Magnesium - my kind of movie!

[DrFranklin]

http://vimeo.com/39156771

[King Snarf]

Not bad, though they really shouldn't have used the words "In the not too distance future" at the beginning, as that caused me to sing the Mystery Science Theater 3000 theme song to myself throughout the rest of the trailer.

[rickdrat]

"I want my robot back!",

Yeah, that's a t-shirt.

[ZeltraxMillenium]

That trailer was amazing. What the heck was that music near the end of the trailer?

I would love to have that music.

[hokysmokes]

That trailer was amazing. What the heck was that music near the end of the trailer?

I would love to have that music.

http://www.waltermair.com/#/project/magnesium

[ZeltraxMillenium]

That trailer was amazing. What the heck was that music near the end of the trailer?

I would love to have that music.

http://www.waltermair.com/#/project/magnesium

Thanks. Now to ask him on FaceBook if I can have a copy of that music track.

[King Snarf]

Having thought about the trailer, does anyone else think it's... problematic that the protagonist fembot appears to be Caucasian while most (if not all) of the antagonist robots seem to be Asian?

[hokysmokes]

Thanks. Now to ask him on FaceBook if I can have a copy of that music track.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Magnesium/104320302976762

[Gorgo]

Typical "evil robots overcoming society as a whole" theme. Not impressed.

[King Snarf]

Typical "evil robots overcoming society as a whole" theme. Not impressed.

And, as I pointed out, possibly racist undertones (hopefully unintentional) to boot.

[Gorgo]

Typical "evil robots overcoming society as a whole" theme. Not impressed.

And, as I pointed out, possibly racist undertones (hopefully unintentional) to boot.

Agreed.

[Sentient6]

I dunno, the music didn't seem noticeably different from most other EPIIIIIIIIC orchestral film music that we've been hearing for the past decade. Also, parts of this trailer suffered from the increasingly commonplace mistake of having the music too loud in comparison to the dialogue (seriously, it's easy to avoid that problem so I don't know why it keeps happening).

Movie looks alright though.

[King Snarf]

Typical "evil robots overcoming society as a whole" theme. Not impressed.

And, as I pointed out, possibly racist undertones (hopefully unintentional) to boot.

Agreed.

Yeah, it's something I'll chalk up to white people being ignorant rather than malice at the moment, because Hollywood does it SO often. "Let's cast white people in the Airbender movie! What, the character are Asian? Pffffft, no one will know the difference."

[Frostillicus]

LOL! Like none of us are going to watch it!

Besides all that it's still amazing how something so unoriginal can still be so damned hot

[hokysmokes]

I didn't hear anyone claiming racism when the main fembot in Akta Manniskoor was the ONLY Asian in the show.

Maybe this was filmed in Asia. Maybe because it's low budget most of the actors and actresses know each other and come from the same ethnic group. Maybe in the film the corporation is based in Asia and thus makes mainly Asian models. Maybe there's some other reason for the majority of the roles to be filled by Asians.

Ever seen a spaghetti Western?

[Keizo]

Being part Asian I really don't have a problem with this at all. Asians make some sexy assassins! This reminds me of another "uproar" I read about recently that was championed by mostly non-Asians:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/09 ... 11966.html

Damn, if THAT'S racist, then call me a hypocrite to some of my own people!

[King Snarf]

Fair enough. That does not excuse the proposed Akira remake for being set in New York and starring all white people.

[Keizo]

Touche'. And from the portions I've read of the script it's not even Akira at all... and what it is is just plain awful. At least Magnesium has hot fembots and that's always good

[Sentient6]

I've also heard that the Akira movie is gonna be full of 9/11 subtext.

[Svengli]

This movie looks pretty interesting. The fembots don't seem as sexy as some but still promising if the movie gets made.

Sadly, I'm not hold my breath. After seeing many promising trailers in the last few years, it just seems like making a trailer is simply much easier than making a movie.

