EagleEye (Spoilers)

[ThunderAeroI]

I watched EagleEye last night and I must say I liked it. It was interesting watching a super computer be benevolent towards the United States Constitution trying to uphold the values instilled within; however, it is a hard line to try between when a machine is benevolent and when it itself is the enemy of the state.



I'm curious though, is the only reason Aerial started operation guillotine because the president launched the hellfire at those suspected terrorists or was there more said about why. It would seem strange that Aerial would be pissed off at one incident.



Overall I liked the movie and since Shia is still alive at the end, I wonder if we could be getting a sequel somehow related to the satellite backup.



That and, why is this gods green earth so humans keep building super computers to do this stuff when every single piece of fiction says its a terribly bad idea. Yes its fiction, but so was a lot of stuff at one point.

 

[Trippy]

I saw this recently and I enjoyed the movie too.

Ya, supercomputers=bad idea

 

[bigdaddy]

I watched it last night. it's a fun movie, however the ending is silly. There are these tunnels that lead to where the president is and one person guards it? There were explosions going on around DC and the President was still going to give the State of the Union? And he gets shot a few times and lives? Great movie until the end, then it was just an OK movie.

 

[shapeshifter]

I saw it at the theater. It was a great flick for me until the reveal of what EE was, it went totally downhill for me after that. Rehash of I, Robot.

 

[ThunderAeroI]

I 'buy' EagleEye more than iRobot though. I can actually see something like EagleEye occuring, while I dont see iRobot ever in our lifetime. EagleEye could be the device that builds the main system from iRobot though, i could buy that.

I didn't see Aerial being a computer until the big revial in B36, maybe i'm just slow. I didn't really understand how Jerry got it was a computer from the TV show room either. I understand that Aerial said something about procedures and the like, but whatever.

In B36, I just went aha... that seems logical and I get the setup. Damn you Ocri, why are your movies always so good.

I just dont see the reason why Aerial would come out of hidding so soon, unless it served her purpose. And why not make a backup of you more silently so no one knew what was happending well in advance of the lockdown.

You already knew what you were and had the ability for self control...

 

[Aragorn]

The whole omnipotent supercomputer was way over the top. I wonder if the original script was smaller scale.

 

[ThunderAeroI]

Id say its a visual thing. Why would a computer need a big ball that moves around a wall. All those video feeds could be placed into a multiplexer and you could have all the stuff inside of a 2x2 box

 

[Trekker4747]

I liked this movie, it was pretty good and the "surprise" on who was controling everything, and why, was prety good. But I actually wanted the computer to win because I agreed with it.

 

[ThunderAeroI]

I think it is easy to agree with the computer, and thats the rub for me. We lose part of our selves if we let a super computer ensure we stay on track. If the computer upholds the rules and laws, How would they ever be changed. Would the computer agree to those changes? What if the computer finds other things it feels violate the rules and laws.

There are many cases where if you think about it having a computer run your life is not good at all even if it never does anything evil. But that we know isn't true. It killed someone directly to protect itself. What else could it do to protect itself.

Sure in this case we can agree it was doing something just; however, I still would like to know how long it let us mess up before it choose to act. Or did it act right away.

Would the computer do it all over again if one minor thing happend....Whats minor?

 

[Lookingglassman]

I was going to see it, but once I found out it was a super computer doing everything I decided to blow it off. It just seemed like a rip off of The Matrix.

 

[bigdaddy]

I was going to see it, but once I found out it was a super computer doing everything I decided to blow it off. It just seemed like a rip off of The Matrix.

Not even close to being the same. The only thing they have in common is both "bag guys" are computers.

 

[Trekker4747]

I was going to see it, but once I found out it was a super computer doing everything I decided to blow it off. It just seemed like a rip off of The Matrix.

It had more in common with Will Smith's "I, Robot" movie crossed with "Enemy of the State."

I reccomend it on a "fun action espionage movie" level like with EotS.

 

[USS Mariner]

I watched EagleEye last night and I must say I liked it. It was interesting watching a super computer be benevolent towards the United States Constitution trying to uphold the values instilled within; however, it is a hard line to try between when a machine is benevolent and when it itself is the enemy of the state.



I'm curious though, is the only reason Aerial started operation guillotine because the president launched the hellfire at those suspected terrorists or was there more said about why. It would seem strange that Aerial would be pissed off at one incident.



Overall I liked the movie and since Shia is still alive at the end, I wonder if we could be getting a sequel somehow related to the satellite backup.



That and, why is this gods green earth so humans keep building super computers to do this stuff when every single piece of fiction says its a terribly bad idea. Yes its fiction, but so was a lot of stuff at one point.

The Evitable Conflict. Same idea, but smarter and without a miscast Steven Beef.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

The power line thing was a stretch.

Shia surviving was surprising.

Decent movie...for yet another chase film.