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I Am Mother (netflix scifi)

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    #32
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    lol dude..
    mother isn't the droid..

    the droid is just a husk.. a machine

    mother remote controls it.

    mother was all the machines outside too

    Daughter 1 .. Swank.. also getting out clearly shows mother isnt focused on stopping them getting out

    Mother was all about the exams. She was looking for a result in them.

    We're not exactly sure why Daughter 2 died/was killed but it's implied it had something to do with the exams


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    #33
    expectationlost
    Registered Users Posts: 11,753 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    Slydice wrote: »
    lol dude..
    mother isn't the droid..

    the droid is just a husk.. a machine

    mother remote controls it.

    mother was all the machines outside too
    I know that, im referring to both
    why does mother think the best way to create good humans is with a 1 parent raised kid??
    Slydice wrote: »
    Daughter 1 .. Swank.. also getting out clearly shows mother isnt focused on stopping them getting out
    did she let daughter 1 go, or just use her escape to her advantage when she could


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    #34
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    It's not explained in the film. We're not even 100% if mother was gonna kill her there in the end

    That and much of the rest is why my first call out is for a sequel!


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    #35
    Twenty Grand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Twenty Grand


    Slydice wrote: »
    It's not explained in the film. We're not even 100% if mother was gonna kill her there in the end

    That and much of the rest is why my first call out is for a sequel!

    I wondered if it was all part of the plan..


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    #36
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Watched it this evening and it's solid, low budget, but high budget looking; few sets and actors but it all looked slick and lived in. Mother herself was the standout with some fantastic practical FX that as always prove a render farm of 50 code monkeys is no substitute for a good costume.

    The plot itself was ... fine. One of those puzzle-box narratives where part of me was waiting for the third act rug pull; what came though was neither surprising or particularly satisfying. Not terrible, but just lacking enough freshness to make the journey worthwhile.

    Still a decent watch and a better standard than Netflix's usual jaunts into SciFi. Or indeed a lot of stuff in the cinema at the moment.


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    #37
    Twenty Grand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Twenty Grand


    Here's a really good vid on the costume for Mother

    https://youtu.be/8_XwRFD5Lqs


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    #38
    Sleepy
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    Quite enjoyed this and hope to see Netflix make more like it: good, solid mid-budget Sci-Fi.


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    #39
    Nobelium
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    Started well, but then the plot became an illogical mess. A wasted idea.


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    #40
    cdgalwegian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭cdgalwegian


    Nobelium wrote: »
    Started well, but then the plot became an logical mess. A wasted idea.

    Some of the ideas need teasing out, and are open-ended, but this hardly constitutes a logical mess. Can't see where this criticism is coming from.


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    #41
    expectationlost
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    expectationlost wrote: »
    I know that, im referring to both
    why does mother think the best way to create good humans is with a 1 parent raised kid??
    because they could only afford one costume?


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    #42
    Tired Gardener
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    A very enjoyable film, that had a lot of interesting ideas.

    I think the reason for their only being one droid, is that it allowed the children the chance to develop more freely. If there had of been two droids the child may have felt out numbered and under constant scrutiny. By there only being one it give the child the illusion that at times it was free to explore. Essentially Mother wanted the child to grow up to be a replacement and the start of a better race, a more ethical race. This needed to come naturally from the child, the droid and mother could have easily forced the child to be a better person, but then it isn't really a better person as it is only doing what it has been told is right.

    Also with the droid being a robotic female care giver could be a way to help encourage a more gentle, ethical human population. A male droid could spark rivalry in any potential children as the male may be seen as a challenge of authority that needs to be over come.

    I think when Hillary Swank's character mentioned about vaguely remembering videos that was a call out to her being number 1 many years ago.

    Mother is ethical while also being amoral, it served a higher purpose, and seeing just how badly we have damaged the ecology of the planet, I for one don't think Mother was wrong. Her purpose is one that may seem cruel, but the logic that supports it is unquestionable.


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