"I am Mother" Started by Memnoch, 13th June 2019 11:00 in TV & Entertainment

New film on Netflix.

Post-apocalypse, human race all but dead, robots in charge, blah blah blah. "Mother" is an android trying to repopulate the world with a new human race. Not a spoiler because that much is stated at the very start and the film seems to be an exploration of what it means to be a parent, but if you miss the subtle little one second clue at the end of the opening montage, the ending is going to be a real mind-fuck. I spotted the anomaly but still didn't fully get what was going on until about five minutes after the film finished

Here's the clue:

Days since extinction event: 1. Baby is an embryo
Days since extinction event: 13,867. "Daughter" is a teenager
Therefore, despite the narrative progression implying that the embryo and Daughter are the same person, they can't be. Thirty eight years have passed.

There's also a more blatant clue later on that Daughter is the 3rd child to be raised by Mother

Another instance of a Terminator Style Crap.


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TheDruid 3X3 said: ▲ Another instance of a Terminator Style Crap.

In what way is it similar to Terminator? Apart from the fact that there's a robot in it?

I think it's more like I Robot, but with a much deeper examination of the interplay between logic and morality.

I haven't seen it yet, I saw the trailer the other day and added it to 'my list' for future viewing so I shan't be looking at the spoiler. Is it any good?

Alice said: ▲ I haven't seen it yet, I saw the trailer the other day and added it to 'my list' for future viewing so I shan't be looking at the spoiler. Is it any good?

Subjective of course but I was hooked from the start to the finish. There are no distracting sub-plots. Everything is relevant - even some things that look superfluous at first glance so it's perfectly fine to spend the whole film asking yourself "How did that get there? Why did she do that? Who's outside?". In fact, the more critically you view it, the more sense it makes at the end. I would rate this in my top ten for the year so far.

Memnoch said: ▲ Subjective of course but I was hooked from the start to the finish. There are no distracting sub-plots. Everything is relevant - even some things that look superfluous at first glance so it's perfectly fine to spend the whole film asking yourself "How did that get there? Why did she do that? Who's outside?". In fact, the more critically you view it, the more sense it makes at the end. I would rate this in my top ten for the year so far.

Good to hear, I was worried it would be one of those films that show you all the best bits in the trailer.

I finally got around to watching this. I wasn't expecting much as someone else, who has similar tastes to me, said they hadn't enjoyed it. I spent half the film trying to decide if Mother was good or bad. The film was quite tense at times and the future it portrayed was suitably bleak. Had to roll my eyes near the end at the attempt to tick a diversity box though. Overall I enjoyed this film, if you like grown up sci-fi I think you would enhoy it too. Then again, maybe don't listen to me. I rate Vanilla Sky in my top 10 sci-fi films of all time and a lot of people hate it.

Reg Perrin said: ▲ Does "Enhoy" mean I'll throw it somewhere?

You stick to Toy Story, Pedant Perrin.