In many science fiction films, scientists are portrayed as intelligent, evil, and arrogant. In the essay “My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead,” Chuck Klosterman says, “When we think critically about monsters, we tend to classify them as a personification of what we fear.” In the 2015 film Ex Machina, Dr. Nathan Bateman is the monster. He is the chief executive of the software company Blue Book. He decides to spend his whole life creating female robots in a luxurious house in the mountains. The two female robots he creates are Kyoko and Ava. Dr. Nathan Bateman is a personification of society’s fear of machines, male dominance, and powerful women.
