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Yesterday I watched Bicentenial Man. Although longer than I thought, the movie entertained without putting me to sleep. Anyway to the point. If any one has ever seen the movie, they know it is about a robot that has a small defect that allows the robot to think on its own. It demenstrates that it can be creative, develop friendships and even love. The robot becomes obsessed with being accepted by humanity. He desires to break down all of the barriers between himself and humans. He believes the best way for him to do this is to become human himself.
Eventually he develops a biological body and becomes human. He accepts the mortality that comes with biological body. In the end the humans accept him because he has accepted death. My question is why does he desire to be human? Is he not a special being dispite his mechanical composition? Something should not have to be human in order for it to be of value.
Yesterday I watched Bicentenial Man. Although longer than I thought, the movie entertained without putting me to sleep. Anyway to the point. If any one has ever seen the movie, they know it is about a robot that has a small defect that allows the robot to think on its own. It demenstrates that it can be creative, develop friendships and even love. The robot becomes obsessed with being accepted by humanity. He desires to break down all of the barriers between himself and humans. He believes the best way for him to do this is to become human himself.
Eventually he develops a biological body and becomes human. He accepts the mortality that comes with biological body. In the end the humans accept him because he has accepted death. My question is why does he desire to be human? Is he not a special being dispite his mechanical composition? Something should not have to be human in order for it to be of value.
posted by randy jensen at 8:01 PM
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I think we can look at it in the same light as those who desire sex changes. (Wow, I should start every comment that way.)
For real though, not that I completely understand, but the "transgender" or transexual community seems to believe they've been born into the wrong body. If they feel like a woman, think like a woman, and behave like a woman, it's only natural they'd want to actually BE a woman. The same goes for Robin Williams' character in that slow-moving and painfully long movie. His self-given identity is human, and he lives in the human society, under their rules and culture. It's only natural that he should desire to be truly human.
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