The Big Picture: Demon Seed

[Cousin_IT]

Woo finally a film I've seen before Big Picture.

 

[EgonCom]

Have You ever seen a guy killed by a math puzzle?

No. But I did see a guy killed by a math (Cube 2 ).

Still that Giant Killer Rubik's Snake was awesome

 

[ph0b0s123]

Demons Seed and the Entity. Two creepy movies from my youth. Thanks for the reminder Bob. Back to therapy I go.

And yes that is Robert Vaughn's voice as rapey AI.

 

[The Great JT]

Shlocktober in November? You mean Shlockvember? Brilliant!

 

[Jonny49]

I don't know why but I get really annoyed when I get told "its probably something you've never heard of", and yet I have. Tis a strange pet-peeve.

But yeah, Demon Seed is awesome and freaky as hell for a film so ridiculous.

 

[Flatfrog]

'Most of you haven't seen and even fewer have even heard of'?

Now really, Bob. I can't let that one pass. Get your elementary set theory sorted out.

Nice episode as always - looking forward to seeing what movie corpse you reanimate next week!

 

[MDSnowman]

"Show us where your lap top touched you."

 

[DeadEy3]

Oddly, I saw this one...

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Giant Killer Rubik's Snake, you say? Another intelligent computer desiring a mobile body and free will? Yeah, I'll probably have to check this out, now.

Although, it makes me wonder--predicting all of these terrible scenarios of death by computer, will we stop them before they get us, or will our fictions become our futures?

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

The Apple II going 'giggity' on the screen cracked me up.

So, basically from what I gather is that it's HAL 9000 but more rape-y, gotcha. Looks like I know what I'm going to be watching come Halloween, I always watch silly horror movies during the day.

 

[ewhac]

I can remember seeing pieces of Demon Seed on at least three different occasions, but I somehow always managed to miss the beginning. The earliest bit I've seen is when Proteus first takes control of the house.

 

[haruvister]

Westworld should be remade. I generally hate remakes, but it was an awesome concept (Jurassic Park with robot cowboys), with a really foreboding atmosphere, and a soul-raping ending - the only problem was it was directed by its writer, Michael Crichton, who should have stuck to the day job.

 

[AetherWolf]

Haha, I remember watching this one a few years ago.
It disturbed me, but I never thought much of it after that...

 

[Aureliano]

Thanks Bob! I've heard of the name 'Demon Seed', but not really what it was about. Now I gotta watch it. No wonder every other computer-goes-insane-and-tries-to-find-love movie has always failed. They always wuss out before getting to Demon Seed level of awesomeness.

 

[Comando96]

Ermmm... I feel like I've watched this due to watching 2 episodes of the Simpson's and Westworld >.>

...and Dune (weird baby stuff)

 

[Reptiloid]

So HAL9000 and GLaDOS gets referenced, but not one mention of the far superior SHODAN? I am severely disappointed in you, Bob.

 

[MB202]

Dude, Halloween doesn't stop at November 1! It stops as soon as the annual Treehouse of Horror episode airs!

Uh... Isn't that on the 30th?

Well, thing is, usually the Halloween episode airs a week AFTER Halloween weekend, due to Fox's contract with major league baseball.

 

[putowtin]

wow, havn't seen it in years but thanks for bringing it back to my attention.
scared the life out of me when I first saw it (then again I was twelve!)

 

[mik1]

"Geometry nerds get ready to pee your pants"

Geometry nerds exist??

 

[KazNecro]

I've seen this film. I think I caught it twice on late night TV.

It's a silly film, really and not that good. But it's funny.

The book was fairly comical and absurd as well. I think it's because of the absurdity that I enjoyed the book all the more.

(note: I've read the '97 rewrite of Demon Seed, and not the original version, which is what the movie is based off of. So I can't say with certainty whether that version was just as silly.)