MUTANT ON THE BOUNTY

MUTANT ON THE BOUNTY. Robert Torrance, dir. USA: Canyon et al., 1989. 85 min.

Satiric work in the tradition of DARK STAR. See for fairly realistic computers and most especially for an android robot with male secondary features as representative of the "mother company" (cf. ALIEN). After a repair that includes cannibalizing chips from the ship's microwave oven, the robot has the potential for multiple personalities. With one configuration, the robot looks like a transvestite male human, breaking boundaries between human and machine, female and male.