Prototype story
A curmudgeonly but basically kindly Nobel Prize-winning scientist, builds an equally kindly five million dollar android named Michael.
11 total · 7 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| AI point of view | major | We saw the world through Michael's naive and child-like android eyes. |
| android | major | The story follow the experiences of an android, named Michael, who could pass as a socially awkward human being. |
| facing organized pursuit | major | Carl took Michael and went on the lamb after refusing to let the Pentagon take the android he created and use it for military purposes. |
| husband and wife | major | Carl and Dorthy Forrester. |
| maker and machine | major | The Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Carl Forrester was like a father to his android creation Michael. |
| the dangers of unfettered scientific advancement | major | Dr. Forrester rhetorically asked a general if it was Oppenheimer's or Fermi's business on whether or not the atom bomb they helped create should be used. He was making some point about that scientists who create new technology ought to have some control over how it is used. In particular, he objected to androids patterned on Michael being used as super soldiers and for other purposes in war. |
| the thirst for knowledge | major | Michael was like a sponge, soaking up knowledge about the world around him. |
| betrayal | minor | The military coerced Gene into betraying Carl by getting Carl to divulge Michael's location to him. |
| coping with a loved one being in peril | minor | Carl being declared a fugitive put a strain on his wife Dorthy. |
| human self-sacrifice | minor | The film culminated with Michael willfully destroying himself to prevent the military from taking possession of him. |