In recent years, such movies about science fiction are very popular, such as "Interstellar", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Alien Prometheus" and so on. This kind of sci-fi movie usually has some grand special effects, ups and downs plots, and human beings' profound thinking when exploring the universe and the future. Human beings are naturally curious about the unknown, and we always want to know more. It may be the most fundamental difference between humans and other animals. We like sci-fi movies.
The movie "Age of the Machine" was released in 2014. His English name is aotomata, and the film is produced by the Spanish team. The word of mouth is good, but the box office is mediocre. To be honest, it's really not very good-looking. The fluency of the movie and the ability of the director to tell the story need to be improved. Such a good script, if it is for Nolan to shoot, or for Spielberg, there will be no problem if you want to achieve both applause and audience. This is a bit like the sci-fi movie Blade Runner of the year. The movie Blade Runner released in 1982 was first-class in script, art photography and music, and was significantly ahead of the times. The image of Blade Runner doesn't look outdated now either. The reason it failed at the box office was also that the director had a problem with the pacing of the storytelling, and the audience couldn't sit still. Even if he was consecrated ten years later. It can only show that the art of the film is high, but the story is low. Machine age is the same.
Although the experience of watching the movie is not very good, the thoughts it wants to express are extremely profound. From beginning to end, the film is full of the author's pessimism and satire on human society, with almost no sympathy. And the author's expression is often multi-speech, this is actually not just a science fiction film.
The world view of the film is set like this. In the year 2044, Earth's ecosystems are destroyed due to persistent solar storms. The earth is desertified, there are no plants, and there is no rain. It can only rely on artificial rainfall and it is acid rain. The structure of the atmosphere has been destroyed, modern communication equipment cannot be used, and the harsh environment has caused people to be unable to perform normal activities and work. The population has dropped by 99.7%. In order to survive human beings, a large number of robots have been developed. And use robots to build high walls and survive in the desert.
Because humans are afraid of robots beyond their control, two primitive protocols are implanted in the core of robots: first, robots cannot harm human life; second, robots cannot transform themselves or other robots. In other words, robots are "slaves" of human society. We have all seen Public Enemy Mechanical. In the movie Public Enemy Mechanical, the so-called three laws of robots are actually written as law. But not here, the word used here is protocol, which can be understood as the rules or protocols of the digital world. In fact, his effect is greater than the law. The object of the law is people, and people can break the law. The maker of the agreement is a quantum brain without any restrictions in the laboratory. In the movie, it is said that this quantum brain runs In the first eight days, he can still communicate with humans and learn from each other normally. By the ninth day, humans can no longer understand it. In order to limit his ability, the last requirement that humans give him is to make this omnipotent brain, Creating a security rule is the two basic protocols mentioned above. Then the humans dismantled him. Since the creators of the protocol are far more intelligent than humans themselves, it is impossible for humans to crack these two protocols. In other words, if the quantum brain adds backdoors to these two protocols, humans will also have no way of knowing. Yes, this is a mystery the film leaves us.
Despite the constraints of these two agreements, the robot eventually awakens, the second agreement is broken, and in the opening chapter of the film, a patrolling policeman sees an awakened robot repairing its own legs.
The awakened robots in the movie have never confronted humans head-on. On the surface, they have compromised everywhere, but in fact they have never yielded. They are alive and have souls. On the other hand, the performance of human beings is always so selfish and dark. All the scenes in the movie can be found in the long history of mankind. The author is actually reflecting on the so-called civilization of mankind. Look at what you did hundreds of years ago, you Don't treat slaves as human beings, chop off hands and feet, oppress and abuse, aren't you? You think that you have a noble status and that you are the representatives of civilization, so what do you do to be civilized? The aristocracy are human beings, but the common people are not human beings. Can the common people just be slaughtered by others? The author not only wants to torture the future, but also torture the history, but also torture the present. This is the purpose of the film, this is the real master, and when the master speaks, it will leave you speechless. Only when you see the film at this level can you really understand the film.
Well, after uncovering the mask of the movie, this slightly dull plot began to become interesting.
That's it for the first episode of "The Age of the Machine", the Dayang Chat movie. See you in the next issue.
Listening to the first episode of the audio sci-fi movie "Age of the Machine" is not only the future, it is also the past, and it is the present.
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