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Matt Kirshen

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
328 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Right.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

So she's, I mean, really, because I, I knew of her as being considered the sort of

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

formation of science fiction just from Frankenstein.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

But he did it louder and in a deeper voice.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Whether the cause is a virus or a fungus or whatever.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Stop ringing that monster bell.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

We've told you so many times.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

I don't even know why we have a monster bell, to be honest, but the fact that... Just stop it.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

That's where it is.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Well, that also kind of reminds me a bit of the uncanny valley and that effect with humans.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Certain animations or certain models of humans or realistic human robots.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Why are we afraid of dolls?

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Why are we afraid of clowns?

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Something that looks...

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Yeah, and it is that thing of something that, if it's a long way from human, if it's very cartoony, we're fine with it.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

If it's completely human, fine.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

But if it's just a little bit off, then we find that uneasy.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

If an animation of a human is just a bit too real, but not perfectly real, that's... You know what I was told?

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

And they're handsome and cute.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

That's right.