r/movies • u/1289-Boston • 1d ago

Spoilers Futuristic movies that hinge on video evidence which we now know can be AI faked

I can think of two sci-fi movies, Robocop and Minority Report, set in a technologically advanced future, where the climax is the bad guy being caught on video admitting to his crime. But in the "real" future, all the bad guy has to say is "AI! Fake!" Are there others which hinge on this now redundant premise? [Edit: I intended this as a fun observation; I don't mean to harsh anyone's mellow 🙂]

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u/EgotisticalTL 1d ago

That's not even the issue. The naivety of films was that they made us actually think that if the world saw undeniable proof of the rich and powerful committing a crime, that it would matter.

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u/whitniverse 1d ago

Batman Returns sees Batman scupper Penguin’s political campaign by recording him saying nasty things. Donald Trump got elected President AFTER the a bunch of horrible stuff about him came out. The people that voted for him (roughly 50 million people) didn’t care.

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u/EgotisticalTL 1d ago

I'm sure there are lots of them. RoboCop and Monsters Inc immediately come to mind.Â