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Ex Machina and the Disconcerting Way That Sci-Fi Movies Age

Alex Garland’s directorial debut celebrates its 10 year anniversary in a world very different from its release

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Oct 18, 2024
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One of the interesting things about the development of technology is that it changes our relationship with the sci-fi movies of yesterday. “Today’s sci-fi is tomorrow’s science,” as many have pointed out.

The Jetson’s episodes that prophesied tablets with FaceTime capabilities are in every other pocket in America. Space travel was once an ambition set…

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