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Could there EVER be a film depicting the upcoming Technological Singularity? How come we haven't had a movie about it already? (Crosspost: r/Singularity)

 

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Could there EVER be a film depicting the upcoming Technological Singularity? How come we haven't had a movie about it already? (Crosspost: r/Singularity)

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What say we help the world become aware of the concept of the upcoming Technological Singularity through a movie taking place in the future where said Singularity arrives?

What do you expect to see in such a film and who will the likely actors and actresses be?

Crosspost: https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/s/83Klg0rakD

 

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[–]bgaesop 21 points  

There are lots of movies about the Singularity. Most famously, The Terminator (1984)

[–]Straight-Software-61 2 points  

most recent season of Black Mirror has an episode that touches on this, not exactly a movie but the anthology nature of show makes it more similar to one than not

[–]remy_porter 2 points  

The show Person of Interest.

[–]MarkWest98 2 points  

The Matrix?

[–]bgaesop 1 point  

What's inhumane about the head jack?

[–]czyzczyz 7 points  

You absolutely can make movies about fictional events.

[–]trolleyblue 1 point  

Fictional!? It’s UPCOMING! Trust me, bro!

[–]RJRoyalRules 5 points  

The climax of Superman III has a computer becoming self-aware and turning one of the antagonists into a robot

[–]rocket-amari 1 point  

if we don't all dedicate ourselves to making the film it's gonna think we don't believe in it and kill us

[–]SwedishCowboy711 3 points  

This already happened a couple of times, most recent is the Y2K film by Kyle Mooney....it's just no one has done a good film of this concept except for Invasion of the Body Snatchers which isn't tech

[–]Theseus666 1 point  

BLACK MIRROR SPOILERS

It’s not a film but the new Black Mirror episode Playthrough depicts the singularity

[–][deleted] 0 points  

High end Scifi is hard to make from a Technical standpoint. It's why not many big budget SCifi movies are made regardless of Topic. Most scifi is low level scifi like "Ex Machina" or something grounded without crazy setting. Movie that would capture the full scope of a post Singularity society is way too out there.

It requires a ridiculous amount of concept art and VFX work and other stuff. Much easier to sit down a guy in a restaurant or casino and film him, or give a guy a sword and chainmail and put him in some grass field in New Zealand. Making contemporary, historical or low-fantasy (with just a few monsters not full on LOTR army clashes) is easier. Movies like Dune or Interstellar or Avatar are few and far between.

Not to mention the part where unless u want to basically be space-fantasy like Star Wars you also have to do a lot of research and make things make some sense.

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