human battery theme

Industrially relevant amounts of electrical energy are somehow extracted from human beings.

Examples

Intelligent machines partially powered their machine civilization by extracting electrical energy from unconscious humans kept in pods in "The Matrix" (1999).

3 total · 3 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: The Matrix (1999) minor The intelligent machines kept unconscious humans in pods and used them to somehow generate electricity to power their civilization.
movie: The Matrix Reloaded (2003) minor The intelligent machines kept unconscious humans in pods and used them to somehow generate electricity to power their civilization.
movie: The Matrix Resurrections (2021) minor The machines kept unconscious humans in pods and used them to somehow generate electricity to power their civilization.