Quote from: tmjhur on Apr 17, 2012, 11:33:11 AM
"I can carry out directives that my human counterparts might find distressing.....or immoral" 
Yeah, I found that statement to be a bit too FRIGGIN' OBVIOUS. Not sure why the writer(s) decided to include that remark. They might as well have given David a handlebar moustache so he could twirl one of the ends, while he said the line. While this doesn't necessarily mean that Fassbender's David will do something "unethical" or immoral, in the film...the inclusion of this statement equates to hitting the viewer over the head with a mallet.
Not very subtle.Furthermore, this viral video is based upon the conceit that this is an actual advertisement for the David 8 line of androids. Why exactly would Weyland let it's customer's (and the world) know that their androids could potentially perform unethical and potentially illegal acts...even if it were true. I can't see how that would benefit the Weyland Corp. If anything, it opens up the door for catastrophic legal liability.
Finally, it seems a bit puzzling and inconsistent, that a fully sentient, conscious and self-aware android wouldn't also experience emotional states. In the video, David makes it clear that while he can "understand" emotion, he doesn't
feel emotion. We also see him crying. So are we to assume that this is just a "programmed" reaction to mimic human behavior, so as to make him appear empathetic to humans?
Also, at the very end of the video, there appears to be a contradiction. The Weyland acronym for these androids is "TIPE", standing for: Technological, Intellectual, Physical,
Emotional
