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From: Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-12-02 (Monday)
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:30:42 -0500
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In article <vinef6$6jju$1@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:
> On Dec 3, 2024 at 1:30:40 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

>> What did you watch?
>
>AfrAId on the Peacocks.
>
>It's about a family whose smart house goes all Skynet on them. This has been
>done before and mostly done better. You get the feeling throughout the movie
>that there were a lot of scenes cut out because a lot of what the characters
>do and say seem like a huge overreaction. The husband in particular seems
>hugely freaked out by the AI assistant in his home for no really good 
>reason. I mean, we the audience know it's evil but he's not supposed to, at 
>least not at that point in the movie, so it makes you think there must have 
>been scenes that were cut out that explain why he's not Viking with the AI.

Was it made before Alexa and Siri became commonplace?

I do agree that it's a somewhat tired trope.

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