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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Humans as a power source was the dumbed-down plot point. The original concept was the human brains acting as parallel processors, but the writers thought the average movie-goer wouldn't get it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know. My point was more about the concentration camp lol

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's probably the most reposted piece of movie trivia after the Aragorn helmet kick lol

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That only happened after humans used nukes to block out the sun, eliminating the machine's access to solar energy.