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Review: `Surrogates' is a robotic retread

"Surrogates" is itself a surrogate, a kind of stand-in for many of the sci-fi movies of the recent past: In it, you'll recognize in it the ideas of "Blade Runner," "Minority Report" and even "WALL-E." Full Article at Taiwan News

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  1. Bruce Willis' "Surrogates" asks the following question: Would you like to kick back in the safety of your own home while your much better looking robot double heads out into world in your stead? Full Article at MTV.com

  2. The surrogates are a fantasy version of one's self - cosmetically perfect, thinner, younger and sometimes of the opposite sex. Full Article at Macleans.ca

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