Miscategorized Media, or: Bummer, No Fembots.

[jolshefsky]

Oh man ... A.I. Assault (a.k.a. Shockwave) was a Sci-Fi Channel ... er SyFy super-cheap production. Based on the name, one might expect a chance of female androids, but nope ... just one tentacled indestructible metal thing. "When a plane carrying a pair of top secret military robots crashes on a deserted Pacific island, a team of Navy seals must find them and turn them off as soon as possible for the longer they are activated, the smarter they become."

[jolshefsky]

I was just reading the synopsis for Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994) ... it appears there's no fembots in this one (nor even any androids ... er ... "spoilers" no androids). Can someone confirm this so I can add it to the list without wasting even more time? Thanks!

[D.Olivaw]

I was just reading the synopsis for Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994) ... it appears there's no fembots in this one (nor even any androids ... er ... "spoilers" no androids). Can someone confirm this so I can add it to the list without wasting even more time? Thanks!

Correct, as I recall.

[jolshefsky]

Watched Atlas (2024) ... it was okay at best. Pretty much by-the-book action design: overconfident military goes in; untrained advisor is left to save the day. There is a large part in the middle where Atlas (Jennifer Lopez) is reluctantly building a relationship with her "Arc" semi-autonomous AI exoskeleton. But most important, there are no fembots, aside from a three-second nudity-blurred-out "news" footage of a female android. Oh, and there's an "Arc" named Zoe, so there's a female voice in one of them if that's your thing.

[jolshefsky]

Almost not worth mentioning, but I was watching Frozen Scream on RiffTrax and it's kind of vaguely robot-related. Like a lot of low-budget horror films, the plot is scattered and nonsensical, but there was something about these electronic(?) devices stuck to the necks of dead people that make them immortal. Something something "cranial circuits need to be adjusted to keep the body temperature low enough..." More like half-alive zombies, but there are a few women.

[1986 Chevy S10]

I have an ear to the ground in the indie "mascot" horror sphere, and recently I came across a game called "Mint's Hints". As you can probably imagine by the title, it's another generic mascot horror title that basically boils down to "Blue's Clues but scary". Normally this wouldn't be worth bringing up; but as I played the game, I noticed something. Heavy spoilers ahead, so read at your own risk.

In one of the game's hidden tapes, you find out that the player character, a woman named Amelia (who was one of the show's main writers) was replaced by an AI program by the show's producers; along with the rest of the cast members. Right before the final boss fight, the boss gives some expository dialogue informing the player that you've been playing as an android doppelganger of the writer the whole time.

Obviously because this is a major plot point in the game that's only given to you by a hidden lore tape and some expository dialogue; I'm posting this here because it falls pretty squarely into GINO territory. You're only TOLD that you're playing as an gynoid; you never get to see what the player character looks like, nor are there any telltale sound cues.

I'm not sure if the game's developers will go anywhere with this revelation; but I'll keep an eye on this one. It would be nice if they really took advantage of this revelation in future DLC chapters; but I won't hold my breath.