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    SJ_Edwards: Poor Bruce Willis. A 'MeatPopsicle' in the Fifth Element. A 'Meatbag' in Surrogates. Where-oh-where, is that great feminist champion, of the prostitu... more »
    TaylorNuddletits: One thing I liked about the movie is how the actors were able to (mostly) pull off the "slightly beyond the Uncanny Valley" look when they were in the... more »
    lucky_you: The review should have ended like: "So to sum up: dumb movie, weak nonsense plot, incredibly preachy and sledgehammery, you know, a Bruce Willis vehic... more »
    ThisDudeRufus: So it's like the mirror universe version of Blade Runner? more »
    iomatic, hey, I'm an idiot, but I'll comment anyway: I just saw a trailer for an older Mexican production called "Dream Catchers" or some such. Same kinda VR shit, but with a better, deeper storyline? more »
    Shadowdagger: *sighs* Another luddite-y movie... This picture perfectly describes how the "healthy" and "pure" nature really looks like just how our luddite and ps... more »
    anti-hello-kitty: I like that poor people have to settle for second-hand robots, kinda like all the poor people with out-of date dumbphones...I wonder if their robots s... more »
    NerD: Blattella: So, I'm thinking this is a rental. That's too bad because I like the way Bruce Willis isn't afraid to tackle the cheesy film. more »
    RagingHamster: This whole fad theme of "post modern societies losing their humanity" stinks of of some of the conclusions made in Huxley's Brave New World. I love th... more »
    geesejuggler: Finally, a movie for us Luddites. Down with technology!! Um, or maybe just cell phones and GPS. Those two are always giving me grief. more »
    emerson999: Well, that confirmed my worst fears about the movie. As someone with a really bad leg, hearing healthy writers preach about the wonderful nature of ou... more »
    WarrenKollx: Just read the comic and be 10x happier. more »
    Rasselas: Interesting. It's always a surprise when a movie star chooses a role that demands weakness (in contrast with vulnerability). more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: Jeez. That last image reminds me of a song and its music video... Hörst du die Engel singen? Spürst du die sanften Schwingen? Hat sich das Warten ... more »
    The Curse of Millhaven: It is too short. The theaters are full of what I consider to be really short movies right now. I'd go see 9 if it wasn't 8 cents per minute. more »
    ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: So the guy who invented surrogates is the same guy who invented the iRobot robots? James Cromwell seems to do a great job of inventing robots that cou... more »
    regis: I am unfamiliar with the source material, but I saw a screening last night with a friend who has read the graphic novel. she thought it worked as an ... more »
    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Very cool but very swish for a news reel. I want this to be good, the trailer looks good but ive been hurt before. more »
    Cianalas: What I want to know is, why use a robotic avatar, if brain-computer interfaces are that good, why not go into a digital world where you can control mo... more »
    okeribok: I thought Bruce looked like his gay persona in the Jackal... more »
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    Your iPhone Is Rupturing Bruce Willis' Spleen

    Bruce Willis looks like shit in his new movie Surrogates, and that's the point. His robot self is cheesy, fake-looking and ridiculous, and the flesh-and-blood body slumped in a neural-net chair is saggy and fragile. Spoilers for Surrogates ahead. More »
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    Fake Surrogates News Reel Explains The Rebirth Of Humanity

    There's nothing more wonderful than a movie's fake explanatory news reel. Dark Knight brought us the tabloid Wayne family tell all, and now Surrogates is building the robot backstory with its own news machine.
  • #exclusive

    How To Get Your Future Robot Self High

    We asked Surrogates director Jonathan Mostow all the really important stuff about our robot-filled future. Such as: how do we go to the bathroom while attached to a robot? And what kind of drugs are there for my robot half? More »
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    First Look Inside Surrogates' Creepy Robot Factory

    Bruce Willis' new film Surrogates will march into the uncanny valley between "comfortably robotic" and "recognizeably human" — and start digging, judging from some new freaktastic photos showing half-human, half-robot faces, and glassy-eyed mannequins. A gallery of spoilery pics below. More »
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    Bruce Willis Will Play Robocop — Sort Of