Besides Demon Seed presenting itself as being laughably bad and beyond inconceivable at times, I couldn't help but feel bad for the entire female species while watching this late 1970s Dean Koontz adaptation.

Not only do we have to worry about being objectified by men, apparently super computers have that same desire. We just can't win! "All I need is your body, now clean these lenses."

Susan Harris is the wife of scientist Alex Harris, he's a computer man. Before delving deeper into his newest project, Proteus IV, an artificial intelligence intended to cure cancer, he set up a computer system in his personal home, aptly named Alfred, which, apparently in popular culture is synonymous for butler. These people are…

Demon Seed belongs in a special league of its own, and by league of its own, I mean the exact same league as aberrations like Exorcist II, Orca the Killer Whale, Xtro, Capricorn One, The Manitou, The Osterman Weekend, Saturn 3, many others. For reasons I can't explain, just knowing these films exist, knowing that these filmmakers somehow created them, that effort was exerted, is enough for me. Sometimes I end up indulging with intense fascination like with Demon Seed. Watching them is like peeling a moist scab off your arm that still needs days of healing but you just had to pick at it and see what's underneath. These kinds of films are part of a decrepit underbelly in…

A computer named Proteus traps the estranged wife of the scientist who created it in the house they used to share before their breakup over his obsession with his work. The house is fully computerized and fits in with the kind of futuristic imagination one would expect. It's kind of tacky but once Proteus takes control of the house it becomes a prison in which Julie Christie is its prisoner. It's sort of a Frankenstein warning for audiences in the 1970s about which dark holes technology might take us if we weren't careful. And the technology certainly has been turned on us in the years that have followed. Because Proteus figured out if it was going to beat the threat…

Rapey robot #2. The sentient AI, Proteus IV, has clear parallels with HAL 9000, from the glowing red light, all seeing eye, to its flat, even, but strangely menacing voice. Alex Harris's creation, designed to assist in groundbreaking research, develops a will of its own and seeks true autonomy. Its reach is extended firstly by taking over the intelligent system that controls every aspect of Harris's house, then by impregnating his wife Susan with a genetically engineered seed. Proteus realizes that the key to immortality in a genetic sense is through spawning its own progeny in a living body; starting its own line of super-evolved humans.

Nicely shot and decently acted, especially Julie Christie in an emotionally demanding role, Demon…

”You’re a stupid computer”
-Julie Christie

I’m trying to decide if Ill Conceived, misconceived, or misguided is the best adjective. Let me think about it for a bit.

I first saw Demon Seed back in ’77 when it was first released. Why?; well, it was Sci-Fi, and it starred the love of my life, Julie Christie. I was 18 at the time, and old enough to know better, but I remember somewhat liking it. Not one of those ‘this is great’ films, I knew it wasn’t even back then, but rather, ‘it wasn’t bad’. Tonight, my better half was a bit under the weather, and I was left to pick something on my own. We’re in the middle of horror-o-thon,…

Here are some Patreon 70's reviews. A little confusing as these are not chronological or in 'real time' as they are from last week.

So, a few agencies use an all purpose application for queries. Which is distressing because they want things I didn't know I'd have to come up with. Like, 'books your book compares to' (I got the feeling Pumpkinhead doesn't count - wait, was even using a movie reference, especially such a dumb one - in my query letter a bad idea)?

Querying, as you can probably tell, might also be called: 'fun with second guessing every single thing you could possibly say, describe, or compare your book to.' Honestly, I just want to clear the way…

This is like The Forbin Project, one of those brilliant pre Star Wars science fiction movies that seem to be all but forgotten, and not really appreciated at the time of release.

They rode on the slipstream and cache of Space Odyssey, using SF as a vehicle to get at interesting questions.

Like the Forbin Project this is one of those very rare films based on books that transcend and betters the original material.

There is really nothing bad to say about this movie.
It’s expertly paced, superbly cast, with a great script, has wonderful effects (made on a budget that makes Star Wars claim to be a small film seem ridiculous) to make the ideas believable and not be…

My old professor recommended this during essay feedback once and now I've watched it I realise we were meant to be together always (seb if ur reading this I love you).

Honestly... I didn't hate it. If anything, I wished to see more after the ending! Perhaps I am biased as it spoke so perfectly to what I write about and I can look through the clusterfuck of computer visuals, clumsy characterisation and robotic insemination but it kept me and my flatmates equally as enraptured. I was truly expecting it to be a lot worse.

I know it feels like a painfully outdated and shit attempt of looking to the future but thats because we are so inundated with such…