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These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget… inside their bodies.
minus-squareEl_guapazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up193arrow-down5·1 year agoThis was the plot line to the movie Robots. The solution was socialized medicine.
minus-squareWhy9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93·1 year agoA more sinister example was Repo Men. In that movie, the tech still worked, but people were no longer able to keep up with the extortionate payments that came with the implant.
minus-squarebitwolf@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoI always bring up that movie and “Otherlife” when I rant about the importance of open source.
minus-squareOokami38@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoWait is that a different movie than repo: the genetic opera?
minus-squareAzzu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah no wonder that was only in a sci fi movie, that really just sounds too unrealistic.
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·1 year agoFuck me I haven’t watched that in some time…time for a rewatch
This was the plot line to the movie Robots. The solution was socialized medicine.
A more sinister example was Repo Men. In that movie, the tech still worked, but people were no longer able to keep up with the extortionate payments that came with the implant.
I always bring up that movie and “Otherlife” when I rant about the importance of open source.
Wait is that a different movie than repo: the genetic opera?
Yeah no wonder that was only in a sci fi movie, that really just sounds too unrealistic.
Fuck me I haven’t watched that in some time…time for a rewatch