As political correctness and the cancel culture take hold, we must ask if 1987's "Cherry 2000" is a prescient view into the future. Set in 2017, the film raises a lot of questions that many men (sorry gals) are asking today. As dating and courting (and even foreplay) are re-classified as sexual harassment and sexual assault, college kids and young men talk among themselves about the concept of pleasure androids. An android that looks and feels like a real babe devoted to serve all the owner's desires. They don't complain or file complaints with the Human Resources Division. This film was made at the height of Melanie Griffith's stardom and features the lovely Pamela Gridley (alas, she died too young) as the android.
Cherry 2000, the Mercedes-Benz of pleasure androids, short circuits during steamy sex in soap suds. Hey, don't knock it until you try it. Chery 2000 was perfect and Sam (David Andrews) is very sad and lonely now. Bad news...they aren't made anymore. Sam is desperate to find another Cherry 2000 and learns there is a warehouse of abandoned robots like these in the forbidden zone (Vegas). He hires a guide, Johnson (Griffith), a spunky redhead who is human. She is tough and capable and the two hop into her souped up Ford Mustang and drive into the desert forbidden zone. They are beset immediately by a gang controlled by warlord Lester (Tim Thomerson).
After some chases and battles very similar to scenes in "The Road Warrior," our duo is headed straight to Vegas so Sam can find a replacement. Lester is a terrific character and describes the Cherry 2000 well, "Get one of those fired up and its like slamming an octopus." Oh, the imagery! Instead of gun fights, though we have those, we are treated to a fight with rocket launchers...yes! Uh oh...Sam and Johnson start falling in love and almost have pre-marital sex before they are stopped by the Cherry 2000 (you'll see). Now Lester and his murdering gang are closing in on our duo as they reach their destination.
If Johnson and Sam do fall in love, what will be the fate of the Cherry 2000? Again, if the two do fall in love, are all us guys going to scream, "No! Choose the android!"? If the Chinese or Japanese do invent the Cherry 2000, will college administrations force boys to date girls as part of Title IX? Directed by Steve De Jarnatt, "Cherry 2000," whether you like it or not, poses some interesting questions about the direction we are headed in 2021. See "Cherry 2000," and ponder which is preferable...21st century men/women relationships, or the availability of the Cherry 2000.
Give me the cherry blossom model please , waterproof version!
ReplyDeleteI'll take two for the price of one? I'll give a full review on the mechanics. 😂 Great review!
ReplyDeleteIt's one of these things that are more fun to imagine than experience. For three decades, people dreamed of virtual reality games. When technology finally became advanced enough, many people donned goggles and tested the software and decided that VR wasn't their thing after all.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be the same thing with pleasure gynoids. People at first dreamt of lifelike dolls for sexual gratification (there is a French SF story titled Sleeping Beauty, dating from the 19th century) Technology gave them what they wanted and it didn't quite catch on. Now they imagine it would be perfect if they could make the mannequin walk & talk. Why? To make them more lifelike? In the meanwhile, this planet has 50 million prostitutes. Why not hire them? Because they're too likelike?
Perhaps all men want is a warm hand to hold on to and a pair of loving eyes to gaze into. But they are not going to get it. I can guarantee you that one. That's one goal that will elude mankind forever, just like the fountain of eternal youth, the secret of immortality.