• StillAlive@piefed.world
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      7 hours ago

      I had a headcanon that Terminator movies are prequels to The Matrix but I don’t know how Idiocracy fits in that.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        There’s a big semi-sentient computer running the government in Idiocracy, which could make it a neat stand in for Skynet.

        Idiocracy -> People become overly reliant on automation and complacent to the point of self-annihilation

        Terminator -> Computers decide humans aren’t worth the trouble, so they do a mass extermination

        Matrix -> The conflict ends in a blotted out sky, which forces the computers to cannibalize humanity