Science fiction films always discuss the relationship between humans and technology. In The Matrix, AI creates illusions for humans and then controls humans. In Black Mirror, the intelligent system that scores humans, technology, is an angel that serves humans, but will there be any One day become the devil that dominates mankind? Human beings always fear the unknown in the future, and the various "brain holes" based on this fear also make such stories very attractive.
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In the first half of watching the movie, I always thought it was the male protagonist Gray's ability to upgrade from paralysis to "Chip Man", but after seeing the second half, I suddenly realized, where is the upgrade and evolution of human beings, it is obviously the upgrade and evolution of the chip itself , from a "tool" created by humans to one that can think independently, and even set a trap to find a human body for himself. This is different from the robot in the movie "Artificial Intelligence" who wants to become a human being. The robot just has human feelings, gradually has a body, and becomes a real person. The "brain" in this film is obviously more ambitious , in order to get a pure human body, he planned everything and killed his creator and other improved people. Although he can think for himself, his behavior is still full of indifference. Gray sent it to the virtual world. Although he has a human body, he can't live with human sympathy. Isn't this a super chip that has no emotion but has a super IQ, a fighting ability, and can control all electronic devices? If such a chip is analogous to a human being, isn't it the high-IQ criminals with anti-social personality in our society? Once such a chip has a human body, I can even imagine that the next step is to enslave all human beings to rule the entire earth. If the human body ages, then another implant will be used, then the "intelligent brain" will be able to To survive forever as a consciousness, if you want to be dominated by such a violent, intelligent, and indifferent consciousness, then there is really no hope for human beings.
Of course, there are a lot of foreshadowings in the movie. For example, in order to gradually disintegrate Gray's consciousness, Chip kept creating the illusion of her wife to confuse him, and "seal" his consciousness in a dream at the last moment, but the illusion is always an illusion, I I think Gray will realize the flaws in the virtual world and return to reality. After all, Gray has also defeated other improved people with aggressive methods, which proves that human emotions can defeat artificial intelligence under certain circumstances.
Then there is the phrase "we can't let them win" that the hacker said. It is possible that the hacker opened the back door when hacking into the brain system, so although it seems that the brain has won at the end, it is always returned to the human front line to turn defeat into victory. hope.
In the end, I have to say that Zhinao is really too smart. Using Gray's eagerness for revenge, he made Gray trust him step by step, and then handed over control of his body step by step, but killing another company's improver, it feels like Is Zhinao taking too much risk? The battle was at a disadvantage, and it was about to be solved with a single shot by the reformers. I completely expected Gray to find a way to fight back in the end. In this section, I feel that Zhinao's plan almost failed. The persuasive passages make the whole scheme seem seamless.
I thought that Gray could control the brain and become a superhero like the male protagonist in Venom controls Venom. Oh, I didn't expect that, the screenwriter just didn't let humans succeed. It can also be considered unconventional, and it is very scary to think about it. Sure enough, he is a screenwriter who can write Chainsaw Horror.
I forgot to mention that the shots of this film are also refreshing to me. The male and female protagonists are lying on the ground after the accident. The camera circles twice in 360 degrees, which is very shocking. The shot is very similar to that of the go pro, and it has a more futuristic and mechanical sense of action. In other movies, it is not possible to shoot with scissors.
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