People who haven't seen Osamu Tezuka, it's a pity

Verona 2022-04-19 09:03:12

Some people love the "Three Laws of Robotics" proposed by Wells, some people admire Spielberg's "AI", and "I Robot" and "Terminator" also fascinate me.
All those who are obsessed with robots love these sci-fi themes that describe the rebellion of robots. However, I also feel sorry for the people in the European and American film circles. They still think that the fantasy and depth of robots are very advanced. In the eyes of another person, it is just paper. On the picture scroll, it is as fragile as a willow in the wind.
Unfortunately, there are still many people who scoff at Japanese manga and animation, shouting, "It's all things that children see". But they are obsessed with robot movies, but unfortunately they missed Tezuka Osamu and Otomo Keyo.

Why are human beings afraid of the rebellion of robots, why are they afraid, are the little robots trying to do something, or is it actually human beings who have an attempt?
Tezuka Osamu, he used a short comic to change all Japanese people's concept of robots...
"Metropolis" seems to be born before "Astro Boy", it is also a story about the contradiction between robots and humans, It's also a story about a robot rebellion.

But Osamu Tezuka raised a question, is it really a robot who is resisting? Do they really have human-like consciousness, so do they have to fight and snatch for themselves?
Humans who wantonly destroy old machines, humans who control robot programs, humans who define the three laws, humans who are swayed by greed and use machines as weapons...
They were just a tool in the hands of human beings. Like atomic energy, the scary thing is not themselves, but the people who create and use them. Even if they have intelligence, they are simply like children, eager to seek a better life for the owner who created them.
When you blame others for hurting yourself, you often forget that you hurt others. For robots, humans are such a role.

In the metropolis, robots have no purpose of resisting or destroying human beings from beginning to end. They are just the purest children, obeying the human beings who raised them and telling them the truth. Humans who think they are "mutating", please think first, are they really robots?

People who really understand Osamu Tezuka now believe that what needs to change is not robotics, or the "Three Laws of Robotics", but human beings themselves... Without him, we would almost forget why we should introspect ourselves. .

After reading this "Metropolis", which is inherited and enriched by Otomo Keyang, you can understand that a person with depth and a deep thought do not depend on what industry the person is engaged in or what the surface form of the creation work is, but What this person can make people think about... After watching this movie, don't tell me that animation is naive children's comedy.

Because it's not that the story is naive, but the people who read the story are naive and don't understand the depth of the story, just like those who laughed at Einstein back then.

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Extended Reading

Metropolis quotes

  • Tima: [Tima is going to destroy the world] This is punishment for toying with robots.

  • Tima: The probability of mankind's survival will be 30% in one hour. Control of the Ziggurat is now being transferred to my operating system. All supplemental Earth weaponry will be activated from my network in 30 minutes. Attack targets are the world's major cities and 7,586 additional facilities. Destruction of the human race will begin through irradiation and use of multiple weapon systems. This will be complete in 17 hours, 27 minutes.

    Ban Syunsaku : Hige-Oyaji: Did you hear that, Duke Red? The superhuman you created is saying it doesn't need us anymore.