Robots have often been seen in a negative or
positive light throughout TV, film and real life. They have expanded the
horizon of realistic attributes and functionality that make these robots look
and act exactly like humans. Two films that I viewed were The Terminator and A.I. which
are contrasting films that portay robots in a negative and a positive form.
In
the movie The Terminator, this
artificial being has gone on the hunt for a girl named Sarah O’conner and goes
to any measure to have her killed and terminated. In the process of trying to find this girl he
kills girls with the name Sarah in search of the right one. This killer machine
has all the characteristics of a regular human being as far as looks and
communication. Although, this is a negative portrayal of robots and it is a
very terrible vision to have of robots there is still a presence of extreme
intelligence coming from this artificial being.
Coming
from a positive and more acceptable vision of robots, the film A.I. gives us a more affectionate and
programmed to love robot named David. David is a young boy who wants to fit in,
make friends and be just like everyone else. He is kind in every way and makes
it easy to accept him being artificial. Also David even has the potential to
live as an extension of a family becoming more and more real. He ultimately
wants to find a place to fit in and exist within life. This is a very positive
depiction of robots within a film.
In
comparison and conclusion, both films give us an example of intelligent robots
living and walking among human beings. The Terminator is like a monster out of
a horrible dream. On the other hand, you have David who completely alters that
negative envision of robots being also human like and programmed to love. I
think as far as David people would be more acceptable of robots but not if they
had to deal with the Terminator. Although with robots becoming more humanized
most people have given up their fear of robots and have learned to accept them.
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