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The Fish Bum Diaries: Volume 2 Metalhead
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Chronicles the epic journey of five fish bums and their friends as they travel to remote Northwestern wilderness in search of legendary steelhead; the hottest freshwater fish you can catch on a fly rod and also a fish whose survival hangs in the balance. 60 min.
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Remember the "Black Mirror" episode "Metalhead"? (If not, check it out, no spoilers here.) I'm afraid we'll see something like this in the not-too-distant future.
Now, a squad of soldiers, or even just one experienced rifleman, would prob. dispatch of such a threat quickly. But against (at most poorly armed) civilians it would be an all too effective terror/area denial weapon.
It looks like the difference between the Boston Dynamics robots 2016 vs 2021
The Spot dog (which inspired the Black Mirror "Metalhead" episode) in 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf7IEVTDjng
Atlas doing backflips in 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FByY3tSx2Ak
So 5 years of progress within a year.
I think Spot[0] would be the more apt comparison. These always remind me of the nightmare fuel Black Mirror episode Metalhead[1] where this style of robot goes on a rampage against humanity.
[0] https://bostondynamics.com/products/spot/
[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5710984
I'm a big fan of this change, however, I think to a black mirror episode [0] where essentially little robot dogs could interface with everything they came into contact with because every connection was the same, it may be trivial to have multiple connections for a weapon like this but the take away I had from this is that 'variety' may be better than a single standardized solution. Partly because it is more expensive to plan for multiple types of inputs and making the cost of war go up will make it more difficult which I think inherently is the idea behind some of the larger cybersecurity companies, a hack can only work once then everyone has defenses for it after that single successful attack, this makes it more expensive to successfully stage attacks. Huge digression from this convo... but I think back to this constantly.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror)
very spot on
for those who want to watch
Metalhead Black Mirror: Season 4, Episode 5
Just wanted to mention the Black Mirror episode “Metalhead” addressed what this could look like.
The thing I found interesting about it is how Kafkaesque it seemed as to loss of hope of evading capture. And it def provided the dystopian view… an onsite security ‘dog’ was hooked up to a larger network throughout the city designed to hunt down and kill perpetrators of rather benign theft.
Oh, right. There is a Black Mirror episode in which dog-like AI robots are hunting down humans [1]
If you watch it then those research legged robots will look rather more sinister... or maybe it's just me. That episode really stuck with me.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror)
I'm surprised Dark Mirror got it so wrong in their episode Metalhead. The killer robots should have been bourrée stepping in their chase. But on a more serious note, the robot olympics should be quite fun.
Strong vibes of Metal Head - Black Mirror. An excellent episode if anyone hasn't seen it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror)
Black Mirror got it right in their "Metalhead" episode, which is probably my favorite.
I realise you said movies, but some Black Mirror episodes (standalone) for your consideration:
Be Right Back
Hang the DJ
Metalhead
Edit: typo
Watch Black Mirror episode called Metalhead.
Probably old news but Boston Dynamics' "dog" products were the inspiration for the killer robot dogs in the "Metalhead" Black Mirror episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM3GM299orc
It doesn't often happen but that episode genuinely gave me the heebies.
If anyone hasn’t seen the Black Mirror episode on this, S04E05, Metalhead, please do. It’s apparently based on this robot too, and it’s terrifying. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror)
It reminds me of the robot dogs from the Black Mirror episode Metalhead.
> Black Mirror has gone downhill in an effort to create a mass audience. (Mostly the fourth season)
I just wanted to say that I strongly disagree. "USS Callister" and "Hang the DJ" in particular were great episodes in my opinion and very well received overall. "Black Museum" was also quite good. And "Metalhead", together with the black and white versions of Fury Road and Logan, presented a very interesting view of a mostly hopeless future.
I highly recommend the Black Mirror episode Metalhead (S04E05), then combine that idea with this if you never want to sleep again.