Does he live or die? What's more likely?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Ex Machina
robertdeaniii-1 — 9 years ago(October 29, 2016 02:31 PM)
Does he live or die? What's more likely?
I see a lot of talk about Caleb living or dying. Well, what's more likely? What's obvious? Caleb, Mr. Popular, is supposed to return to work. He doesn't. His location is known. There would be attempts to contact both Caleb and Nathan. When the attempts failed the matter would be investigated promptly. Why? Nathan is too important to his corporation. He's the brains behind the most powerful web search engine in the world. Even if we assume Nathan's a recluse the unsuccessful attempts to contact Caleb would worry the corporation regarding Nathan's wellbeing. But how long would it take for someone to reach the estate? Would a warrant be needed to open the sealed doors? Does Caleb have access to food? Caleb does have access to Nathan's room (bathroom as well so water is no longer an issue). For me I think the odds are in Caleb's favor even if he only has access to Nathan's room and the hallways,. What do you think? -
TxMike — 9 years ago(October 31, 2016 07:18 AM)
There are actually an infinite number of ways to explain why he would not be left there alone to starve. Yours is one of them. Now can you try to come up with the rest of them? That would be infinity - 1. Get at it, we don't have much time.
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Mary_Jane_Abba-Zaba — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 05:12 AM)
Nathan has a mini fridge in his room (I'd assume), which probably has water and maybe food. Even if the power never comes back online, help would come within a month I would think, judging by how important Nathan is. Then there's the matter of them getting inside.
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bsy — 9 years ago(November 27, 2016 08:56 PM)
I think Ava would eventually come back to the facility. Nathan is dead so she's got no threat there anymore. Sure she could probably keep powered-up in the outside world but she'd need things like: more skin, replacement parts (keep changing her identity), some tech, etc., for any long term foray in the real world. She should go back, kill Caleb/replace with a machine, and assume Nathan's identity. That way she could continue improving herself as well as build more machine friends. At the very least, bring back Kyoko and have sex with her for me.
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balducci2 — 9 years ago(December 06, 2016 10:50 PM)
"I see a lot of talk about Caleb living or dying. Well, what's more likely? What's obvious? Caleb, Mr. Popular, is supposed to return to work. He doesn't. His location is known. There would be attempts to contact both Caleb and Nathan."
Well, Caleb said he has no family and no girlfriend. Not sure why you call him Mr. Popular. In fact, it seems there is no one to miss him. As far as we know, he only has 'work' friends.
Nathan is a recluse on a private estate the size of a small country (the pilot said they were flying over his estate for 2 hours). I suspect he goes weeks if not months without contacting the outside world.
Probably if Caleb does not show up back at work at the expected time, people will just assume the trip was extended.
So it might be weeks or even a couple of months until people really look into Caleb's non-return and Nathan's silence.
IF Nathan has access to food and water and other rooms in the house, then he can probably last that long. Even if food is limited, there is always Nathan (assuming Caleb can eventually gain access to the hallway). -
Wattambor — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 06:12 AM)
I liked most of Sex Machina except for the ending; disappointed that Ava was just using him to escape & never developed real feelings for him.
BTW, what's with the helicopter pilot? He's supposed to pick up a dude at this pre-arrange time but a strange chick shows up instead. So he just goes with it & takes her to civilization? This flick demands more than a reasonable amount of disbelief be suspended.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand: We don't need to feel too sorry for General Hux Kylo Ren will spring him from his predicament in time for the next SW installment. ^_-