Could Ellie still be alive? Obviously, she was replaced with a robot after she was taken. But, would they have killed her off so fast, or could she still be tied up somewhere? Her clothes are now on the robot, so, it's likely not, but....
Would have been an interesting idea for a sequel, to have Dan go back for her, but dunno what the rest of the movie would be about.
She's still strapped to that table, minus her clothes of course.
shareI’ve always wondered if there ever was an Ellie or if she was a robot the whole time.
shareAnd the guy played by Atkins couldn't tell the difference when having sex with her. No, those robots in this particular movie universe just didn't work.
shareAltough Stacey Nelkin was a real doll in this one. No wonder she was chosen to play a robot and was considered for Blade Runner to play a replicant, or so I've read.
shareShe was real until she got captured. Things wouldn't make sense if she was a robot the whole time. What did Cochran have against Challis to go through all that trouble to get him to the factory? Cochran didn't care about Challis until he showed up in the town the factory was located in. I'm sure if Challis stayed where he was (continue being a doctor), Cochran would've left him alone. Also, if Cochran really wanted him dead to begin with after what went down at the hospital, he would've sent some men/robots to kill Challis in the town he lived in. So with all that, Ellie didn't become a robot until after she was captured by Cochran's men. Plus Ellie is a yapper. She always had something to say. When Challis reunites with her, she is a mute and relies on body language/using her body to talk/communicate with Challis. She also looks expressionless when she and Challis reunite. So there is another clue she was human up until she got captured and brought to the factory.
shareRight, which begs the question. How did they create a robot of her so fast? Did they have a humanoid robot factory there too? Or was she killed and then her internals replaced with robot parts? Also, last we see of her is strapped to a table in CC tv footage. Is it possible she could still be alive and they just created a robot double?
This is a good movie, very unique and mysterious.
>How did they create a robot of her so fast?
Anicent druid magic.