# The Stepford Wives - The Movie (the new one) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stepford-wives-the-movie-the-new-one/233138 "2004-03-08T16:36:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stepford-wives-the-movie-the-new-one/233138/41 "2004-06-13T06:07:22Z")
I wouldn’t trust Sullivan’s judgement at all whenever he might have a chance to bash Sontag. He’d call the Mona Lisa crap no matter what if he could get in a dig at her. That said, the movie is probably crap from what I hear. Personally, I can’t get at all excited about replacing them with robots as opposed to turning them into robots. Just not as creepy or as good for satire. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stepford-wives-the-movie-the-new-one/233138/42 "2004-06-13T06:14:36Z")
You’re misunderstanding what Sullivan wrote. Here he’s _agreeing_ with Sontag and is using her as an authority. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stepford-wives-the-movie-the-new-one/233138/43 "2004-06-13T06:53:29Z")
> [@Apos](#): > > That said, the movie is probably crap from what I hear. Personally, I can’t get at all excited about replacing them with robots as opposed to turning them into robots. Just not as creepy or as good for satire. Weren’t they replaced with robots in the original film? This doesn’t seem to be the case in the book (although I’m unclear on that point, and no one’s replied to my earlier post on the subject), but in the older movie Joanna _saw_ her replacement robot. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stepford-wives-the-movie-the-new-one/233138/44 "2004-06-13T14:21:05Z")
About whether or not the women were turned into robots in the new film: During most of the film, all signs point to the woman being replaced by robots: remote controls can affect physical characteristics of the women, one woman sparks when she breaks, one woman acts as an ATM (through her mouth), and, most importantly, joanna sees her robot double. But at the very end they pull a clumsy plot switcheroo; it turns out that the women were all merely modified. The chips in their brains are dissolved and they’re apparently back to normal. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stepford-wives-the-movie-the-new-one/233138/45 "2004-06-13T18:03:17Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > Weren’t they replaced with robots in the original film? This doesn’t seem to be the case in the book (although I’m unclear on that point, and no one’s replied to my earlier post on the subject), but in the older movie Joanna _saw_ her replacement robot. I’ve seen neither the original film nor read the book. It’s just that total replacement + murder rings too false for me to be really effective. ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stepford-wives-the-movie-the-new-one/233138/46 "2004-06-17T02:01:14Z")
\ **Moody Bastard** and **Annie-Xmas** , THANK YOU for the discussion about _A Kiss Before Dying_. Just read it tonight - what a terrific book! \ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stepford-wives-the-movie-the-new-one/233138/47 "2004-06-17T06:09:51Z")
> [@Cheese Monster](#): > > About whether or not the women were turned into robots in the new film: > > During most of the film, all signs point to the woman being replaced by robots: remote controls can affect physical characteristics of the women, one woman sparks when she breaks, one woman acts as an ATM (through her mouth), and, most importantly, joanna sees her robot double. But at the very end they pull a clumsy plot switcheroo; it turns out that the women were all merely modified. The chips in their brains are dissolved and they’re apparently back to normal. Wait, so does that mean that the women aren’t “Stepfordized” anymore and they go back to being who they were? I remember seeing one of those sequels, “Stepford Kids” where they did BOTH-they made robot replacements for the kids, while the REAL kids would be taken to this center where they would receive some kind of bio-engineering so that they’d change permanently. (Yes, it was very stupid). ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stepford-wives-the-movie-the-new-one/233138/48 "2004-06-17T06:30:14Z")
OKay, never mind, I looked it up on [moviespoilers.com](http://moviespoilers.com) Sounds interesting, to say the least. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stepford-wives-the-movie-the-new-one/233138.md?page=2)