What are the aliens, the trio, and the monsters that influenced “Short Circuit”?

"Short Circuit" synopsis

SAINT is a robot equipped with artificial intelligence developed for military purposes. Due to a lightning accident while charging, ``Number 5'' of the five cars developed an abnormality and escaped from the facility. Number 5 arrives at the home of kind Stephanie, who can't help but rescue abandoned animals. Mistaking Number 5 to be a messenger from space, Stephanie eagerly takes care of him, but when she finds the company name engraved on the body, she contacts Nova Corporation to take him over. Scrooder, the security chief ordered to retrieve the robot, is not pleased with the robot and heads towards Stephanie with the intention of destroying it as soon as he finds it. At the same time, Newton, the developer, rushes to Stephanie to retrieve Number 5 before Scrooder, in order to study Number 5, who seems to have a sense of self.

Movies that become huge hits and can be called social phenomena sometimes give rise to so-called ``rip-off movies.'' Most of these movies are poorly produced on short schedules in order to benefit from the boom, so many of them are terrible. However, even within such a group of works, there are times when a work is created that is as good as the original work.

Index

• Three themes contained in “Short Circuit”
• Heartwarming from ET
• “The Three Stooges” as basic comedy education
• “Frankenstein” questions life and selfhood, and jokes that didn’t hit the nail on the head
• Futurist designer Syd Mead

Three themes contained in “Short Circuit”

SAINT, a military robot equipped with artificial intelligence, showed off its overwhelming combat power in a demonstration sponsored by the military company Nova. Due to a lightning strike while charging, an abnormality occurs in "Number 5" of the five batteries. Number 5, who accidentally left the facility, ignored the program and the command center's command to return, repeating "Input! Input!" and finally scattering the security personnel who came to collect him and running away.

"Short Circuit" preview

Number 5 ends up on the run and ends up at the home of kind Stephanie, who can't help but rescue abandoned animals. Mistaking Number 5 to be a messenger from outer space, Stephanie eagerly takes care of him, but when she finds the company name engraved on the body, she contacts Nova Corporation to take over. Scrooder, the security chief ordered to retrieve the robot, is not pleased with the robot and heads towards Stephanie with the intention of destroying it as soon as he finds it. At the same time, Newton, the developer, rushes to Stephanie in order to research Number 5, who seems to have a sense of self, and to retrieve it before Scrooder does.

``Short Circuit'' (1986) is a ``comedy'' movie that is ``family-friendly'' and can be enjoyed by both adults and children, although it has a suspenseful escape story with the setting ``the escape of a combat robot with an ego.'' It has become. In addition, it also includes a ``philosophical'' theme that forces us to define concepts such as life and selfhood.

Each of these three themes, ``family friendly'', ``comedy'', and ``philosophical'', has works that would have had a major influence.

Heartwarming from ET