Scifi Movies/TV/Stories involving Artificial Intelligence and Evolved/Advanced Breeding

This is a work-in-progress/Incomplete list of Movies, Television and other examples in Media of enhanced humans or technology.

I made this with the stuff I've been taking-in over the last 6 months or so involving robots, androids and genetically evolved or advanced humans in Scifi.

I.e. I had some stuff like Logan's Run, Blade Runner and Westworld which I had never seen before, and coming across more about someone like Philip K Dick and his life story. How many things in Hollywood were based-on if not at least largely inspired by his work.

There are a couple of documentaries on YouTube, but I guess they aren't great. Hollywood or some independent filmmaker needs to make a quality documentary or Biopic about him.

Anyway, I'm about to start watching Westworld from HBO, Season 1, after having seen the original movie and sequel Futureworld finally (the new James Franco thing looks awful btw).

I may try and make some kind of Video or Podcast review of Westworld and its umbrella. I don't foresee being able to find Beyond Westworld sadly though as it was short-lived (3 episodes).

Androids/Artificial Intelligence/Cyborgs/Cylons/Robots

Forbidden Planet (1956)
The Twilight Zone: The Lonely (1959)
The Outer Limits: I, Robot (1964)
Lost in Space (1965)
Star Trek: What Are Little Girls Made of (1966)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Westworld (1973)
Futureworld (1976)
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Buck Rogers (1979)
Terminator (1984)
Small Wonder (1985-1989)
Short Circuit (1986)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1986-1994)
Not Quite Human (1987)
Cyborg (1989)
Terminator 2 (1992)
The Outer Limits: Bits of Love (1997)
The Outer Limits: The Camp (1997)
The Matrix (1999)
A.I. (2001)
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
I, Robot (2004)
Blood Moon (2008)
Caprica (2009)
The Archandroid (2010)
Robot and Frank (2012)
Her (2013)
Ex Machina (2015)
Westworld (TV Series, 2016-)
Electric Dreams: Autofac (2017)


Evolved/Genetically Engineered Humans/Mutants
Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966)
Star Trek: Space Seed (1967)
The Clonus Horror (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
Total Recall (1990)
Prey (1998 TV Series)
Lucy (2014)
Electric Dreams: Crazy Diamond (2017)

MISC
Logan's Run (1976)
Lawnmower Man (1992)

Battles - Gloss Drop (2011) (1.0)

3/28/11 11:45AM

Cover Art and Tracklist:


1. Africastle
2. Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo)
3. Futura
4. Inchworm
5. Wall Street
6. My Machines (Featuring Gary Numan)
7. Dominican Fade
8. Sweetie & Shag (Featuring Kazu Makino)
9. Toddler
10. Rolls Bayce
11. White Electric
12. Sundome (Featuring Yamantaka Eye)


3/22/11 11:40AM
new song "Ice Cream"

Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo) by BATTLES

2/24/11 2:04PM

http://bttls.com/gloss-drop

*drops* June 6th/7th


Pre-Order link

Cover Art? or for that matter, who is singing, if there is one. Those "featuring" references in each song may refer to them, but I have no idea at this point. Perhaps some content on facebook, last.fm and twitter tells more. If/when I come across that and any more on this, of course an edit/bump shall occur.

Caprica: Afterthoughts

So I just finished watching the last/final 18th episode of the now canceled show. It definitely got more interesting the last few episodes including the Season/Series finale "Apotheosis."

The way they tied the monotheists plot in to the Graystone's finally meeting up with the Zoe in V-world, and then her destroying the world Clarice set up for her group to ascend to after blowing up Caprica stadium.

The use of the Cylons to isolate the terrorists, etc.

Now, how/why they killed off Willie Adama and in the final 5 minute montage, showing a younger boy named Bill Adama, honestly felt a lot like the cop-out on Smallville with Jimmy Olsen dying and having a younger brother, then taking on his name, lol. They wanted the Bill Adama we get to know in BSG to have some sort of legacy to fulfill.

