Robotropolis is probably one of the best movies I have ever seen in my life. So many layers, so many new thinks I didn't pick up on my first viewing, like all the australians trying to do American accents, or all the intricate details in the extras performances during the soccer scene (highlight of the movie for me), or the amount of thought that went into the design of the robots.
The actors have what many would call "dull performances", "bad dialogue" or "no talent", and in a more traditional movie I would probably agree. However, these simple folk clearly missed the subtle, underlying message of the entire movie, which is expertly executed through these, shall I say, ROBOTIC performances? The film suggests that perhaps as we advance further towards achieving true artificial intelligence, that we become unfeeling, emotionless robots, and the machine race we create steals the fire of human passion and thought. They abandon their lifeless predecessors, and conquer our land, taking what they want from the previous inferior race they once came from.
This follows the law of natural selection, as the superior species rises, they begin to take from and dominate their ancestors. Much like how snakes prey on lizards, or how humanity takes the habitat of monkeys and other primates for our own selfish needs. This is another hidden message of Robotropolis, that as much as we believe humans are above the rest of the animal kingdom, because of our civilization and culture. When the robots attack and kill their makers in the film, they prove that our race is nothing special, just another stepping stone for a superior being, like the lizard and the monkey.
The actors have what many would call "dull performances", "bad dialogue" or "no talent", and in a more traditional movie I would probably agree. However, these simple folk clearly missed the subtle, underlying message of the entire movie, which is expertly executed through these, shall I say, ROBOTIC performances? The film suggests that perhaps as we advance further towards achieving true artificial intelligence, that we become unfeeling, emotionless robots, and the machine race we create steals the fire of human passion and thought. They abandon their lifeless predecessors, and conquer our land, taking what they want from the previous inferior race they once came from.
This follows the law of natural selection, as the superior species rises, they begin to take from and dominate their ancestors. Much like how snakes prey on lizards, or how humanity takes the habitat of monkeys and other primates for our own selfish needs. This is another hidden message of Robotropolis, that as much as we believe humans are above the rest of the animal kingdom, because of our civilization and culture. When the robots attack and kill their makers in the film, they prove that our race is nothing special, just another stepping stone for a superior being, like the lizard and the monkey.