22 March 2007 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

max otm, lock thread. I was DYING by that point, it was something like the third good stopping point the movie had reached and I was far far beyond caring.

― Doctor Casino, Friday, 23 March 2007 23:42 (nineteen years ago)

on the contrary, at the end of spielberg's "artificial intelligence," the movie goes from being pretty good or nearly great into being a goddamned masterpiece.

― Eric H., Saturday, 24 March 2007 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 24 March 2007 00:39 (nineteen years ago)

AI was no Bicentennial Man, that's all I know. i mean if we are talking endless robotic tearjerkers.

http://www.jeffbots.com/photo1b.jpg

― scott seward, Saturday, 24 March 2007 01:06 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.jeffbots.com/photo2b.jpg

― scott seward, Saturday, 24 March 2007 01:07 (nineteen years ago)

yeah... if the rest of the movie had been as good as the last portions, i think it could've really cleaned some clocks.

the earlier sections were better as the short story the movie was based upon.

definitely robots at the end though. of course, you might argue that to call them robots might be like referring to people as multi-cellular organisms.
m.

― msp, Saturday, 24 March 2007 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

from outlawvern's review of minority report:

And now for the overall comparison to AI. This is a more consistent use of the Dark Spielberg style. It does not have a long chunk that doesn't work like that one section of AI, the one with Chris Rock in it. On the other hand its highs are not as high. It does not get quite as creepy as AI did in those first scenes with the family, or reach as boldly as AI did in those last scenes after the second ice age. And by the way buddy they were obviously robots and not aliens, that's why they had tvs in their chests. Pay attention. TV in chest = robot, not alien. Or it could be a teletubby, I guess. But teletubbies are more like robots than aliens in my opinion, because they have tvs in their chests, like robots. Also they have antennas, like robots do, or aliens do also. Now you're confusing me. Leave me alone.

Anyway I would say MINORITY REPORT is a pretty good one. Good story with mostly great execution. Remember that talking bear in AI that was cool also. the end

― abanana, Saturday, 24 March 2007 03:50 (nineteen years ago)

i did love the teddy in AI. he was badass compared to all the other characters.

― latebloomer, Sunday, 25 March 2007 00:19 (nineteen years ago)

Exhaustion has made me stupid enough to want to rewatch this movie. I wish I could get a copy delivered.

― Beth Parker, Sunday, 25 March 2007 00:50 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

End of Decade lists are pointing more and more to a reassessment. Really didn't care for it at the time though. Sigh.

― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Wednesday, 9 December 2009 09:57 (sixteen years ago)

It's good. Not much of a theatre movie, tho.

― The reverse TARDIS of pasta (Niles Caulder), Wednesday, 9 December 2009 10:33 (sixteen years ago)

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