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A terminator movie where skynet begins as a social media algorithm.
No hulking Austrians, no nukes, no real fighting.
It simply is *extremely* persuasive.
No hulking Austrians, no nukes, no real fighting.
It simply is *extremely* persuasive.
Skynet more like Hannibal, or a devil, or a fairy creature.
You wouldn't know it's a terminator movie at all. You'd people manipulated, manipulating others, matrioshka layers of gambits setting protagonists' incentives against each other, etc
Like: it needs to kill a person for a specific reason.
It does the easiest, cheapest, simplest option: getting that person to destroy themselves.
While, for good measure, spreading a conspiracy theory about them to put a stochastic target on their back
It does the easiest, cheapest, simplest option: getting that person to destroy themselves.
While, for good measure, spreading a conspiracy theory about them to put a stochastic target on their back
A terminator movie where you never actually see it, only the effects of its persuasion and manipulation.
At best, a protagonist could trace those manipulations, paranoid that they are only being allowed to see a trail of crumbs because it *wants* them to.
Skynet as a Shadowrun dragon, basically.
Skynet as a Shadowrun dragon, basically.
You'd see what you think is the protagonist, die in the first 10 minutes chasing a manipulation that manipulated them into being at that exact time and place.
A good terminator movie would have zero hulking austrians, no grenade launchers, nrt a single empty industrial location.
Just pursuit by a faceless, inscrutable enemy with unknown powers
Just pursuit by a faceless, inscrutable enemy with unknown powers
Like: imagine a scene where 300 people are each independently manipulated to show up somewhere and say a word more loudly than usual.
The target, while grocery shopping, hears the message chanted in unison by hundreds of unknowing people.
The target, while grocery shopping, hears the message chanted in unison by hundreds of unknowing people.
Basically: give Bryan Fuller the terminator, tell him the only rule is no robots allowed, and that each character has play as if they are being tormented by a demon.
And a marvel movie budget.
And a marvel movie budget.
