You don’t need to be afraid of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Skynet-commissioned cyborg assassin in 1984 the Terminator The worry is that super-strong, all-terrain, bipedal humanoid robots are moving fast, pulling off backflips and straightening themselves up, enough to break our necks at the sight of them. Can be programmed. (And laser guns, never give them laser…
big picture Robert Kirkman hopes for a faithful animated adaptation The Walking Dead, But AMC’s success is facing obstacles. Fans want an animated retelling of the comic series to correct mistakes and bring key moments to a larger audience. The live-action series deviated from the source material, omitting important scenes and characterizations. If comic book…
Hamilton says the system is designed to be “anti-fragile”, meaning it does not rely on the goodwill of either party to achieve its goals. No one except the originator and recipient has access to the contents of the file, all other parties are financially incentivized to cooperate, and redundancies ensure that the payload is always…
big picture dead ringer The TV adaptation starring Rachel Weisz reflects a disturbingly complex vision that transcends even the original film. The series explores the troubled relationship of twin gynecologists in a way the 1988 version did not, delving deeper into psychological horror. By focusing on the twins’ impact on the world around them, the…
