In such a world, neither robots nor people can live

Monserrate 2022-03-25 09:01:23

Personally, I think the storyline of such movies is second, of course, this is not to say that the storyline of "Metropolis" is bad. But, more importantly, it charts a possibility for the future and gives its own understanding of how humans and robots (or artificial intelligence) will live in harmony in the future.

As far as the plot is concerned, the one that impressed me the most is the scene of the robot putting out the fire, and the other is the scene of the collapse of Jigurui. Its excellent soundtrack lingers in my ears for a long time.

The great contrast between the former soundtrack and the plot is rich in a sense of hilarity and irony.

The latter is comparable to the "come on, sweat death" passage in "Evangelion", which is simply a work of art.

Metropolis' soundtrack is similar to that of many cyberpunk sci-fi movies, with a lot of jazz used. In the upper classes, this is the sound of extravagance, creating a capitalist atmosphere of luxury, superficiality, and greed; in the lower class, it is decadent joy, where the poor have nothing to do and have nowhere to go, disappointed, hopeless, and turned to anger. This kind of anger towards the upper class gradually migrates to robots, and even society as a whole, resulting in fierce contradictions.

Another question comes to mind. As a robot, Dima's awakening of humanity comes from Kenichi's kindness in a large sense; and Dima's final riot comes from Ser Reid's willful actions. The contrast between before and after caused Tima's revenge "this is the punishment for teasing the robot". In addition to condemning Sir Red, at the beginning, Kenichi, including his uncle, gave Tima the human consciousness of "you are like us", whether it has begun to go astray. It is not surprising that when humans (robots/artificial intelligence) have doubts and misunderstandings about their own existence, which eventually lead to a collapsed psychological gap.

There is one place I don't quite understand: why did Sir Red want to create a super robot as a ruler?

There is another detail: after the collapse of Jigurui, Feifei and other robots are calling out the name of Tima. What is the purpose? ( Friend max9527 : I think tima also injected his emotions and consciousness into other robots when he controlled the robot to rebel, so the garbage disposal robot at the end can also speak, and other robots are also friendly to Kenichi, Kenichi may After realizing this, I wanted to stay.)

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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.