Saturday, March 5, 2011
The film is about how people lives and interacts in a society that are controlled by humanoid robots (surrogates) - fit, good-looking and a physically perfect mechanical representation of themselves. The movie is also about the two FBI agents trying to figure out how the users of the robot surrogates are dying when their surrogates "die" and who is behind the murders.
Reflection:
In the movie, however, it takes the psychology to the next level where people are not interested anymore in being who they are but a more perfected version of themselves: younger, in-shape, adorned with super-human strength and abilities. Actually, I really don't like the idea of letting the robots do what a human must do. Robots being programmed to be intelligent is completely different from a robot being programmed to learn. Human must not rely on what robots can do for them because in the end, their lifestyle gets affected. We must not let the robots take over our job as human because we might lose the chance of enjoying the life given and forget our purpose why we are created in this world.