English 192
Science Fiction
Spring 2002
Professor William Warner

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Aliens, Robots, and Cyborgs: the "Others" of S/F
Encounter with the "Others" of s/f produces an Iconographic moment

The Martians (War of the Worlds) described:
The Time Machine: the Eloi, Weena ...the Warlock
Metropolis: the robot
Good Maria Bad Maria
Forbidden Planet: Morbius introduces Robby the ID Monster
The Stepford Wives: Joanna transformed

 

Robocop

Terminator (1)

Terminator 2
Blade Runner : Trailer  

 
Typology of the s/f "other"
Humanoid
Robot Maria
Robocop
 (verticle axis:
exterior form) 		Stepford Wives Replicants
Robbie
 The Terminator
Eloi  
Machine
(horizonal axis:
inner workings) 		 
Bio-genetic
Computer
HAL     Pods (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)  
Collossus
  Warlocks
Them! (giant ants) 		Martians
Creaturely
(insect like; reptilian; mammalian; vegetable-like)
 
2001: A Space Odyssey
The tight coupling of human, machine intelligence and alien:



 
 
 
 
 

 
This page was composed by Professor William Warner. Last changed 4/2/02. This course is part of the Transcriptions Project of the Department of English at UC /Santa Barbara.