Joss Whedon has some strong feelings on robots, according to a podcast interview, summarized by io9:

The GeeksOn podcast was devoted to artificial intelligence, and when the subject of Kelly LeBrock’s Weird Science came up, Joss got intense: I hate Weird Science not a little. I find it offensive. The boy fantasy of building a girl. Obviously, we were doing the nasty version of it, because I find it grotesque.

Joss says his new Eliza Dushku show Dollhouse is “very much about humanity and how much of it is programmed,” not unlike that creepy robo-girlfriend.

I admit, I actually enjoyed the Weird Science tv show, but I can see his point. There’s also an early episode with boys trying to build the perfect girlfriend, Some Assembly Required, but it was more of a riff on Bride of Frankenstein.

I think it’s an interesting notion to think about, rather than seeing it for comedic effect, what really is the connotation of someone building the perfect girlfriend? Whedon has always been very good at thinking about the deeper connotations of his work, and that’s something I admire in his writing.

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