MOVIE REVIEWS: The most pursued robot-Andrew

For the last time, Andrew stood in the hall of the World Conference, already gray-haired staggering. He won the respect of the Human Committee with infinite life as the final bargaining chip in the game, and also won the freedom he sought.

　　On the rooftop, the sound of the wind whizzed past your ears like years, letting you cover the sky with one hand, letting you be invincible, and unable to turn the tide even for a second. Although the man in the black jacket looks young, but the vicissitudes of life on his face are conscientious, it is conceivable that he has endured a lot of hardships. He waited anxiously for something. It wasn't until the man in a straight suit came on the court that his eyes had taken hold. After some conversation, the man in the jacket put the gun on the man in the suit's forehead.

　　Suit man: I had no choice before, now I just want to be a good person.

　　Jacket man: Okay, tell the judge, see if he tells you to be a good person.

　　I believe that anyone who has watched "Infernal Affairs" will not be unfamiliar with the above scene and dialogue, which can be said to be the climax of the whole movie. The mood of the audience is lifted high at this moment, following the fate of the people in the play. McGee once said in his book "Story" that "all meanings, the convergence and culmination of emotions, and everything else are preparations for the completion of this task. This is the decisive moment for satisfying the audience." The "task" here refers to the creation of climax. Obviously, this movie has met the standard.

　　There are similar scenes in the movie "The Butler". Robot Andrew stood in the lobby of the World Parliament and faced a committee composed of dozens of people, hoping to pass a bill that would recognize that he belongs to humans and demand the right to intermarry with humans. But the Human Committee rejected it on the grounds that robots are immortal.

　　In recent days, Hawking has frequently spoken about artificial intelligence, saying that artificial intelligence may be the biggest event in human history, and it may also be the last event. He pessimistically believes that artificial intelligence will eventually replace humans and climb to the top of the earth's food chain. Such species that feed on nuclear and solar energy do not even need to intervene in disputes over the food chain. They are created by humans, and they can also become creators. Some scholars even wrote a popular science article for this purpose, the title is "Why are there so many celebrities, such as Bill Gates, Musk, Hawking, etc., make people wary of artificial intelligence? 》

　　Back to the movie, this is an out-and-out robot-themed movie, but it does not have the complicated plot of "Terminator" and the cool action of "Mechanical Enemy", this one does not rely on fighting and special effects as a gimmick. The film easily captured the hearts of the audience. So what is it that keeps our hearts from being calm for a long time?

　　Whether it is a movie or a novel, through the ages, every scene that people can think of and describe may be able to find a shadow in the works of predecessors. You will find that your hollow-minded setting may have been used by others as early as a hundred years ago. But this is not to say that we don't have to write.

　　For science fiction, robots, clones, and aliens can be said to be the three vulgars, three subjects that have long been written by predecessors. I remember that a senior science fiction writer once gave an advice to novices: stay away from these three types of people, and your science fiction will be half the success. In the prevailing words, it is to force the grid up from the beginning.

　　This robot-themed movie without any fresh form of packaging is full of charm. The story can be said to be very old-fashioned and Hollywood, including the interspersed gag, the contradictory setting that appeared when it appeared, the villain, and the reversal have not been out of the box. On its own. Even in this movie where the robot is the absolute protagonist, there is an element of love. All of this is a conventional method that can no longer be conventional. However, in the ordinary and humorous frame after frame, we have seen Andrew's growth, his beliefs and his pursuit of freedom. With proper effort, these themes will never be outdated and outdated. Especially when this theme is arranged on robots, the absolute subjective freedom is in sharp contrast with the three iron laws of absolute objective robots. The same quote from McGee's "Story" is that "the truth of the character's personality is revealed when a person makes a choice under pressure-the greater the pressure, the deeper the reveal, the more truly reflects the character's nature. "In this movie, Andrew's nature is to become a person who is truly recognized by the human society by gaining freedom.

　　

         Let's briefly review Andrew's life. At the beginning of his arrival at Martin's house, he was the same as all the domestic service robots, but gradually, he discovered his own personality and started artistic creation, which earned him a lot of income. Marx said that the economic foundation determines the superstructure. At this point, Andrew has enough assets to stand proudly in the robot world. Even in human society, his wealth is enough to make him into the upper class society. Based on these wealth, Andrew "traded" his autonomy, that is, relative freedom from the buyer, Mr. Martin. He can live according to his wishes, but the existence of the three laws of robots still restricts his CPU, diodes and every electronic component all the time. Later Martin met Bole in his life and gradually anthropomorphized his body, making him look fake and real. But at this time he was not really a human, and he had not even germinated the idea of ​​becoming a human. It was the fire of love that really ignited him. It is also because of love that promotes Andrew's process of becoming a human being.

　　For the last time, Andrew stood in the hall of the World Council, with gray hair staggering. He won the respect of the Human Committee with infinite life as the final bargaining chip in the game, and also won the freedom he sought. This is actually a very interesting phenomenon. The human committee members were surprised at Andrew's practice of giving up longevity in exchange for human approval. For Andrew, he said "I would rather die as a human than to live as a robot" View. In fact, it is not difficult to understand that people always forget about things they can't own, such as the tireless pursuit of longevity by the emperors of the past dynasties. For those revolutionary martyrs who gave their lives for freedom during the war, they also made choices that we cannot easily understand when we live in a peaceful era. The fact is, there are always something more precious than life worthy of our efforts. The Human Committee was surprised at Andrew's abandonment of longevity. From another perspective, it can be said that they think that abandoning life is a human patent, but now there is no doubt that Andrew has done it, so he has reached the most noble target of being a human being.

　　As we all know, no one can tell Asimov's right when writing the story of a robot. The three laws of robots come from his setting. In fact, this movie is an adaptation based on his novel. Another translation of "The Machine Butler" is "Two Hundred Years Old", which is the original name of the novel. As the name suggests, the two-hundred-year-old man is a correct phrase that summarizes this article very accurately. Two hundred is a concept of time, which refers to the length of Andrew's life, and people illustrate the final affirmation of Andrew's identity. So this is a serious spoiler issue. But Asimov himself tells us through this story that robots are not a terrible subject, but robots that are not pursued (in fact, there are a large number of such robots, and the robot in the movie will be introduced next).

　　

        Finally, talk about Robin Williams, the star of the movie. There is no doubt that he is an outstanding comedian, so he also has the sad character of an outstanding comedian, which is depression. This is the case with Chaplin, the case with Jim Carrey, and the case with Stephen Chow as we are familiar. They create hilarious characters on the screen, but in real life, they have an unknown depression. When it comes to depression, Cui Yongyuan does the same. But compared to them, Robin Williams’s misfortune is that he failed to be under long-term depression and hanged himself at home on August 11, 2014.

　　"Goodbye, laugh a little, it's dawn." This is Robin Williams ' last line in his last movie "Wonderful Night at the Museum 3 ". It sounds warm and heartbreaking.