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These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget… inside their bodies.
minus-squareEl_guapazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThis was the plot line to the movie Robots. The solution was socialized medicine.
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoFuck me I haven’t watched that in some time…time for a rewatch
minus-squareWhy9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoA more sinister example was Repo Men. In that movie, the tech still worked, but people were no longer able to keep up with the extortionate payments that came with the implant.
minus-squareOokami38@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoWait is that a different movie than repo: the genetic opera?
minus-squareASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoIt’s gotta be one of these two. I’m sure of it. 😅
This was the plot line to the movie Robots. The solution was socialized medicine.
Fuck me I haven’t watched that in some time…time for a rewatch
A more sinister example was Repo Men. In that movie, the tech still worked, but people were no longer able to keep up with the extortionate payments that came with the implant.
Wait is that a different movie than repo: the genetic opera?
It’s gotta be one of these two.
I’m sure of it. 😅