User blog comment:DragonDude83/PE Removal: DOR-15/@comment-39032584-20190818222138

I'm voting keep. From my recollection, the dark future where she enslaved humanity, in particular, was played surprisingly dark and straight, especially for a movie that's rated G (which is extremely rare for the MPAA since they give essentially family-friendly films PG ratings for the silliest reasons sometimes). Plus, I think she also demonstrated quite a bit of "moral agency" for a rogue AI. Finally, I'm not sure I get the "generic" arguments. Even if her characterization is a little bland, her actions are very notable for this type of work, so while it may all seem cliche for a rogue AI, that doesn't mean it can't be heinous depending on how it's presented and the nature of the work it's in.

In fact, if I recall corectly, one of the most common complaints about X-Men Apocalypse was how generic Apocalypse himself was. While I'd kind of agree with that, seeing as how his actions and motives boiled down to causing widespread desctruction and death to recreate the world to his liking, which isn't original in the slightest, it didn't prevent his actions from standing out as heinous regardless, because actions like that will also be considered top-tier villainy. And that's the same argument I would give for a rogue AI in a G-rated film; several serious murder attempts, along with enslaving humanity is actually quite hard to top. Anyway, that's just my opinion. I respect it if others feel differently, I just don't necessarilly agree with the "generic" argument. She's also clearly a more divisive character.