2001: A Space Odyssey- Beginning shows a desolate planet- inhabited by monkeys- monolith – monkeys are fascinated by this foreign object- monkey playing with bones- monkeys are very humanlike- fast-forward - humans with advanced technology in space – spaceship, futuristic clothing- voice and facial recognition – foreshadowing technology … now something so common that our phones have this feature- picturephone – facetime- film was made during cold war – Russian- food trays- iconic soundtrack- not one person of color- US – discussing an epidemic- Something buried 4 million years ago- Was it put there on purpose or not?- Land on moon to find the same monolith from the beginning of the film- HAL – artificial intelligence. Controls the spaceship. Claims to be foolproof, but that foreshadows the opposite- Hibernating humans- Hel – Hal (metropolis)- Hal – IBM (international business machines)- Hal is suspicious of the mission- Hal claims to have never made a mistake – blames everything on human error- Hal’s eye- the men being to question Hal and think there is something strange about him- they don’t want to continue letting Hal be in control – but realize that he controls the whole ship- Hal can read their lips – overheard their plan to disconnect him- HAL severed Frank’s oxygen tank and he dies in space- Silence in space when he dies- Humans in hibernation – turns off the machines so they die- Hal does not allow Dave reentry to the ship- A lot of the shots are from the character’s point of view- Dave enters through manual emergency hatch- Inside the brain of Hal- Hal seems to have emotions – I’m afraid- Dave disconnects Hal- Shots of dave’s eye – parallel to hal’s eye- The travel ages him- Dawn and dusk of man – beginning and end of movie- Monolith beginning and end- Symbol of baby in the wound at the end of life to bring full circle
September 11, 2022 Love Death + Robots was a very interesting series of shorts that I thoroughly enjoyed viewing in class. After watching quite the range of futuristic robot content, my favorite short from Love Death + Robots was Automated Customer Service. This was my favorite because I found it hilarious and the most entertaining, but it still had an interesting underlying message. Set in the future, an elderly community has robots to do just about everything for them, from pedicures to walking their dogs. I found the opening scene to be humorous in the way that it depicted man's dependency on technology. Even the simplest tasks are done by robots in this foreshadowed society. As portrayed, humans are completely dependent on technology today. While the short uses exaggeration to show this, the hidden message behind it remains true. The short cuts to an elderly woman in her home with her vacuum robot. Suddenly, the robot turns evil and...
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