Episode 64: Ex Machina, Ex Machina VS. Blade Runner, Top 5 Robots

Ex Machina film poster

“What will happen to me if I fail your test?” We review Alex Garland’s new film — Ex Machina! How does it reinterpret the famous Turing Test for Artificial Intelligence? Is the film feminist or sexist? Does Alicia Vikander’s Ava have consciousness? In the INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER, who has more human AI — Ex Machina or Blade Runner? BY YOUR COMMAND, we share our top 5 robots. 

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Show Notes

  • 0:00 - 16:54: Ex Machina (non-spoilers)
  • 16:55 - 1:03:45: Ex Machina (spoilers)
  • 1:03:46 - 1:14:30: INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER: Ex Machina VS. Blade Runner
  • 1:14:31 - 1:34:56: Top 5 Robots

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Top 5 Robots

Conrad: 

  1. BigDog (Boston Dynamics)
  2. Ash, Bishop (Alien, Aliens)
  3. Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  4. Marvin (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
  5. TARS (Interstellar)

Ali:

  1. R2D2 (Star Wars)
  2. Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  3. Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)
  4. HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)
  5. Adam Link ("I, Robot", The Outer Limits)

Episode 2: Her, Samantha VS. HAL 9000, Top 5 Artificial Intelligence Films

Spike Jonze Her

Come with us if you want to live! We discuss Her, Spike Jonze's new film, breakdown its social commentary, and debate the film's depiction of the technological singularity. It's a computerized battle royal in the INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER with Her's Samantha against 2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL 9000. We wrap up with our top 5 favorite AI films.

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Show Notes

  • 0:00 - 23:35: Her.
  • 23:36 - 33:28: INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER - Samantha VS. HAL 9000.
  • 33:29 - 1:02:35: Top 5 AI films.

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Top 5 AI Films

Conrad:

  1. Blade Runner
  2. The Terminator + Terminator 2: Judgement Day
  3. The Iron Giant
  4. The Matrix 
  5. Metropolis 

Ali: 

  1. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
  2. Ghost in the Shell 
  3. The Matrix
  4. The Iron Giant
  5. A.I.

Honorable Mentions:

  • Edward Scissorhands
  • TRON
  • Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • D.A.R.Y.L.
  • Hellboy 2
  • Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
  • Alien
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Short Circuit 
  • Space Camp
  • Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories
  • Transformers (maybe)