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And I'll Form the Head!

A Special Message from Weyland Industries [Prometheus]

by Susana Polo | 9:37 am, April 17th, 2012


I find it very, very interesting that a setting that gave us Ripley, one of the best female action heroes in horror or cinema, is also a setting where the robotic helpers of mankind are masculinized rather than feminized.

But maybe that’s just my academic preoccupation with how when we create robots with no actual sexual characteristics or functions, we very frequently give them a female gender, both in fiction and in real life.

(via Big Shiny Robot.)

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  • Terence Ng

    Ugh, I love everything about this promo… The details and the acting…the robot skulls in the background…

  • Sabrina

    I also really like the uncanny valley vibe. Great performance.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andreia-Augusto/100003102682236 Andreia Augusto

    Lovely video, I love the sense of calm it transmits, it’s very well done. Brilliant acting… I want a David for myself ehehe

  • Terence Ng

    Exactly. I couldn’t put my finger on it. Totally the uncanny effect.

  • Anonymous

    “technological, intellectual, physical…emotional” coming from Michael, that is poetry.

  • Anonymous

    Can’t wait to see more.

  • http://twitter.com/ComicBookCandy Comic Book Candy

    Brilliant performance. If he’s as good as this in the rest of the movie, he’s sure to be overlooked all over again in the 2013 Oscar nods.

  • Anonymous

    Daaaisy, daaaaisy, tell me your answer do.

  • Frodo Baggins

    The androids are male because they’re a tool of The Man, man.

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