In Transformers,
robots are humanoid creatures that have movements that are as fluid as a human.
They also have the ability to transform from a vehicle to a creature and back
again. The transformers have advanced weapons that are inbuilt and seemingly
don’t require ammunition.
In the film The Iron Giant the question “What if a
gun had a soul?” is asked as it puts emotions into a robot and develops a close
friendship between the machine and a human. The Iron Giant has the ability to
fly.
The popular motion picture Star Wars has a large variety of robots which can walk fairly smoothly and look as though they are all in sync. Their legs and arms seem to move individually.
In the movie IRobot robots are everyday
objects that are programmed to help humans with a wide variety of tasks and
humanity has come to rely on them. IRobot explores what would happen if they
lost their way of living due to a system failure by a super-advanced computer that
had learned to think for itself.
All of these films depict machines and robots
in unrealistic and futuristic manners. In transformers, the robots can move
like humans but our technology is nowhere near even having robots being able to
walk, let alone run or jump with the finesse of a human.
In Iron Giant the
robot had feelings that influenced its decisions. A robot cannot have a
personality or feel emotions in real life.
Star Wars had an interesting
representation of robots where they felt fear and confusion but still acted
without emotion. Although it is more realistic than transformers where the
robots can thing for themselves it is still unrealistic because we have not
developed the technology to create a humanoid that can balance on two feet and
fire weaponry while expressing fear and/or confusion.
IRobot starts off with a
semi realistic view on robots as they do not have any emotion. It is still not
entirely realistic as human society relies solely on machines to function.
IRobot becomes further less realistic when some of the robots develop emotions
and revolt, throwing the helpless humans into turmoil.
Films in general do not
portray robots as realistic as it would be ordinary and less exciting. Although
using realistic robots would make a film more believable, through the clever
use of CGI and relatingthe robots to something familiar a more
captivating movie can be made.
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