The Creator Movie
A while ago, I saw a news article about people dressed as robots walking around a football stadium. They were acting stiffly and pretending to be robots for a publicity promo for The Creator. The whole thing was so cringe that it made me not want to see the film. Well, I eventually had to give in and today is the day. Actually, I'm watching it as I write this while it's fresh in my mind.
The movie has a similar feeling to CHAPPIE, which I enjoyed. Having Ninja and Yo-landi in Chappie made the story more digestible because they're such dramatic, outgoing individuals that it balanced the part about having a robot move like a cartoon and defy physics.
Anyway, this movie, The Creator, has the same physics-defying movements of robots. Somehow, with only basic joints, they move fluidly like humans, and that's not convincing - albeit a bit creepy. The fact is that some robots are programmed to have super convincing speech and personality, while others sound like a 1980s speak and spell. A few chuckles and some jokes have made the robots humorousso far. But overall, I'm glad that I'm watching it. There aren't a lot of good sci-fi movies that tackle the politics of AI and robotics.... well, not since the Terminator, Westworld and the Matrix series.
I haven't finished it yet because I'm partway through - so I can't guess where it's going. But I do wanna recommend you give it a watch because it's fun so far. There are many good sci-fi weapon sound effects and post-apocalyptic scenery with dirty cyberpunk-type tech.
I just watched it last night. Same feelings about the fluidity of some of the bots. I don't get why they all have lateral holes through their heads. It's kind a one off graphics effect that they overuse and serves no function I could ascertain. I won't offer any spoilers since you haven't finished so I will leave that there.
I did like the Nomad space station and how it beamed down shields in front of their ground forces.
Oh, that's what the space station thing was!! I had difficulty understanding some of the story and the blue shield. The story has been too complex packed into a film - it should be more than one film. Also, there are a few things that urk me.
I don't normally get annoyed with movies because I have no buy-in to care. I'll accept it if they're out to lunch on fiction because it's entertaining. But when it crosses into my industry, I guess I take it personally. In this case, I don't understand what the hype is about a child robot. Like, it's the first time anyone ever thought of making a child robot?! So you're telling me there are dozens of years of AI and world wars, but no one ever said, "Let's make a small robot"? Every character reacts shocked that there’s a child robot.
I haven't finished it yet. But I will start on it again now and see if I can stay awake to find out what's so unique why someone made a child robot... ugh.
Also, the holes in their heads, I assumed, were advanced ears or listening devices. And lastly, if AI robots were to fight us, they sure wouldn't have emotions - they'd determine the most optimal path to success and boom.
Okay, one last thing - I'm trying not to pick out all the stuff about this movie, so I'll refrain from the demything, the technically challenging and broken logic in how the writers think AI works. Instead, I'll comment on the theatrics. I can't figure out if the movie wants to be westworld (because of the emotional character building), Blade Runner (because of the post-apocalyptic cities and droning synth music), ghost in the Shell (Because of the Asian-inspired choirs, and Rice Fields), or the matrix (because of the "I can see the future" prediction "powers").
Looks like a disturbing movie.
I wouldn't say disturbing - just not what I expected. There was some spiritual component they tried for, to unite man and machine, or something like that. There aren't a lot of robot movies, and even less involving AI, so I had expectations to enjoy it
I have not seen it yet either, but I want to see it soon.
I always thought the aspect of a "child" robot was similar to the movie "A.I." where people are used to doing anything they want to adult looking robots where we see they have no problem destroying it, melt it down, or throw it away; but once the robot looks and behaves and even learns so similarly to a human child, I think it shocks our morality to treat it as just a machine and I liked in the movie "A.I." how that struggle played out and forced us as the viewer to think about that.
Oh that movie AI was one of my favorites!!! Thanks for reminding me, I should watch it soon. I really enjoyed the ending.
Wife and I watched it last week. It crosses a lot of lines with Human robot relationships, robots wanting free rights etc You kind of get lost on who is a robot and who is human and you have to question why robots don't seem to keep backups in case they are killed in battle but hey it was a Friday night cuddled up on the couch with the wife and I got to continually point at stupid tech things that don't make sense.
Haha @Nink, yeah, that's a good point with the backup. Also, I wondered why the robots would want to act so "human". They purposely give themselves human faults and limitations, which would be considered a bug to any logical program.
I think it comes down to movie writers thinking AI would evolve to be human-like. That seems backward to me... It's not AH (artificial human) haha. So, AI has no reason to incorporate our limitations. If AI were to take over, it would do so in a non-human-like process. It would rationally and logically manipulate and control everything without humans knowing it was happening.