Weird Science (1985)
It's all in the name of science...Weird Science.
Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.
In Weird Science, consciousness is carried by machines — a plane of “digital wish‑fulfillment”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, popularity, technology, fantasy.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Also bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Monsters University (2013)alters at E1 · same rung · loose
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)alters at E1 · same rung · loose
The Darkest Hour (2011)alters at E1 · same rung · rigorous
My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021)alters at E1 · same rung · loose
Pulse (2006)alters at E1 · same rung · loose
The Prestige (2006)alters at E1 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)consciousness in machines · arcade‑verse
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)consciousness in machines · digital arcade internet
Her (2013)consciousness in machines · digital intimacy
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)consciousness in machines · cyberpunk scrapyard
The Emoji Movie (2017)consciousness in machines · emoji smartphone world
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)consciousness in machines · android longingSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)consciousness in animals · identity, technology
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)consciousness in animals · identity, technology
Bedazzled (2000)consciousness in monsters · identity, technology
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)consciousness in objects · fantasy, identity
The Boxtrolls (2014)consciousness in monsters · identity, technology
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)consciousness in aliens · identity, technology
