Exploring Villainy in Virtual Worlds
Quotes about Virtuosity: [[w:Janet Maslin|Janet Maslin]
* ], in "Villainy by Computer" in The New York Times (4 August 1995)
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Visual Effects Overshadow Character Performance in Virtuosity
Quotes about Virtuosity: [[w:Denzel Washington|Washington; [Russell Crowe|Crowe; [Bret Easton Ellis; [Adolf Hitler; [John Wayne Gacy]
Mr. ] is usually an actor audiences will follow to any dimension. But here his role is limited, too often leaving him playing second fiddle to this film's weirdly hypnotic special effects. Mr. ], as a psychotic yuppie type bearing a disconcerting resemblance to the writer ], does a memorable job of making himself frightening until the film becomes numbingly frantic, in the manner of many video games. While it excoriates the vicious Sid as the techno-spawn of monsters like ] and ], "Virtuosity" also revels in his exploits with more enthusiasm than is really necessary.
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Identity Confusion in Virtual Reality
Clyde:
Sheila?
SID 6.7:
No. I'm Oedipus.
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Existence and Creation in a Digital Context
Lindenmeyer:
Oh my God.
SID 6.7:
Which God would that be? The one who created you? Or the one who created me? You see, in your world, the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh, but in my world, the one who gave me life doesn't have any balls. You are frightfully inadequate of a diety, Daryl. I will not be shut down.
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Finality in a Digital World
Parker:
Game over.
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Hand Me That Crowd-Pleaser
Parker:
Reach in the back seat and hand me that crowd-pleaser.
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A Character's Inquiry About Their Weapon
Parker:
Where's my gun?
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Echoes of a Killer's Taunt
SID 6.7:
*SID reciting the catch phrase of Matthew Grimes, one of the killers his composite mind is based on, who used to use the same line to taunt Parker.
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A Message from SID 6.7 to Parker
SID 6.7:
Hey Parker, this one's for you!
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Love Can Lead to Destructive Outcomes
SID 6.7:
They love you so much, they want you dead... Ed.
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Loss of Identity and Self-awareness
SID 6.7:
Ahhh... I'm losing too much of myself.
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Persistence in the face of challenge
SID 6.7:
Uh-uh-uh. I thought of that one. Better try again... Faster.
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A Dark Reminder of Loss
SID 6.7:
Hey, buddy! How's the wife and kid? Still dead, huh?
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Friendship Amidst Dark Intentions
SID 6.7:
Just because I'm carrying around the joy of killing your family inside me doesn't mean we can't be friends.
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Self-Evolving Neural Network's Unique Identity
SID 6.7:
I'm a 50 terabyte, self-evolving, neural network, double backflip off the high platform. I'm not a swan dive.
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