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Terminator 2 Captured the Moment Hardware Became Software
Terminator 2 pits industrial hardware against a liquid machine that behaves like software, capturing cyberpunk’s great 1990s shift.
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The Blade Runner Timeline Keeps Rewriting What Counts as Human
Blade Runner expands from Philip K. Dick’s novel into films, games, comics, and anime that keep testing the boundary around human life.
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Lanterns Episode 5 Asks Who Gets to Choose the Pain
Lanterns Episode 5 asks who gets to choose the hardship that shapes John Stewart and who benefits from it.
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The New RoboCop Series Has to Treat Alex Murphy as Corporate Property
The new RoboCop series will earn its return only if Alex Murphy’s fight against corporate ownership stays central.
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Hal Jordan Shows Why John Stewart Should Refuse the Ring in Lanterns
Hal Jordan has become the clearest warning that John Stewart should refuse the ring in Lanterns.
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Interstellar Makes Cooper Give Up Control to Save Humanity
Interstellar makes Cooper give up control and trust Murf to complete the work that saves humanity, despite the years they lose.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Is the Key to Total Recall’s Identity Mystery
Schwarzenegger’s action-hero image becomes evidence in Total Recall, where even Quaid’s identity may have been designed for him.