Could not take it seriously with the robots' abilities that don't even exist in the year in which this was set, let alone the slew of appliances with "PAL Chip installed" that could do completely ridiculous things. Not one of these devices should have been able to pose a threat, unless they were intentionally manufactured with features that would never apply to any intended use of the product.*
I can ignore little details that are embellished or ignored for the purpose of telling a better story, but when the entire premise of a film set in the present rests on impossible and unrealistic technology? Pass.
Even better, no one thought of just… finding another PAL retail store when the mall's router was destroyed with the upload at 98% complete? This film's entire spectacle rests on its characters' poor decision-making and lack of forethought—including the defective robots that join the gang and tell them about the solution.
I'll admit that the story is a bit heartwarming, but it's nothing new. It's also trying too hard regarding commentary on the influence of technology in today's world. Several lines of dialogue are extremely heavy-handed, as if the writers expect the audience to understand nothing and need to have the "moral" of the story handed to them.
Ugh. I wanted to love it. At least I can steal some playlist entries from the soundtrack.
* — See: Furbies that spit plasma beams, laptops that could close on your hands and crush them, refrigerators that walk… I could go on and on about that mall scene.
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Dude, at what point did you think you have to take an animated family fun movie rated PG serious?
So....how much shit falls when you get caught trying to put drugs in a guards locker in a prison. Who made Alex start selling in the first place; was it for sure that guard or reckless Alex? Then that awful ending for peppy preppie Maritza!! Could that really happen just because you didn't have ID? Heartbreaking but seriously is the deportation thing at a human trafficking level now or what?
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Yes and its happening daily. Please get informed and speak up
This one doesn’t sit well with me.
So we should blame big tech companies for making us addicted to their products, and the nasty consequences that come of it?
I very much question that morality.
Addiction is a problem of the individual, something you have to fix by yourself (with the help of others).
It’s not something that a company, seeking to make profit, should be held resposible for.loading replies
@jordyep But that's the point, they're not "responding to supply and demand", they're creating it by making it addictive on purpose. Addiction is a physiological response, you can't do anything about it. You can choose not to take the substance, but what if somebody give it to you without you being aware of it ? What if the company put some derivative of heroin in their yoghurt so that people that try them once get addicted to it ? Would it be just normal to you ? Because this is exactly what we're talking about here.
