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ATM Machine? How?

posted 17 years ago by ruby_proudfoot
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Overall this movie really didn't make much sense to me -which is a pity because it had many terrific actors in it, like Close and Walken-... but there's one thing that I just can't figure out... if the wives are not exactly robots but still human beings with microchips on them... how the hell was that woman able to become an ATM machine?????? (I think it was Faith Hill's character, but I'm not sure)
I mean, where in a human body is the money stored? It's ridiculous...

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V: I, like God, do not play with dice and do not believe in coincidence.

[–] Dumper1 17 years ago

The writers and directors made a big cock-up, one minute we are lead to believe they are robots with human brains inside them, which would explain why you got the ATM sequence. Then we are supposed to believe that they are still human and have computer chips in their brains. It's all messed up.

[–] imdb-11196 17 years ago

On the DVD, with extended/deleted scenes, you'll find more of the 'robot' wife. For example, in the scene where Joanna finds the 'new' Bobbie,all sorts of robot extensions are shown off - from a vacuum cleaner attachment to a grass mowing chassis. It seems that they didn't know what direction to choose - farcical or comedic - and finally made the decision in the cutting room to cut back on the robotic version.

[–] ameriale 17 years ago

I am glad that I wasn't the only person who wondered if their was a confusion as to what the wives were.

[–] fosthoff 17 years ago

"On the DVD, with extended/deleted scenes, you'll find more of the 'robot' wife. For example, in the scene where Joanna finds the 'new' Bobbie,all sorts of robot extensions are shown off - from a vacuum cleaner attachment to a grass mowing chassis. It seems that they didn't know what direction to choose - farcical or comedic - and finally made the decision in the cutting room to cut back on the robotic version"

In the book and first movie, it was revealed that perfect (and complete) robots were made of the wives and the wives themselves were killed. They started to show that in this movie, but then they decided that it was too dark and changed the ending.

[–] genevieve_autumn 16 years ago

Also there was problems between the actors (who disliked it so much they wanted to pull out), Frank Oz has said recently it is because he wanted to please the producers and regrets tis wishing he hadn't been so resposible and had listened to his feelings.

[–] Musashi_MijaBloto 13 years ago

You can see the deleted scene here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1umlb_stepford-wives_fun

[–] mcw883330 17 years ago

The Wikipedia entry for this 2004 movie indicates that there was considerable TURMOIL behind the scenes while it was being made. I should say. Cash-dispensing synthetic robots are, as you can see, COMPLETELY INCONSISTENT with chip-implanted organic humans.

Damn. You can just imagine how FUBAR this project had to have been for things to get this phuqued up. I guess when you're paying that vericose-cheeked albino Nicole Kidman what she gets, you just can't afford to go back and re-shoot.

Too bad. Then again, maybe all this leads to further opportunity. I'd like to see the Stepford Men's Association come out on top. Ahem.

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[–] gingersmurf 17 years ago

I'm thinking the term "shake your moneymaker" comes into this somehow! LOL!

[–] kimsie87 17 years ago

i'm glad i wasn't the only one totally thrown off by the whole thing. they should have really refilmed some of those scenes or something cause it was ridiculous.

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[–] youtreatmesobad 15 years ago

It is a bit ridiculous, but I guess in a sense, you could argue for the film, in that...

Wasn't Mike a robot? No chips or implants he was actually made fully into a robot. So maybe that was how things went originally? (I think the guy whose wife was the ATM machine was one of the core group... was he the one that worked for NASA? So it's possible he was one of the first in on the whole thing)And the nano chip was later developed, or that the men had a choice, to replace their wives completely or just improve them.

But yeah, plot hole, I believe even the producers etc. state that it was a massive gaping continuity issue.

I died soon afterwards

[–] sylviamaye 15 years ago

I was kind of thinking that too. I just figured that she was the first prototype of the "new" version of wives. And once they had figured out the chip deal, they just took it one step further and made them completely robotic.

That's how I took it anyway.

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[–] TheFatDruidofNacyl 15 years ago

I was confused on this as well. IF they was human brian's in the body of robots with microchips, then when all the women was freed, you have strong minded women with terminator bodies. That could be scary.

A man can change his stars

[–] wonderlover69 14 years ago

i lets just spit the difference and call them cyborgs.

[–] DesperateHouseboy 14 years ago

Wow, i didnt even think about that lol. . yeah, sounds like a plothole to me.

[–] bhobnine 14 years ago

Just another reason this thing just SUCKED.
"Pffft, my suspension of disbelief has higher standards than that"