"Yeah. It was really that one day the robots will rule the world and actually that was almost like a prophecy that, in a weird way, came true because it says, "in 1999, the human race is dying". I think right around that time, the first person with a metal heart actually walked around. I mean, if you think about it, didn't they just come out with artificial hearts around that time?
So that was almost weird (laughs). Of course, it was not really meant in a literal way; it was more dealing with the whole computerization of the world and how it's getting more and more run by robots and machines; and well, that part is certainly coming true."
Wolf commented in a 2005 interview that:
"Yeah. It was really that one day the robots will rule the world and actually that was almost like a prophecy that, in a weird way, came true because it says, "in 1999, the human race is dying". I think right around that time, the first person with a metal heart actually walked around. I mean, if you think about it, didn't they just come out with artificial hearts around that time?
So that was almost weird (laughs). Of course, it was not really meant in a literal way; it was more dealing with the whole computerization of the world and how it's getting more and more run by robots and machines; and well, that part is certainly coming true."
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