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The should make a movie in which a person gets expelled from society because of a bug. In his long quest for his reinstatement, he needs to endure the great cor

The should make a movie in which a person gets expelled from society because of a bug. In his long quest for his reinstatement, he needs to endure the great corrupted algorithms trying to erase him for good.

phillc73 4y ago
Not quite what you describe, but in this short film Utopia, similar themes are explored - exclusion from society due to non-compliance with the "digital lifestyle." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJYaXy5mmA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJYaXy5mmA8
ChuckMcM 4y ago
I give you "Brazil" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/) edit: typo corrected, thanks.
- als0 4y ago
  "Brazil"
- a-dub 4y ago
  one of my all-time favorites! ...aaand this is my receipt, for your receipt.
- MrPatan 4y ago
  Love it. The "studio ending" makes it even more Orwellian, to the point I wonder if they did that on purpose. (Can that much competence be true?)
- tomc1985 4y ago
  Wonderful movie, but good god is it long and hard to watch at times
  - ss2003 4y ago
    So is life
    - 0des 4y ago
      Settle down Nietzsche its going to be okay.
- aasasd 4y ago
  Exactly, the first thing that comes to mind. Alas, watching Gilliam's other films gets more and more difficult, even though he tries to make the same movie again and again, for almost forty years now. But ‘Brazil’ was a home run on the first attempt.
  - javajosh 4y ago
    Yes, Time Bandits was just an attempt to remake Brazil. So was Imaginarium. /s
    - aasasd 4y ago
      ‘Time Bandits’ was before, so it's the other way around. Besides, you might be unfamiliar with the fact that Gilliam referred to ‘Bandits’, ‘Brazil’ and ‘Munchausen’ as a trilogy about the same thing. Which trilogy evidently ended up having at least nine films in it, excepting ‘F&L’ and me having not watched ‘Quixote’ yet (the latter's theme obviously follows the rest, though).
      - aasasd 4y ago
        As for a full-on remake: that's ‘Zero Theorem’. I can only guess that Gilliam lost hope in the subtler approach, and wanted to have at least something new that would get out of ‘Brazil’'s shadow. Which didn't work at all. Perhaps Tom Stoppard is the missing ingredient.
    - 0des 4y ago
      Thought we were better than doing /s here.
      - javajosh 4y ago
        In this case, it's a shorter version of "here are counter-examples to your assertion".
nopenoperope 4y ago
Brazil is pretty much that movie if you haven't seen it already. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film)
sharkweek 4y ago
This is why I named my son Droptable Stuxnet.exe Null
- zmix 4y ago
  And from here we go on to https://xkcd.com/327/ https://xkcd.com/327/
ineedasername 4y ago
Kafka explored this in great depth, albeit in analog form. I don't think I fully appreciate the assignments to read Kafka in college until these algorithmic bans, ousting from app stores, automated support, etc came along. Before that I figured the human element could, in most cases even if it required extreme difficulty, sort things out eventually. Then came these heuristic algorithms that have practically become the platonic ideal if Kafka-esque systems. Edit: While Amazon is very far from perfect and has dropped several notches in customer service, I will say that they are still very good compared to others. I can still get ahold of a real person that has some leeway for professional judgement when addressing a problem.
- netik 4y ago
  I agree with you fully - it was hard to understand Kafka (as a student) until presented with half a life of examples from society.
  - lordnacho 4y ago
    This is basically what I think of everything I read about in English literature class in high school. You're asked to comment on so many things that you haven't heard of. 19th century English class anxiety, extreme poverty in London, slavery and race relations in America, midcentury dystopias (global) and unreasonable justice systems in central Europe (?). All things an ordinary Scandinavian teenager at the end of the 21st century is not going to have a whole lot of perspective on until they've lived a little bit longer. But then when you have lived that little bit longer it makes sense, and Kafka is probably the one that will come closest, having travelled quite nicely into the modern world and having a corporate version that most people will run into. Next is the dystopias that we see on the news but don't recognise when living in.
- heavyset_go 4y ago
  I've yet to be able to reach a human at Amazon about counterfeit items sold on the platform, and my 15+ year old Amazon account was banned from leaving reviews after I left a bad review on an Amazon Basics purchase of a surge protector that didn't do what it was supposed to and fried some of my electronics.
wand3r 4y ago
This is basically a digital version of Kafka's The Trial, and is just as aburdist because it kind of really happens
mhh__ 4y ago
https://youtu.be/EvyiWg3qCPw https://youtu.be/EvyiWg3qCPw
colpabar 4y ago
Not exactly what you describe, but I saw this in theaters and thought it did a great job of showing the horrors that these humanless systems can create. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnbDNv3uAl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnbDNv3uAl0
radar1310 4y ago
drewzero1 4y ago
There is an element of this idea in The Net (1995)[0]. A computer programmer finds her life has been turned upside down by a hacker after she accidentally uncovers a conspiracy. [0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113957/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113957/

phillc73 4y ago

Not quite what you describe, but in this short film Utopia, similar themes are explored - exclusion from society due to non-compliance with the "digital lifestyle." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJYaXy5mmA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJYaXy5mmA8

