Bicentennial Man --- Thought Provoking
Good tea comes with aftertaste; a phenomenal movie instigates afterthoughts.
Bicentennial Man delineates the imperfections of humanities, which is essentially the inextricable qualities of us. It also reminded us the different facets of our humanities that we might have lost.
Andrew was designed and manufactured as a domestic helper and was bought by a family. As a piece of "electronic appliance," Andrew was supposed to follow order and, not surprisingly, acted like a machine. Nonetheless, "its" personality and uniqueness was discovered.
In its interactions with the family, Andrew gradually acquired some knowledge about the human ways such as humors. Despite this, it was still too much for it to understand the love of "little miss." Nor could it understand the sentiment of a parent facing an emptied nest.
Over time, it learned that he would live forever and that those it cared about would leave it one another the other. The death of the dad did not bring much impact to it, but the subsequent death of "little miss" incited Andrew to think of being a complete human.
In its becoming of complete human, it transformed its robotic body into flesh-like skin. Later it even could taste food and have sex. The only missing thing was an identity of an ordinary man so that he could marry the granddaughter of "little miss."
If a machine could treasure value such as freedom, how much more we should treasure rather than exploit our freedom? If a machine could give up its eternal life and accept the limitations of being a human being, including making blunders and taking risk, how much more we should have a clear understanding of our stupidity? If a machine could gradually learn to love, how much more we should know how to love? If a machine could value its humanity and its correspondingly acknowledged and approved identity, how much more we should be glad we are indeed human?
A sensational movie is one that is thought-provoking.
Bicentennial Man delineates the imperfections of humanities, which is essentially the inextricable qualities of us. It also reminded us the different facets of our humanities that we might have lost.
Andrew was designed and manufactured as a domestic helper and was bought by a family. As a piece of "electronic appliance," Andrew was supposed to follow order and, not surprisingly, acted like a machine. Nonetheless, "its" personality and uniqueness was discovered.
In its interactions with the family, Andrew gradually acquired some knowledge about the human ways such as humors. Despite this, it was still too much for it to understand the love of "little miss." Nor could it understand the sentiment of a parent facing an emptied nest.
Over time, it learned that he would live forever and that those it cared about would leave it one another the other. The death of the dad did not bring much impact to it, but the subsequent death of "little miss" incited Andrew to think of being a complete human.
In its becoming of complete human, it transformed its robotic body into flesh-like skin. Later it even could taste food and have sex. The only missing thing was an identity of an ordinary man so that he could marry the granddaughter of "little miss."
If a machine could treasure value such as freedom, how much more we should treasure rather than exploit our freedom? If a machine could give up its eternal life and accept the limitations of being a human being, including making blunders and taking risk, how much more we should have a clear understanding of our stupidity? If a machine could gradually learn to love, how much more we should know how to love? If a machine could value its humanity and its correspondingly acknowledged and approved identity, how much more we should be glad we are indeed human?
A sensational movie is one that is thought-provoking.
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