I understand your hesitation to read the books based on the premise of this article, but there is a lot of story complexity for why they created this computer t

I understand your hesitation to read the books based on the premise of this article, but there is a lot of story complexity for why they created this computer that the article doesn't touch on. The scene is still perhaps a little cheesy, but it isn't entirely unwarranted. It's also a small part of the story. I wouldn't judge the entire trilogy based on thinking this one scene is really stupid.