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Director:
Greg Pak
Writer:
Greg Pak (writer)
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Genre:
Sci-Fi | Drama more
Tagline:
Everything is changing... Except the human heart.
Plot:
Winner of over 23 awards, "Robot Stories" is science fiction from the heart, four stories in which utterly... more | add synopsis
Awards:
8 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
‘condition:human’ Trailer Has Us condition:drooling
 (From Tubefilter News. 4 March 2009, 9:10 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Humanistic "Outer Limits" Episodes with Asian-Americans more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Tamlyn Tomita ... Marcia

James Saito ... Roy / Groper
Vin Knight ... Doug
Gina Quintos ... Young Marcia

Karen Tsen Lee ... Mrs. Ito
Glenn Kubota ... Mr. Ito
Norma Fire ... Caseworker

Tanisha Lynn ... Assistant (as Tanisha Eanes)
Joshua Spafford ... Technician
Catherine Carota ... Nurse
Wai Ching Ho ... Bernice

Cindy Cheung ... Grace

Louis Ozawa Changchien ... Wilson

Angel Desai ... Amanda
Rea Tajiri ... Doctor
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Australia:M | Singapore:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the "Machine Love" segment, behind the receptionist's desk is a logo that is Pak's actual logo. It consists of a stylized "P", an "A" and a "K" in a circle. more

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Humanistic "Outer Limits" Episodes with Asian-Americans, 7 March 2004
Author: noralee from Queens, NY

"Robot Stories" is a collection of four thematically related short films, written, produced, directed and, in at least one, acted by Gregory Pak.

They are humanistic "Outer Limits" episodes with the usual ending twist. The first two particularly rise above the genre with touching insight into human and machine interaction, the fourth almost succeeds, and the third just seems like the usual android of the future amidst the humans, similar to "Data"'s experiences on "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

One unique resonance is the preponderance of Asian-American actors, which adds a subtle layer of commentary about "the model minority" with the pressures on them to succeed that can only be met by machine perfection, perhaps leading to the pressure to opt for tekkie, rather than artistic--like filmmaking--fields.

The movie concludes with a sweet tribute to a friend or relative of a worker on the film who died at the World Trade Center.

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