I suppose with Blood and Chrome coming and at least a lot of it to be based on Bill Adama's growth in the military, they will explain more about that. It also could be worth going back to BSG now and looking for any and all references to Bill Adama's childhood and younger days. Maybe Joseph and Sam Adama, and even the Guatrau and the Guatrau's daughter (who becomes The Guatrau).

I'm not sure, I don't recall a ton of Tauron past with Adama on BSG. I mainly just remember the plot and rivalry with the Taurons and anti-Tauron people. I suppose it might be worth going back now and watching BSG from the beginning. There are some parts of the show, namely Season 2, that I don't believe I have even seen before. Now having seen Caprica, it probably would help to watch those.

Some comments on imdb said some of the truncated nature of the finale probably was due to time and including the closure/montage at the end. As a result, a lot of footage was not included/deleted and could end up on the dvds. I may seek those dvds out just for that reason (or look for those scenes on youtube or another site). Because namely Lacy Rand's role and everything that went down on Gemenon and the short bit with Clarice going there and Lacy being "Mother" just was so truncated. There definitely should have been more explanation to how that happened.

Another comment on imdb mentioned how perhaps on Blood and Chrome they will show flashbacks to more how the Cylons evolved. So in a way, while the evolution/birth of the Cylon race was supposed to be told in Caprica, and it was shortchanged a bit by getting canceled after 1 season; Blood and Chrome could be an opportunity to tell a lot more of it in flashback form.

The only sad part or issue I have with that is with the established cast and characters on Caprica, the story may not be told with those characters or even just the actors themselves. I guess why I really hope a lot of the cast can make appearances on Blood and Chrome, if in fact those flashbacks happen. Namely Alessandra Torresani, Magda Apanowicz, Eric Stoltz, Paula Malcomson, and even Polly Walker whose the actress that plays Clarice.

It was fitting and kind of predictable, but still nice to see Zoe be born as the 1st "Skin job" in the montage. The sad part about that though is if the show had been able to show the process of how that happened. How her body was made, the details, hangups, glitches, genetic flaws, could have made for some interesting scientific/biological/genetic details. I guess for me, with the new BSG and the whole AI/evolution of mechanical life, etc I always wanted to know how that could be done. How synthesized or another process of making an actual skin-body could be done. There perhaps have been movies or novels written about it in other works. And even in real science today I guess. But that probably is 1 of the most fascinating things to ponder within this show and AI stories in general. So I guess for that, that may be the biggest or saddest part of the loss of this show.

As well, how their evolution led to a merging of the V-world entities/beings and the robots (U-87's), and what leads to them taking over Caprica.

But again..perhaps Blood and Chrome there will be opportunity to explore more of that.

Caprica - CANCELED

episodes pulled from schedule. They're going to air the remaining episodes next year sometime.

tvbythenumbers link

however, SyFy recently greenlit a BSG movie that is based around a 20-something Adama.

tvbythenumbers link

I just twittered about this. Am I surprised? no. Am I sad, a bit. Mainly due to the fact Caprica and I guess Warehouse 13 is all SyFy's got (sorry Stargate, Sanctuary, Eureka, and Haven fans). And the truth be, it was OKAY, but I was into the show more in the hope it would get better over time. BSG did anyway. But I can't be surprised given it is SyFy and they seem to be run in the same way their parent network is, NBC.

Now if the guy running USA Network were involved, I'd be more surprised.

What will replace it? as I posted on the comments section over on that tvbtn story, perhaps Caprica's James Marsters new show Three Inches about a group of Superheros, Marsters playing the lead who can move objects with his mind, but only 3 inches, lol. Rather Pushing Daisies-like (or The Tick perhaps?).

Otherwise, the status of something Bryan Fuller has talked about working with SyFy hopefully will be announced. "Sellevision" or something else.

edit: someone posted something about Fuller doing a remake of The Munsters which I would certainly be curious about.

but as for the BSG universe..we have the rest of those episodes to be burned off sometime in 2011, and then the Will Adama in his 20's movie. I suppose it's better than the whole thing going bye bye already.

