Electronic Eros

When the public speaks of male robots or cyborgs, Robocop and the Terminator are often the first to be talked about. Their images have given a concrete figure to the idea of human fusion with technology. Robocop is created by the Security Concepts team by fusing mechanical and electronical components with some remains of murdered police officer Alex J. Murphy. As Springer puts it, both cyborgs are aggressively violent and "embody a fantasy of destructive force combined with invincibility."(95) Male cyborgs are usually given physical characteristics as aggressive with bulging bodies, almost identical to Robocop. Fusion with technology in Robocop gives the cyborg a suit of armor. The cyborgs are represented as invincible humans whose impregnable bodies protect t

Gender is a significant factor in the cycle of evolving technology. Robocop and the Terminator smashed their way into the public's awareness in a series of highly successful films, thus giving the impression that most elite, powerful cyborgs (or machines) are masculine, muscle-bound males. However, in the movie Eve of Destruction, the stereotypical cyborg gender changed: its cyborg is a woman. Eve 8, the cyborg in Eve of Destruction, is a machine combined with high-tech devices with genetically engineered organic parts and most importantly, a human's psychological makeup. There are several differences between Eve 8 and her counterpart, Robocop. One major difference is that Eve 8 is "programmed with the thoughts, feelings, and memories of scientist Eve Simmons,"(114) rather than Robocop, having to discover his feelings and memories through time and experience. The project in which scientist Eve Simmons was developing included the programming of a complete comprehensive system in a cyborg. Robocop is more machine than human. Only his brain was biological; all other parts of his body are completely robotic. Eve 8's physical feature portrays both steely industrial strength and the "hidden mysteries of microelectronic circuitry."(114) Eve 8 also has a complete circulatory system (although, it doesn’t work,) and flesh to cover her body, as opposed to Robocop, whose only clothing is titanium body armor. The other significant difference is that, unlike Robocop, whose massive, muscular body and armor are dangerous, her internal workings are even more deadly than her muscular exterior. Even though Eve 8 manages to survive a few bullets and hurls several men out doors and windows, her greatest threat "lies deep inside of her womb, where the Defense Department has installed a nuclear bomb in order t

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