{"id":2785,"date":"2009-05-23T08:51:56","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T21:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2009-05-23T08:51:56","modified_gmt":"2009-05-22T21:51:56","slug":"cybernetic-murder-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/05\/23\/cybernetic-murder-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybernetic Murder Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new scifi thriller <strong>Surrogates<\/strong> (US-2009; dir. Jonathan Mostow) sets up a scenario that sounds intriguing enough &#8212; a variant on the &#8220;locked-room mystery&#8221; subgenre, only with robots, and with an added apocalyptic feel. Isaac Asimov&#8217;s classic Robot series of stories &#8212; ill-served in the 2004 Will Smith vehicle <em>I, Robot<\/em> &#8212; is the classic work in this subgenre, though the premise there is completely different to this new one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vids.myspace.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&amp;videoid=57630556\">SURROGATES trailer in HD<\/a><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"360\" data=\"http:\/\/mediaservices.myspace.com\/services\/media\/embed.aspx\/m=57630556,t=1,mt=video\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/mediaservices.myspace.com\/services\/media\/embed.aspx\/m=57630556,t=1,mt=video\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>FBI agents (Bruce Willis and Radha Mitchell) investigate the mysterious murder of a college student linked to the man who helped create a high-tech surrogate phenomenon that allows people to purchase unflawed robotic versions of themselves \u2013 fit, good looking remotely controlled machines that ultimately assume their life roles \u2013 enabling people to experience life vicariously from the comfort and safety of their own homes. The murder spawns a quest for answers: in a world of masks, who\u2019s real and who can you trust?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Reference<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0986263\/\" target=\"_blank\">IMDb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new scifi thriller Surrogates (US-2009; dir. Jonathan Mostow) sets up a scenario that sounds intriguing enough &#8212; a variant on the &#8220;locked-room mystery&#8221; subgenre, only with robots, and with an added apocalyptic feel. Isaac Asimov&#8217;s classic Robot series of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/05\/23\/cybernetic-murder-mystery\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,61,50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2786,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions\/2786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}