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{5/5} “Try blue — it’s the new red!” WALL-E, released in 2008 WALL-E compacts garbage and puts it into neat piles. When one of his parts is broken he takes one from a machine that’s no longer functional. He and his friend, a cockroach, seem to be the only beings left on Earth — everyone […]
{5/5} “‘We made lots of mistakes.’ ‘Yeah, we made mistakes trying to fix our mistakes.’” The Odd Life of Timothy Green, released in 2012 Cindy and Jim were unable to have a child themselves. In order to help them move on, they spend one evening imagining all the traits that their child would have had. […]
{4.5/5} “Actually, I kind of miss my toe.” My Old Ass, released in 2024 While on a camping trip with best friends Ruthie and Ro, Elliott gets high from mushrooms and meets her future 39-year-old self. She gives herself a bit of advice — stay away from Chad. While taking a swim as a break […]
{4.5/5} “Thor’s not that tall.” Loki season 2, aired in 2023 Loki is back at the TVA, but he keeps appearing and disappearing at different times. He tells Mobius about He Who Remains. Mobius takes him to a technician he hasn’t seen in 400 years who should be able to help. There are lots of […]
{5/5} “I knew interpreting the emotional subtext in the speech and appearance of real humans was completely different from interpreting it in shows and serials… But the interpretation I wanted to make of Bharadwaj’s vid statement was that Mensah was being held by GrayCris, who had threatened her life if Preservation didn’t make a formal […]
{5/5} “I can’t offer you salvation. But maybe I can offer you something better.” Loki season 1, aired in 2021 When Loki steals the Tesseract from the Avengers, he ends up in Mongolia. He’s about to make a change to the Sacred Timeline, when members of the Time Variance Authority show up to apprehend him. […]
{5/5} “This is a murder investigation, not some acting exercise for Eva Longoria.” Only Murders in the Building season 4, aired in 2024 Charles, Mabel, and Oliver get emails from someone at Paramount Studios wanting to make a movie out of their podcast so they decide to fly out to LA. They’re surprised to find […]
{5/5} “I considered telling Miki that I was here to collect data on possible alien remnant violations by GrayCris… But if Miki told Abene, she would ask how it knew, and I knew Miki would tell her about me. It wouldn’t lie to a direct question. Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present […]
{5/5} “I told myself I still looked like a SecUnit without armor, hopelessly exposed, but the truth was I did look more human. And now I knew why I hadn’t wanted to do this. It would make it harder for me to pretend not to be a person.” Artificial Condition by Martha Wells, published in […]
{5/5} “So I’m awkward with actual humans. It’s not paranoia about my hacked governor module, and it’s not them; it’s me. I know I’m a horrifying murderbot, and they know it, and it makes both of us nervous, which makes me even more nervous. Also, if I’m not in the armor then it’s because I’m […]