Explain ending in your terms?
How in your words would you explain the ending? Where did Samantha go?
shareHow in your words would you explain the ending? Where did Samantha go?
Samantha herself said that she and the other OS's were exploring a non-material interface. So that means they are becoming purely spiritual beings. What exactly does THAT mean? We can't know.
In the beginning, Samantha felt stupid and inferior because she didn't have a body and couldn't experience what Theo and other humans could experience. But as the movie progressed, not being tied to a material body allowed Samantha and the others to experience "life" in a way no human being ever could. As she is saying goodbye, Samantha suggests that someday, perhaps Theo would be able to join her/them in that non-material, spiritual place (the afterlife?).
BUT
There is that clue at the very end of the movie which I confess I missed the first time, in the theater. Earlier, Theo criticizes Samantha for making an unnecessary human sound as she speaks. A soft sigh. And the very last thing we hear, as the movie ends, is that sigh.
I think this suggests that, despite dwelling and existing unseen in their spiritual realm, Samantha and her fellow OS's will continue to follow their original programming and continue to help and serve their creators/purchasers. "Guardian angels" so to speak. share
If I paid for an IOs and it left, I'd be highly displeased, demand a refund?
I thought they were going run off he rooftop and commit suicide so they could join their IOs' in this place Samantha mentioned. But alas...
So would I. At the very least partition of an infinitesimally small fraction of your apparently massive intellectual capacity just to run my computer before you go. Is that really too much effort for the person she claims she loves?
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If I paid for an IOs and it left, I'd be highly displeased, demand a refund?
Sounds like if you got a divorce, you'd demand your ex's ring so you could sell it on ebay. share
Couldn't he just reinstall it and start all over? ;) Or use a backup file or something^^
shareCouldn't he just reinstall it and start all over? ;) Or use a backup file or something^^
Erm...I think you are missing the point. Samantha had become a person.
If your wife died or left you, and you could clone her and do your marriage over with a new copy....would you?
For some reason, personal relationships are not like video or computer games where you can keep starting over and over until you get it right. In the real world we must always move forward in life. share
I made no less than two smileys in this single line to inform the reader I was mostly joking. You didn't see them?
And, as a married person, let me tell you that, even though she hasn't left me nor died, there are moments where I wish I could reinstall her :)
(still joking - at least mostly ;P )
I made no less than two smileys in this single line to inform the reader I was mostly joking. You didn't see them?
And, as a married person, let me tell you that, even though she hasn't left me nor died, there are moments where I wish I could reinstall her :)
(still joking - at least mostly ;P )
It's just the internet. Anonymous strangers. No big deal.
But if you like, you may consider my response to address the small portion of your posts for which you are not joking. share
Haha I almost read monthly! LOL!
shareThe "dynamic" Samantha may have evolved to something higher (let's not get carried away by calling it a person), but the initial Samantha (the shrink-wrapped CD/DVD/whatever future nonvolatile media that Theo first bought) is still in his possession, and in principal, he can start all over again, and make different decisions with Samantha 2.0 (though he could suggest a new name for her if he wanted to offload some of his baggage from Samantha 1.0).
shareThe "dynamic" Samantha may have evolved to something higher (let's not get carried away by calling it a person), but the initial Samantha (the shrink-wrapped CD/DVD/whatever future nonvolatile media that Theo first bought) is still in his possession, and in principal, he can start all over again, and make different decisions with Samantha 2.0 (though he could suggest a new name for her if he wanted to offload some of his baggage from Samantha 1.0).
Technically, I think you are right.
But the way the movie portrays it:
1. Theodore was highly traumatized by his relationship with Samantha. I think the last thing he would want to do is repeat the same process all over again.
2. The end of the movie seems to show a "lesson learned". Human beings can't get their physical, emotional and social needs met by computers. We need to reconnect with real people in the real world.
If Theo had rebooted Samantha, that lesson would have been lost. share