ChuckMcM 4y ago

I give you "Brazil" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/) edit: typo corrected, thanks.

als0 4y ago
"Brazil"
a-dub 4y ago
one of my all-time favorites! ...aaand this is my receipt, for your receipt.
MrPatan 4y ago
Love it. The "studio ending" makes it even more Orwellian, to the point I wonder if they did that on purpose. (Can that much competence be true?)
tomc1985 4y ago
Wonderful movie, but good god is it long and hard to watch at times
- ss2003 4y ago
  So is life
  - 0des 4y ago
    Settle down Nietzsche its going to be okay.
aasasd 4y ago
Exactly, the first thing that comes to mind. Alas, watching Gilliam's other films gets more and more difficult, even though he tries to make the same movie again and again, for almost forty years now. But ‘Brazil’ was a home run on the first attempt.
- javajosh 4y ago
  Yes, Time Bandits was just an attempt to remake Brazil. So was Imaginarium. /s
  - aasasd 4y ago
    ‘Time Bandits’ was before, so it's the other way around. Besides, you might be unfamiliar with the fact that Gilliam referred to ‘Bandits’, ‘Brazil’ and ‘Munchausen’ as a trilogy about the same thing. Which trilogy evidently ended up having at least nine films in it, excepting ‘F&L’ and me having not watched ‘Quixote’ yet (the latter's theme obviously follows the rest, though).
    - aasasd 4y ago
      As for a full-on remake: that's ‘Zero Theorem’. I can only guess that Gilliam lost hope in the subtler approach, and wanted to have at least something new that would get out of ‘Brazil’'s shadow. Which didn't work at all. Perhaps Tom Stoppard is the missing ingredient.
  - 0des 4y ago
    Thought we were better than doing /s here.
    - javajosh 4y ago
      In this case, it's a shorter version of "here are counter-examples to your assertion".

nopenoperope 4y ago

Brazil is pretty much that movie if you haven't seen it already. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film)

sharkweek 4y ago

This is why I named my son Droptable Stuxnet.exe Null

zmix 4y ago
And from here we go on to https://xkcd.com/327/ https://xkcd.com/327/

ineedasername 4y ago

Kafka explored this in great depth, albeit in analog form. I don't think I fully appreciate the assignments to read Kafka in college until these algorithmic bans, ousting from app stores, automated support, etc came along. Before that I figured the human element could, in most cases even if it required extreme difficulty, sort things out eventually. Then came these heuristic algorithms that have practically become the platonic ideal if Kafka-esque systems. Edit: While Amazon is very far from perfect and has dropped several notches in customer service, I will say that they are still very good compared to others. I can still get ahold of a real person that has some leeway for professional judgement when addressing a problem.

netik 4y ago
I agree with you fully - it was hard to understand Kafka (as a student) until presented with half a life of examples from society.
- lordnacho 4y ago
  This is basically what I think of everything I read about in English literature class in high school. You're asked to comment on so many things that you haven't heard of. 19th century English class anxiety, extreme poverty in London, slavery and race relations in America, midcentury dystopias (global) and unreasonable justice systems in central Europe (?). All things an ordinary Scandinavian teenager at the end of the 21st century is not going to have a whole lot of perspective on until they've lived a little bit longer. But then when you have lived that little bit longer it makes sense, and Kafka is probably the one that will come closest, having travelled quite nicely into the modern world and having a corporate version that most people will run into. Next is the dystopias that we see on the news but don't recognise when living in.
heavyset_go 4y ago
I've yet to be able to reach a human at Amazon about counterfeit items sold on the platform, and my 15+ year old Amazon account was banned from leaving reviews after I left a bad review on an Amazon Basics purchase of a surge protector that didn't do what it was supposed to and fried some of my electronics.

wand3r 4y ago

This is basically a digital version of Kafka's The Trial, and is just as aburdist because it kind of really happens

mhh__ 4y ago

https://youtu.be/EvyiWg3qCPw https://youtu.be/EvyiWg3qCPw

colpabar 4y ago

Not exactly what you describe, but I saw this in theaters and thought it did a great job of showing the horrors that these humanless systems can create. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnbDNv3uAl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnbDNv3uAl0

radar1310 4y ago

drewzero1 4y ago

There is an element of this idea in The Net (1995)[0]. A computer programmer finds her life has been turned upside down by a hacker after she accidentally uncovers a conspiracy. [0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113957/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113957/