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So, I've been thinking about Teknolust constantly. Trying to take apart the various subtle and not so subtle implications of the film...and its plot. One of the major aspects of the film, the transition of the robots from inhuman (robotic) to human, has consistently come up in my deconstruction of the film. What's interesting about this transition is that it is so stereotypically "feminine". In a film that makes so many statements about female physicists and sexuality, I was surprised to find that through this transition these theoretically inhuman beings, Marine and Life (?) become flighty, ditzy, retail loving, super sensitive women. I suppose that this class has, in fact, not made me a pessimist as the literature we've come across might encourage...instead i have come to expect more from those who might be able to create something pivotal or challenging. I expected (i was hopeful) that this movie, considering the many statements it attempts to make, that perhaps the writers would have used this opportunity in the plot to do just that - make a statement about femininity. Perhaps hollywood got in the way. Despite the fact that this film clearly did not have the intention to access the main stream community of hollywood films, judging from its very unusual plot line, perhaps the writers were still influenced by the shallowness and superficiality that surrounds them as producers of "entertainment". What was the motivation to make this film? From what angle was this movie produced? I am dying to know!