Sep 20, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 10 segments
The Quantum Reactor is back! This episode, recorded 3 years ago and rescued from the black hole, goes into depth on Steven Spielberg's 2001 cult classic, A.I. Artificial Intelligence. A hearty welcome…
Jeremy CobbHost
Andrew CoonsHost
Perhaps of the Steven Spielberg, like the major Steven Spielberg sci-fi films, so you're talking Close Encounters of the Third Kind, you're talking E.T., you're talking Jurassic Park, you're talking Minority Report, you're talking this.
Not that the others don't have really important things to say, but this one kind of wears it right out on its sleeve.
It doesn't have a bunch of action scenes and stuff like we're used to or whatnot.
Of those movies, it is the most similar to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, I think.
And it's funny, because I just realized as you were listing off the movies, because the title has always been a weird one for me, like why it feels repetitive, AI, artificial intelligence.
Let me see, because this was originally, okay, this was an adaptation of Super Toys Last All Summer Long, originally.
Which is a science fiction short story by Brian Aldiss, and it was originally, this is important to know as background going into this film, because if you are familiar with Stanley Kubrick's work, Stanley Kubrick was originally the one who was trying to direct this film.
Perhaps of the Steven Spielberg, like the major Steven Spielberg sci-fi films, so you're talking Close Encounters of the Third Kind, you're talking E.T., you're talking Jurassic Park, you're talking Minority Report, you're talking this.
Not that the others don't have really important things to say, but this one kind of wears it right out on its sleeve.
It doesn't have a bunch of action scenes and stuff like we're used to or whatnot.
Of those movies, it is the most similar to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, I think.
And it's funny, because I just realized as you were listing off the movies, because the title has always been a weird one for me, like why it feels repetitive, AI, artificial intelligence.
Let me see, because this was originally, okay, this was an adaptation of Super Toys Last All Summer Long, originally.
Which is a science fiction short story by Brian Aldiss, and it was originally, this is important to know as background going into this film, because if you are familiar with Stanley Kubrick's work, Stanley Kubrick was originally the one who was trying to direct this film.
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