I hope Alessandra Torresani and Magda Apanowicz namely go onto other, better things. I feel bad for Magda especially given that's twice in recent years (Kyle XY) her CABLE-based show got canceled before it could end it's story.

Battles singer leaves the band

Tyondai Braxton (guitar, vocals) leaves.



This is at least part of why the 2nd album has taken so long to come out?

p4k link:

The thundering, adventurous math-rockers Battles are about to look a whole lot different. As Battles have just announced in a statement on the Warp Records website, Tyondai Braxton has left the band.

Braxton also works as a solo artist, and the band's statement claims that the amicable split came when his solo work clashed with the band's efforts to tour and to complete the follow-up to their 2007 album Mirrored. With Braxton's departure, the band has canceled planned October shows at the ATP Release the Bats event in London and at New York's Le Poisson Rouge.

Battles will continue on without Braxton, but they'll be a very different band. He was the closest thing the egalitarian unit had to a frontman.

Here's the complete text of the band's statement:

"Battles and Tyondai would like to let their fans know they have chosen to follow their own musical paths.

Due to Battles' ambitions of finishing their second studio album followed by commitments to a full touring schedule in 2011, and Tyondai's own commitments as a solo artist and his desire not to tour, both Battles and Tyondai have decided to move on without each other.

It is a sad but amicable split.

Battles wishes Tyondai all the best."

I'm certainly looking forward to what Battles does next. Mirrored only got better with time. Hopefully this will expedite the time frame of their next record. Maybe by the 1st half of 2011 at least.

notes and more to come.

I have those movie reviews to post and at least a few blogs about music. I've been catching up on tv of late too. Lost is almost over and Breaking Bad is winding down and close to end of it's season as well. I just am a bit depressed about epic/episodic story-arc tv shows not really being around now with Lost gone. BSG is over already, Caprica is good, but not as intriguing at this stage as BSG was (yet). And Fringe has gotten better, but it's still not Lost or even BSG really. But at least it's gone from watchable to intriguing.

And of course next week is the fall lineup announcements. I suppose along with posting that whole thing (or what is each day by network) it should be worth adding some more of the Summer calendar stuff. When Royal Pains, Burn Notice, White Collar and Psych (along with Covert Affairs) will air. I'm totally behind In Plain Sight still along with Parenthood and V. Hopefully not for long. But also returning this Summer are Warehouse 13 on SyFy and I'm still assuming My Boys, which I guess is the final season with Jordana Spiro starring in a new NBC show I guess next fall/year.

Speaking of, here's a list of shows I hope to see now and/or in the future.

Sellevision: Bryan Fuller fictional show about a home shopping network. It's Bryan Fuller. That's all I need to know.

The Star Wars live-action show: imdb says it's slated for 2011 now. Set between Episode III and IV and it's supposed to focus on the minor characters i.e. not Luke, Leah, Han Solo or even Vader I guess. Just kill off JarJar at least.

Party Down: Rob Thomas of Veronica Mars and Cupid among other work has been doing this show at least for a year. The cast and guest stars are people I really enjoy. It's on the Starz! network which I don't get, but the 1st Season is probably on DVD now and/or online hulu or another site to stream. I along with Daria and some other shows, am going to have to try and make en effort to watch over the Summer.

Undercover: a new JJ Abrams show which is described like a Mr and Mrs. Smith the tv show, or a more serious/dramatic version of Chuck if he was married to Sarah.

True Blood: I may sign up for HBO just for this over the Summer. It returns soon, like maybe even in June.

Bryan K Vaughan has not worked on Lost this season. I'm not sure if his presence would have helped, but so be it. Imdb does list feature length movies for "Y: The Last Man" "Ex Machina" and "Runaways" among others for him. Joss Whedon may be involved in some of those, namely Runaways, which I believe both of them along with a few others were writers. As long as the casting is ok, I'm totally looking forward to those. But Shia LeBeauf as Yorick better not happen in Y: The Last Man.