Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-12-02 (Monday)

In article <vinef6$6jju$1@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:

On Dec 3, 2024 at 1:30:40 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

What did you watch?

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AfrAId on the Peacocks.
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It's about a family whose smart house goes all Skynet on them. This has been
done before and mostly done better. You get the feeling throughout the movie
that there were a lot of scenes cut out because a lot of what the characters
do and say seem like a huge overreaction. The husband in particular seems
hugely freaked out by the AI assistant in his home for no really good
reason. I mean, we the audience know it's evil but he's not supposed to, at
least not at that point in the movie, so it makes you think there must have
been scenes that were cut out that explain why he's not Viking with the AI.

Was it made before Alexa and Siri became commonplace?

I do agree that it's a somewhat tired trope.

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