I just got a revelation in a neighbouring comment sectionā¦ it might be an interesting coincidence, or one of the sources of the brosā inspiration (and a jumpscare for Russian speakers lol)
In 1979 there was a soviet movie, based on the book:
āThe Adventures of Elektronikā
The movie tells a story of a boy Elektronik (on the right) created with an appearance of the boy on the left by a soviet scientist professor Gromov. Hereās funny resemblance:
(However, unlike Brenner, Gromov is a good guy.)
The interesting part of it in nowadays perspective is how AI can become a human and whether it can
Elektronik runs away from the professor in the beginning of the movie. He was not supposed to meet Seryozha (a boy he looks like), but ofc they do meet and the adventures begin. Initially, Seryozha lets Elektronik live in his shed, and initially he mostly uses his powers and their alikeness to solve daily problems, while Elektronik learns how to be a human. Elektronik also meets Seryozhaās friends (they form a party, if you wish). and Seryozha shortens his name to El.*
* Professor Gromov calls him Elik which is another short form with a suffix.
At the same time El is chased by a criminal gang that wants to kidnap him and use his powers for a museum robbery.
I donāt know if the DB had this movie in mind either, but it looks like it might be possible, as it certainly has some points of alikeness, especially the motif of the main not-entirely-human character trying to become one: my recent theory is that our El can be a program in Nina (or there is also a theory is that she is a demo), but even if I omit that, she canonically shares with Elektronik the beginning of being (in her situation being treated like) a blank canvas used for scientific purposes. Obviously, from what we know, El is a real girl, but her s1 version is feral, and she evolves into a more human version of herself through the following season at least. And so does Elektronik through the movie. They both are chased, while the only thing they want is to learn how to be a human ā and a friend.
In ST plot El by nature is human unlike Elektronik, and yet he, being a canonical robot, gets what he wants, and thatās my another reason to believe that this is available for a canonical girl too.
Other things relevant to ST:
ā¢ twin brothers playing main characters ā¢ the movie is full of songs (which is typical, but still) ā¢ soviet scientists here vs soviet spies in ST? ā¢ in 1979? (not that the movie is connected, just interesting)
Iām not saying anything but I did cackle now when I opened the 1st Elektronikās episode and the 1st thing I saw was this shot with Odessa Film Studioās ship logo š
guys, if anyoneās interested in the movie I posted about, I found a link to it on YouTube with eng subtitles š» I attached the link to the main post, but here it is again: The adventures of Elektronik
if anyone watches it, lmk what you think, bc I love this movie, and I am so excited to share it with you :)
