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Post by Agai Lazen on Apr 5, 2017 3:18:15 GMT -4
No, that's not a joke, I mean it. Nora Wakeman may have had some major accomplishments under her belt, but all of them came with a huge handicap.
Armagedroid's tape-powered AI went completely berserk.
She's completely oblivious to both Vladimir AND the suffering of her test rats that lead them to rebel.
Lil Acorn has the capacity for ego instead of pre-programming jokes into him.
Jenny's various physical flaws (literal funny bone, faulty wiring, weakest link in chains, glass jaw, etc.)
Let's not forget that Nora somehow built a perfect replication of a teenage personality and yet knows nothing on how to appropriately raise a teenager. She even often questions why she made a teenage robot. Yeah, Nora. That's a damn good question. I wish there was a good answer for that.
Hell, in the first two episodes Wakeman didn't even want Jenny to have contact with the outside world. Yes, there would be various reasons for that, but she wouldn't have to constantly fight Jenny on each issue if those Three Laws were programmed correctly. Yes, without Jenny's personality we wouldn't have a show, but there needs to be a better explanation than that.
So, what do you think are Nora Wakeman's greatest blunders? Or do you disagree with me?
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Post by steelstar on Apr 5, 2017 23:15:12 GMT -4
I think that a coherent story is made up of different parts that connect in some way. These parts may not make sense by themselves, but without them the plot wouldn't be totally complete.
I think part of this boils down to dramatic conventions; that is, you have to accept that some things are the way they are in a story in order to fully participate in the story as an observer or listener should. Were it not for Professor Wakeman's inventions having various handicaps (is she ever referred to as Professor? it makes sense to me that she would have that title) the plot wouldn't have progressed in the way that it did.
Besides, as cliche and hackneyed as this point is, no show is perfect. Every show has its flaws, some admittedly being far bigger than others. If a show has problems, it should try and contain those problems or minimize them so that they won't burn holes through an otherwise impregnable script.
But that's just my take on the whole idea.
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Post by Agai Lazen on Apr 6, 2017 12:26:32 GMT -4
I'm actually reminded of a fan interpretation where Jenny actually has the transplanted consciousness of Nora's now-dead daughter. As grim as that is, it makes WAY more sense as to why Jenny is a teenage robot.
And yeah, without all the various flaws we wouldn't have a show, but I already addressed that shows shouldn't rely on that excuse so much. Especially with shows as self-aware as this one.
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Post by liam on Apr 13, 2017 15:48:44 GMT -4
I don't think that Nora is exactly stupid. She's a genius in her field, but I think its more that she doesn't necessarily have common sense, combined with her arrogance and perhaps her age getting to her.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2018 16:14:28 GMT -4
Nora Wakeman may have an IQ greater than 140. However, some forms of high IQ cannot be analyzed thoroughly, and there's a possibility that there are neurological "gaps" that may cause some acts of psychological screw-ups. Even though she was in the Skyway Patrol before she made the XJ series, she did make a mistake she learned from, and that is tasking Armaggedroid to "Destroy all weapons that came its way". Even Jenny acknowledged the giant robot that he's a weapon himself, which in my views, is an ironic protocol the giant robot was "paradoxed" to comprehend.
Nora Wakeman is not really "stupid", but she has the capability to "stitch" such gaps in her IQ processing, and learn from it.
Nothing's perfect. Not even Jenny.
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