Nostalgia Trap - Episode 363: M3GAN

Published: July 7, 2023, 8:38 p.m.

The sci-fi horror film M3GAN was a \u201csurprise\u201d hit last year, generating tons of internet buzz, viral Tik Tok dance videos and, of course, endless think pieces. As Justin Rogers-Cooper and I talk about this week, M3GAN operates on multiple levels, and contains a discourse about AI, capitalist culture, and queer family formation that makes it much more than another \u201ckiller robot\u201d movie. Like Silicon Valley itself, M3GAN sings to us: \u201cTell me your dreams, I will dream them too.\u201d But are we really in charge of the dream?\xa0

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