SIMILO

September 21, 2014 11:18 AM

SIMILO. "2065. The entire planet is hit by the effects of climate change. One of the few places that remain habitable is Antarctica, where corporations have built private cities. Hebe and Ciro get back together again. She is looking for love. He is searching for his own identity." [NSFW, Via]
posted by homunculus (9 comments total)

Heh, I followed the multi-year saga of making Similo over at dvxuser - even getting it finished took a long, long time.
posted by VikingSword at 11:49 AM on September 21, 2014 [1 favorite]

... in Antarctica.
posted by dagosto at 1:37 PM on September 21, 2014

I really enjoyed this; thanks.
posted by michaelh at 5:55 PM on September 21, 2014

That was very beautiful and well done, yet also kind of all over the place with regard to whatever the underlying theory was of how these AI robots work, what exactly happened to the climate, and a lot of other external details.
posted by localroger at 6:00 PM on September 21, 2014

THX-1138 meets Her.
posted by benzenedream at 12:24 AM on September 22, 2014

So was the point that both of them were robots? That everyone starting the white outfits were robots? That would eXplain the barren nature of her apartment.
posted by happyroach at 8:17 AM on September 22, 2014

One thing I'm looking forward to in the future is the breakthrough technology that keeps white stuff so clean.
posted by the jam at 10:17 AM on September 22, 2014

So was the point that both of them were robots?

I think she's human. I assume the robots dress the same as humans so that the humans feel they're part of the group and are as comfortable as possible with them.
posted by homunculus at 10:22 AM on September 22, 2014

Singularity-based/utopian future: all-white everything and gorgeous tailoring.

Armageddon-based/dystopian future: we all get mohawks, smoke cigarettes and practice cannibalism.

This falls somewhere on the Option 1 spectrum.
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 10:09 PM on September 22, 2014