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[SPOILER ALERT] It was the surprise ending for the first Star Trek film... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture https://en.m.wikipedi

[SPOILER ALERT] It was the surprise ending for the first Star Trek film... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Pictur...

hnlmorg 3y ago
That was Voyager 6, a fictional probe based on the real life probes of the same name. Earth probe gone bad is a common trope in Sci-Fi. Star Trek alone has a few episodes: - https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nomad https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nomad - https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Friendship_1 https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Friendship_1 Also the Doomsday machine was a very different type of probe to V’ger https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Doomsday_Machine_(episode) https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Doomsday_Machine_(e...
- layer8 3y ago
  Strangely, this isn’t listed as a trope here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/StarTrekTheMotio...
  - hnlmorg 3y ago
    The article does also say > As a side note, the general story is nearly identical to the Original Series episode "The Changeling," That episode was one of the other examples in my post (Nomad).
- fbdab103 3y ago
  Also a Futurama episode where a probe merged with God.
- boffinAudio 3y ago
  My favourite, the ANDROMEDA STRAIN .. the idea that the US government would experiment with weaponizing upper-atmosphere organisms is just too real .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain
  - rob74 3y ago
    Ah yes, the first Michael Crichton novel I read - and also the book that first introduced me to binary code (https://imgur.com/N4IjIYq https://imgur.com/N4IjIYq)! And after watching (and then reading) Jurassic Park some 10 years later, it took a while until I realized that it was from the same author...
    - boffinAudio 3y ago
      Yes, I too had the same disparity in recognizing the author as a young 'un, reading CONGO and SPHERE and so on .. Mr. Crichton sure had his finger on the pulse of the technological world we live in. What a wild series of stories he has created .. he was my favourite author until Messrs. Stephenson and Gibson came along .. Staying on subject, I wonder if we will see a new adaptation of ANDROMEDA STRAIN some time. As a story it seems topical and relevant.
      - ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
        There was a mini-series, starring Benjamin Bratt, about fifteen years ago. Wasn't really great, but not bad, either. Just didn't have the impact of the 1970s movie.
- suzzer99 3y ago
  Don't forget the Venus-bound "Death Probe" that got loose on earth in the 6 Million Dollar Man. https://bionic.fandom.com/wiki/Death_Probe https://bionic.fandom.com/wiki/Death_Probe

hnlmorg 3y ago

That was Voyager 6, a fictional probe based on the real life probes of the same name. Earth probe gone bad is a common trope in Sci-Fi. Star Trek alone has a few episodes: - https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nomad https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nomad - https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Friendship_1 https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Friendship_1 Also the Doomsday machine was a very different type of probe to V’ger https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Doomsday_Machine_(episode) https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Doomsday_Machine_(e...

layer8 3y ago
Strangely, this isn’t listed as a trope here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/StarTrekTheMotio...
- hnlmorg 3y ago
  The article does also say > As a side note, the general story is nearly identical to the Original Series episode "The Changeling," That episode was one of the other examples in my post (Nomad).
fbdab103 3y ago
Also a Futurama episode where a probe merged with God.
boffinAudio 3y ago
My favourite, the ANDROMEDA STRAIN .. the idea that the US government would experiment with weaponizing upper-atmosphere organisms is just too real .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain
- rob74 3y ago
  Ah yes, the first Michael Crichton novel I read - and also the book that first introduced me to binary code (https://imgur.com/N4IjIYq https://imgur.com/N4IjIYq)! And after watching (and then reading) Jurassic Park some 10 years later, it took a while until I realized that it was from the same author...
  - boffinAudio 3y ago
    Yes, I too had the same disparity in recognizing the author as a young 'un, reading CONGO and SPHERE and so on .. Mr. Crichton sure had his finger on the pulse of the technological world we live in. What a wild series of stories he has created .. he was my favourite author until Messrs. Stephenson and Gibson came along .. Staying on subject, I wonder if we will see a new adaptation of ANDROMEDA STRAIN some time. As a story it seems topical and relevant.
    - ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
      There was a mini-series, starring Benjamin Bratt, about fifteen years ago. Wasn't really great, but not bad, either. Just didn't have the impact of the 1970s movie.
suzzer99 3y ago
Don't forget the Venus-bound "Death Probe" that got loose on earth in the 6 Million Dollar Man. https://bionic.fandom.com/wiki/Death_Probe https://bionic.fandom.com/wiki/Death_Probe