We all know District 9. Best Sci-Fi movie to come out in recent history. The guy who made it continued onward, making Elysium (not related).
So, as you might expect, it's pretty awesome. Like District 9 it strayed from the somewhat glossy, overdone crap outa Hollywood and took itself for what it was-- a gritty sci-fi movie about fate, love, and human rights. The soundtrack wasn't overbearing, but nonetheless epic. Great casting, writing, everything. I am going to talk, however, about the robots.
So, the robots. The robots made up the majority of the policing and behind-the-desk workforce. They were inhumane, obliviously cruel, etc. Very nice. They actually looked like actual robots might, should they have been optimized for their tasks. For example, the bot behind the counter towards the beginning of the film was simply a plastic head and shoulders with a speaker and a dispenser tray. Nothing else. You know why? Because no one BUILDS A DAMN FULLY AUTONOMOUS, BIPEDAL ROBOT WITH FUNCTIONING MUSCLES to give people insurance claims or whateverthehell. The Police bots, on the other hand, were humanoid... But not humanoid as Hollywood seems to think of it. Gone were the silver rounded plates, the smooth artificial glowing muscles and eyes. It was a machine. Look up Boston Robotics: those are the robots of the future. And ya know what? The police bots looked like a more advanced version of those. Because that's the way it would be. Hydraulics, a metal frame, a camera, a speaker. There ya go.
Sorry, I really hate Hollywood. Anyway, District 9, in my opinion, was better.
Gimme a moment for the 5-second-film. I had to re-render it a couple of times in Blender to get it properly functioning, so I'm a bit behind schedule.
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