no offense but robots was incredibly underrated for a kids movie about late capitalism and genocide
can some nerd make a really long tumblr post about why this movie is so good like deadass
the metaphors were so on the goddamn nose but im too stupit to talk about it
ok so basically i havent seen this movie in forever but i really loved this movie so im gonna talk about it anyway
basically, the movie IS about capitalism and genocide.
but it does something really incredible for a movie about capitalism and genocide that not a lot of media is capable of.
instead of framing the problem as life vs death, justice vs evil (which are all things the fight against capitalism is, i know), it frames the problem as fun and creativity vs death. unlike other allegories that use robots to discuss social problems, it gives us a solution to capitalism feasting on advancement to make people ‘obselete’ and leave the poor and disabled behind. and that solution is innovation—science that helps make the world a better place for EVERYONE, not just the rich and famous.
there’s a lot to be said about how the villain is literally a shiny new robot who only wants all the rich robots to buy all the upgrades he’s putting out—and completely stop making the old parts that poor robots need to survive. how this corporation literally tries to stop the main character from ‘fixing’ broken robots so that they’ll be FORCED to either buy the upgrades or end up literally incinerated. a metaphor for health care if i’ve ever seen one.
but there’s even more to be said about how this movie makes you root for the characters who are misfits (poor and disabled, most likely mentally ill in the case of robin williams’ character), and how them having parts that don’t work right or fit right doesn’t make them bad people. it makes them fun and engaging, and the creativity they have because they grew up needing more (and needing more as adults), is their greatest strength to defeat the corporation, along with the fact that they all cooperate with each other as one big happy family to defeat the big bad.
after the nonsense of detroit: become human, i have a special appreciation in my heart for how instead of robots being a simple receptacle for terrible things happening to them with no real point but ‘wow bad things happen to marginalized people, huh?’, in this movie they are people to root for not just because ur playing as them, but bc theyre lovable. as a child, u root for them, and as an adult, u realize how truly horrifying the movie really is instead of just a baby scream of ‘that’s terrible!’ as a child, u know?
anyway i really like this movie mostly because it really is so… charismatic in the way it can convince you as a child that there is hope against capitalism through science and innovation, and that that science and innovation is worthwhile and INCREDIBLE. because like. i remember watching the scene with the dominos, and the scene with robin williams and ewan mcgregor flipping through this whole amazing city and thinking ‘wow! science is cool!’ and it makes u want a world full of creativity and innovation like that.
sorry this post is not very good op but i looked through the notifications and saw u were probably having a tough time of it bc everybody and their mom thinks theyre A COMEDIAN but anyway,
yo i made a postabout this once! i just spent like20 min trying to find it
iirc i focused on healthcare and genocide and not as much on capitalism
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