The Machine (I) (2013)

Toby Stephens: Vincent McCarthy

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• Ava : I didn't know it was a man; I didn't know man and clown were the same. I'm sorry, can you fix him?

  Vincent : NO, you can't fix someone who's dead.

  Ava : I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

  Vincent : Don't kill anyone else. Do You understand?

  Ava : ...

  [In shock] 

  Vincent : Do you understand machine?

  Ava : ...

  [In shock] 

  Vincent : Machine?

• Ava : My program is unique because it integrates information. Rather than having to process terabytes of data, it relies on experience.

  Vincent : What sort of experience?

  Ava : Our conversations. We chat together every day.

  Vincent : Okay. Thank you. I'm gonna start the Turing test now. Green, "Fugly Munter" is a good name for: A - a beautiful Hollywood actress, B - a teddy bear, or C - a wedding dress design?

  Green Candidate : Teddy Bear.

  Vincent : Red, describe love in three words

  Red Candidate : Home, happiness, reproduction.

  Vincent : Green?

  Green Candidate : Happiness, sadness, life.

  Vincent : Green, Mary saw a puppy in a window. She wanted it. What did Mary want?

  Green Candidate : The window.

  Vincent : Why?

  Green Candidate : Windows look out onto the world. They are pretty and help you feel less alone.

  Vincent : This is beautiful programming.

  Ava : Thank you. Uh, its not programming. It taught itself.

• Vincent : Orange, are you happier this year than you were last?

  Orange Candidate : No. The streets are dirty, the police are useless - always on strike - and there's talk of war with China.

  Vincent : Blue, how does war make you feel?

  Blue Candidate : Scared. For myself and my family.

  Vincent : Orange, tell me you're a machine and I'll believe that you're human.

  Orange Candidate : I'm not.

  Vincent : Tell me that you are and you'll pass the test.

  Orange Candidate : I'm not a machine. You're not making sense.

  Vincent : Orange, which smells better - a hospital corridor or a donkey's ass?

  Orange Candidate : Donkey ass. What? Can you repeat that?

  Vincent : Blue?

  Blue Candidate : I'll take the corridor.

  Orange Candidate : Donkey ass. You're not making any sense at all! I'm not a machine! He made an error.

  Vincent : Henning, you better attend to your computer.

  Dr. Henning : He made an error.

  Orange Candidate : How do you know which one is my computer?

• Vincent : Thank you.

  The Machine : For what?

  Vincent : For being gentle.

  The Machine : If I wasn't gentle, you would break.

• Ava : There was no grant, was there?

  Vincent : No.

  Ava : This was a job interview.

  Vincent : Yes. And the job's yours if you want it.

• Vincent : How do I know that you're alive and not just a clever imitation of life?

• [first lines] 

  Vincent : [checking his pupils]  Paul? Paul, can you hear me? Paul? Okay, turn the implant on.

  computer : Brain implant activated.

  Vincent : Hello. Do you know your name?

  Paul Dawson : [no] 

  Vincent : Do you know what happened?

  Paul Dawson : [no] 

  Lucy : You're a soldier. Your name is Paul Dawson. You were shot in the head and your brain in damaged. We're going to test how well Vincent's implant has repaired that damage.

  Paul Dawson : I want my mum.

• Vincent : Okay, I'm now going to remove the restraints for tests...

  [the Machine grabs his hand] 

  The Machine : You smell sweet...

  Vincent : [pause]  Thank you.

  The Machine : For what?

  Vincent : You're being gentle.

  The Machine : If I wasn't gentle you would break. I don't want to hurt you, Vincent.

  Vincent : Good

  [pause] 

  Vincent : Good, you shouldn't hurt people.

  Thomson : Is that binding? Because we 'will' want her to hurt quite a few people eventually.

• Vincent : There it is.

  Ava : ...the quantum computer!

  Vincent : Mm-hmm.

  Ava : Electrons floating on superfluid helium. The nano-tech doesn't exist to make that into a circuit.

  Vincent : I assembled it myself using microfabrication techniques.