> > I don't quite understand the HAL hate. I thought he was quite creepy in "2001".
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> I suppose he was, and he's certainly *the* classic mad computer, but "2001" never really did much for me. Kubrick in general never really excited me.
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I can't say I follow everything he does, but 2001 was good, and Dr Strangelove may be my all time favorite movie.
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> > And while Skynet might not have been all that interesting, the "Terminator" was a fine villain (at least the first one, other models didn't impress me much).
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> The Terminator is an excellent unstoppable killing machine. And who knows... maybe Skynet will be featured in that television show or the next movie they make.
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I saw a clip of the TV show. Is that the girl from Firefly playing one of the robots?
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> > As for other AIs I like:
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> > Ultron
> > Super-Adaptoid
> > Tom Servo
> > Crow T. Robot
> > KITT
> > Boomers (BUMA?) The villains from Bubblegum Crisis anime
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> I'm not familiar with the last one... I'll be adding more to my list as the week goes on and I need to fill some dead board time.
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Boomers were synthetic life forms that would go crazy ala Replicants, except they transformed into big blue monsters with guns. They had a nice visual, and I liked the videos I saw because it had a bit of a superhero vibe
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> > and, of course, Hallie, who's probably my favorite "supporting" PVB character
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> Hopefully a new Hallie story will be coming very soon.
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Good news