[Cecilauthor]

I got this tingle in my belly. And other places. But maybe we should rethink the whole home-robot super-strength paradigm.

[King Snarf]

I got this tingle in my belly. And other places. But maybe we should rethink the whole home-robot super-strength paradigm.

Hey, I've no problem with home-robots being strong. I don't like moving a sofa even when I have help, so if I can get a fembot to move furniture up and down stairs by herself while I play video games, then it's worth the risk.

[Cecilauthor]

Hey, I've no problem with home-robots being strong. I don't like moving a sofa even when I have help, so if I can get a fembot to move furniture up and down stairs by herself while I play video games, then it's worth the risk.

Yet I've noticed a trend: Every single rebellious robot book I've ever read, without exception, hinges on robotic super strength as a threat to humanity. All of them. It's all fun and games until the robot evolves her programming; then you're a smear on the wall. This movie (apparently) is no exception. The robots will wreak havoc because we foolishly gave them the strength to arm-wrestle a grizzly bear on steroids. With all rebellious robot stories depending on this assumption, one might therefore assume that real home robots, in daily contact with people, will not be permitted the super-strength to hog-tie a steam-shovel by reasonable product-safety mandates. You just don't give home appliances outrageous, human-massacreing super-powers, anymore than you'd put a flamethrower on a passenger car to remove roadway ice.

[Karel]

Hey, I've no problem with home-robots being strong. I don't like moving a sofa even when I have help, so if I can get a fembot to move furniture up and down stairs by herself while I play video games, then it's worth the risk.

Yet I've noticed a trend: Every single rebellious robot book I've ever read, without exception, hinges on robotic super strength as a threat to humanity. All of them. It's all fun and games until the robot evolves her programming; then you're a smear on the wall. This movie (apparently) is no exception. The robots will wreak havoc because we foolishly gave them the strength to arm-wrestle a grizzly bear on steroids. With all rebellious robot stories depending on this assumption, one might therefore assume that real home robots, in daily contact with people, will not be permitted the super-strength to hog-tie a steam-shovel by reasonable product-safety mandates. You just don't give home appliances outrageous, human-massacreing super-powers, anymore than you'd put a flamethrower on a passenger car to remove roadway ice.

Robot strength would be pretty quantifiable (in pounds-per-square inch), and, yeah, there simply wouldn't be any logical reason to give your domestic maid robot any more than was absolutely necessary. The idea of equipping one with the force necessary to just reach out and break your neck with bare hands is ridiculous. Which doesn't mean it couldn't kill you! It could stab you, obviously, or poison your food; but at what point during its legitimate operation did it ever need to be able to bench-press a Buick?

[King Snarf]

Hey, I've no problem with home-robots being strong. I don't like moving a sofa even when I have help, so if I can get a fembot to move furniture up and down stairs by herself while I play video games, then it's worth the risk.

Yet I've noticed a trend: Every single rebellious robot book I've ever read, without exception, hinges on robotic super strength as a threat to humanity. All of them. It's all fun and games until the robot evolves her programming; then you're a smear on the wall. This movie (apparently) is no exception. The robots will wreak havoc because we foolishly gave them the strength to arm-wrestle a grizzly bear on steroids. With all rebellious robot stories depending on this assumption, one might therefore assume that real home robots, in daily contact with people, will not be permitted the super-strength to hog-tie a steam-shovel by reasonable product-safety mandates. You just don't give home appliances outrageous, human-massacreing super-powers, anymore than you'd put a flamethrower on a passenger car to remove roadway ice.

Robot strength would be pretty quantifiable (in pounds-per-square inch), and, yeah, there simply wouldn't be any logical reason to give your domestic maid robot any more than was absolutely necessary. The idea of equipping one with the force necessary to just reach out and break your neck with bare hands is ridiculous. Which doesn't mean it couldn't kill you! It could stab you, obviously, or poison your food; but at what point during its legitimate operation did it ever need to be able to bench-press a Buick?

Exactly. It just needs to be strong enough to bench press heavy furniture!