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minus-squareStillAlive@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI had a headcanon that Terminator movies are prequels to The Matrix but I don’t know how Idiocracy fits in that.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoThere’s a big semi-sentient computer running the government in Idiocracy, which could make it a neat stand in for Skynet. Idiocracy -> People become overly reliant on automation and complacent to the point of self-annihilation Terminator -> Computers decide humans aren’t worth the trouble, so they do a mass extermination Matrix -> The conflict ends in a blotted out sky, which forces the computers to cannibalize humanity
minus-squareRailing5132@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 hours agoWall-e - > A little love-sick robot conqueres an AI overlord and cleans up the mess left behind
minus-squareWashedupcynic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI was thinking the same thing in terms of order of events.
I had a headcanon that Terminator movies are prequels to The Matrix but I don’t know how Idiocracy fits in that.
There’s a big semi-sentient computer running the government in Idiocracy, which could make it a neat stand in for Skynet.
Idiocracy -> People become overly reliant on automation and complacent to the point of self-annihilation
Terminator -> Computers decide humans aren’t worth the trouble, so they do a mass extermination
Matrix -> The conflict ends in a blotted out sky, which forces the computers to cannibalize humanity
Wall-e - > A little love-sick robot conqueres an AI overlord and cleans up the mess left behind
I was thinking the same thing in terms of order of events.
It’s the happy ending