CYBORGS IN FILM AND TELEVISION
Fiction, within television and film, deals with the co-evolution between human and machines as hope and fear. Hope is characterized by a human embrace of technology as the tool to extend and evolve humanity. On the other hand, fear is characterized through the cautionary tales warning us of the danger of irresponsibility of science and the misguided visions of utopia. Most important, the cyborgs in fiction demonstrate the conflict within us all in defining ourselves as individuals and as humans.
There are three different categories of cyborgs in television and film.
HUMANS AS MACHINES:
Humanoid forms are altered either organically, mechanically, genetically, chemically, or spiritually, and redefined as machines. The conflict lies between their loss of human identity and their struggle to redefine or regain their humanity.
MACHINES AS HUMANS:
Humanoid or non-humanoid forms are created to serve humankind or other. These cyborgs are generally interested in redefining humanity in a positive or negative way from a human point of view. The positive cyborg is concerned in experiencing humanity in hopes to better define their purpose. 
The negative cyborg is not interested in co-evolution, but in assimilation.
MACHINE AND HUMAN:
Humanoid and non-humanoid forms extend the evolution between human and machine. This fiction tends to embody symbols of community and necessity between humans and machines. Cyborgs are accepted and essential to the evolution of humankind.
Definition of the Cyborg
