{"id":85505,"date":"2022-07-16T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85505"},"modified":"2022-07-16T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T17:00:03","slug":"android-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85505","title":{"rendered":"Android (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You &#8212; you&#8217;re both androids!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Poster-193x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-85506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Poster-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Poster-174x270.png 174w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Poster.png 613w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA male android (Don Opper) onboard a spaceship with a mad doctor (Klaus Kinski) and a newly formed female android (Kendra Kirchner) falls for a beautiful human fugitive (Brie Howard) who &#8212; along with two criminal compatriots (Norbert Weisser and Crofton Hardester) &#8212; is on the run from the law .\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Androids and Clones<\/li>\n<li>Fugitives<\/li>\n<li>Mad Doctors and Scientists<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIn his brief review of this &#8220;low-budget debut film&#8221; by writer-actor Dan Opper &#8212; which &#8220;became a quick cult favorite in England,&#8221; but &#8220;never really caught on&#8221; in America &#8212; Peary simply notes that putting &#8220;all these weird characters together&#8221; means &#8220;there&#8217;s bound to be mayhem.&#8221; He asserts that while &#8220;it has charm, a Chaplinesque lead character, and behind-the-camera intelligence going for it,&#8221; it &#8220;is one film that really should have been zanier.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"712\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper3.png 1280w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper3-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper3-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper3-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper3-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper3-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper3-1038x576.png 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I agree. There is very little going on here other than Opper (who is appropriately child-like and charming) wanting to experience love and sex for the first time (with Howard), and being disillusioned by his maker (Kinski). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Meal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Meal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1301\" height=\"709\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Meal.png 1301w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Meal-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Meal-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Meal-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Meal-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Meal-495x270.png 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1301px) 100vw, 1301px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>None of the characters or plot details are sufficiently fleshed out. We simply know that Opper is in the midst of a bunch of questionable characters:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Convicts2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Convicts2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1293\" height=\"707\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Convicts2.png 1293w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Convicts2-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Convicts2-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Convicts2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Convicts2-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Convicts2-494x270.png 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1293px) 100vw, 1293px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and that he will at some point be joined (or replaced) by his new female companion. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-New-Companion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-New-Companion.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1293\" height=\"705\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-New-Companion.png 1293w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-New-Companion-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-New-Companion-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-New-Companion-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-New-Companion-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-New-Companion-495x270.png 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1293px) 100vw, 1293px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To its credit, the film ends on an empowering note, but it&#8217;s not really worth the ride until then. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don Opper as Max 404<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1274\" height=\"700\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper-1.png 1274w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper-1-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper-1-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper-1-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper-1-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Android-Opper-1-491x270.png 491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1274px) 100vw, 1274px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though sci-fi fans might be curious to check it out given its cult status. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0083557\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/android-1982.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1984\/02\/10\/movies\/film-android-a-hijacking-in-space.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/android\/review\/2000278138\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=100\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You &#8212; you&#8217;re both androids!&#8221; Synopsis: A male android (Don Opper) onboard a spaceship with a mad doctor (Klaus Kinski) and a newly formed female android (Kendra Kirchner) falls for a beautiful human fugitive (Brie Howard) who &#8212; along with two criminal compatriots (Norbert Weisser and Crofton Hardester) &#8212; is on the run from the law . Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Androids and Clones Fugitives Mad Doctors and Scientists Science Fiction Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: In his brief review&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85505\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85505"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85522,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85505\/revisions\/85522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}