These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget… inside their bodies.

  • El_guapazo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1925·
    2 years ago

    This was the plot line to the movie Robots. The solution was socialized medicine.

    • Azzu@lemm.eeEnglish
      251·
      2 years ago

      Yeah no wonder that was only in a sci fi movie, that really just sounds too unrealistic.

    • BigFig@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      2 years ago

      Fuck me I haven’t watched that in some time…time for a rewatch

    • Why9@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      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.