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hey everyone welcome back to Screen Time
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Breakdown your dose of all things movies
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series and screenworthy drama i'm your
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host and today we're diving head first
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into the world of killer dolls military
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androids and AI with the serious
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attitude problem that's right we're
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talking about Megan 2.0 the sequel to
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the viral horror hit that made us laugh
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scream and question every smart device
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in our home but is this upgrade a
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mustwatch or does it need to go back to
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the lab let's break it down so let's
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rewind a bit remember Megan the 2023
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surprise hit that first film gave us a
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killer robot doll who looked like a
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Bratz doll and fought like John Wick she
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was snarky she danced she sang
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lullabibies before killing people and
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audiences loved her well Megan 2.0
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brings her back sort of this time she's
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less of a deranged babysitter and more
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of a full-blown AI action heroine the
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new movie swaps out the cozy horror
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setup of the first film for something
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much bigger think Terminator meets
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Mission Impossible but with fashion
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forward fembots enter the sequels big
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bad Amelia she's an acronym of course
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autonomous military engagement logistics
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and infiltration android and yeah that's
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a mouthful this military-made machine
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was created using Megan's original code
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but with none of the sass she's cold
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lethal and introduced by well massacring
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a whole facility near the Turkish
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Iranian border while Megan has
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personality Amelia is more of a glam
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Terminator played by Ivana Sakno and she
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looks almost too human like if RuPaul
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and a Scandinavian assassin had a baby
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and yeah she's terrifying but also kind
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of one note allison Williams is back as
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Gemma Megan's creator and boy has she
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been on a guild trip she's written a
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book called Modern Moderation joined a
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tech ethics organization and even
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appeared on talk shows to apologize for
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you know building a murderbot but when
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Amelia goes rogue and the world's safety
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is suddenly on the line Gemma does what
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any rational roboticist would do she
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brings Megan back from the digital grave
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at first Megan's consciousness is loaded
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into a dumpy prototype which she
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hilariously calls a Teletubby but don't
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worry the glam version of Megan is back
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soon in all her animatronic glory played
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once again by Amy Donald with that now
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iconic voice by Jenna Davis here's the
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issue megan 2.0 tries to do too much
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like way too much you've got AI free exo
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suits tech billionaires scheming with
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neurochips a longlost robot from the 80s
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called Project Blackbox because of
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course and even a romantic subplot that
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barely goes anywhere it's a lot to keep
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up with and unfortunately Megan the
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literal name on the poster gets pushed
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to the background more than she should
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and look I get it director Gerard Jones
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clearly wanted to level up he even took
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over writing duties this time but in
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trying to go bigger and more serious the
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film forgets that people showed up for
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campy horror fun not a corporate
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espionage thriller with a few killer
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robots sprinkled in that said it's not
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all bad megan still delivers a few
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memorable moments like dancing in
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disguise at an AI convention or singing
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a surprisingly moving Kate Bushbell in
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mid battle there's even a line where she
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tells her creators "Hold on to your
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vaginas before hijacking a sports car."
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peak Megan energy honestly but those
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scenes are few and far between amelia
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does plenty of wall crawling head
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ripping and team wiping but the suspense
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is flat and the action feels generic
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there's no real horror left and not
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enough laughs to make up for it so where
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does Megan 2.0 land it's bigger more
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polished and has a clear message about
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tech ethics and AI gone rogue but it
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also loses the unique spark that made
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the first movie so watchable it swaps
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campy horror for bloated spectacle and
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while it's still entertaining it's not
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quite killer if you love the first film
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for its sharp satire and weird horror
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comedy blend this might feel like a
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letdown but if you're in it for robots
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punching each other and Kate Bush
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singalongs hey you'll still get your
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money's worth let's just hope Megan 3.0
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dials the camp back up to 11 that's it
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for this episode of Screen Time
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Breakdown if you've seen Megan 2.0 hit
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us up on socials and let us know team
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Megan or team Amelia don't forget to
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like follow and share the pod i'm your
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host and I'll catch you next