Antonio Banderas Fights For the Robots in Automata

[MovieBob]

Antonio Banderas Fights For the Robots in Automata

New sci-fi movie features friendly robots, human conspiracy

Cinescondite and Yahoo have debuted the first trailer for the upcoming sci-fi/action film Automata, featuring Antonio Banderas and looking very much like the lovechild (in style and story) of District 9. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/moviesandtv/columns/guycry/12062-Why-Blade-Runner-Makes-Guys-Cry]

The film takes place "fifty years into the future," where Earth is reverting into a desert after its natural resources have been all but depleted. With the human population rapidly decreasing in number, a powerful corporation manufactures humanoid robots to help maintain what's left of civilization and order; employing specialist "insurance agents" like Jacq Vaucan (Banderas) to investigate reports of robot malfunctions - chiefly violations of the security protocols implemented to keep robots submissive to humans. During one such investigation, Vaucan encounters a community of robots who claim to have become sentient, along with a conspiracy that threatens man and machine alike.

Despite the similar themes, the film does not appear to be affiliated with the Penny Arcade comic [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/story/automata] of the same name. The film is the big-time debut of Spain's Gabe Ibanez, who previously directed the thriller Hierro with Elena Anaya.


Source: Cinescondite [http://www.cinescondite.com/]

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[Gxas]

Got me hooked!

Damn, that looks good!

 

[FalloutJack]

Antonio Banderas and what you could essentially call an Asimovian theme sounda like a match made in heaven to me.

 

[josemlopes]

Looked sharp, is this Gabe Ibanez's District 9?

 

[Nowhere Man]

This looks really promising and it even looks like it could be a spiritual prequel to the events leading up to The Matrix. The Animatrix: Second Renaissance to be exact.

 

[thundra]

This looks so awesome. This is on my must watch list

 

[Scarim Coral]

It remind me of I Robot but none the less I am interested by the trailer.

 

[Vault101]

I can't deal with this dystopian stuff anymore...its starting to feel too real

 

[Rawbeard]

looks nice, wonder if it breaks the "even benevolent technology is scary" routine last seen in Transcendence.

 

[xxobot]

I can't deal with this dystopian stuff anymore...its starting to feel too real

Realistic feeling takes on issues likely to crop up in the near-to-mid future is exactly what we need to get a (hopefully not reactionary) discourse going.

Done well that is; Not talking about transcendence here.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

I need to remember to watch that movie when it comes out.

 

[Vault101]

Realistic feeling takes on issues likely to crop up in the near-to-mid future is exactly what we need to get a (hopefully not reactionary) discourse going.

Done well that is; Not talking about transcendence here.

definitely true

I just have a tendency to think too much about these things..I need to switch off sometimes

 

[TerrorFromTheDeep]

Hrm, didn't some studio option PA's Automata? I would think they wouldn't be too happy with another robot movie with the same name coming out.

 

[PunkRex]

I really enjoyed the Penny Arcade comic of the same name, especially the rain effects they used on the last few boxes. It's a shame that isn't being made into a movie but this one looks pretty freaking sweet regardless.

Also Banderaaaaaas, all my yes.

 

[blackrave]

I can't deal with this dystopian stuff anymore...its starting to feel too real

Don't worry "depletion of natural resources" is something that won't occur in near future or distant future
We might run of carbohydrates, but there are supplement technologies already available.
For energy we will rely on fission (breeder thorium/uranium reactors can supply us with all the electricity we will need, for a VERY long time)
For carbohydrate raw materials we can always develop cellulose-related technologies (various grasses on land and algae on water)

Worst what can happen if carbohydrates become scarce is slight life level drop until our culture adapts and widely implements substitutes.

 

[Vault101]

[snip.

mabye....mabye not...,mabye it will be something else

anyway its clear we're all feeling a little uncertain about our future (with good reason) its not so much that, its just I don't like my entertainment to be too bleak

anyway its cool, latest episode of OITNB is out..if it ever downloads I'm gonna watch that

 

[Lord Garnaat]

Darn, I was really hoping that the Penny Arcade story had been made into a movie when I saw that title...

Someday, Carl, someday.

 

[BeerTent]

As someone who's tired of superheroes, and hasn't considered going to the movies in years... This, may actually get me going to the theater again.

 

[Piorn]

Looks great.
I hope they'll manage to just tell a story, rather than simply using a setting to shove some enviromentalist/political/social message down our throats.
Most Sci-Fi nowadays makes me depressed, because instead of addressing interesting philosophical concepts, or telling interesting stories with real characters, they just use stereotypes to say how much humans suck, how great humans are, how our planet is dying, how terrorism and corruption is everywhere, how capitalism does... something, war crimes, revenge, and all this crap.
Why can't we just get a spark of reasonable optimism.

 

[Silk_Sk]

I find it hard to believe it's not related to the PA comic. If it isn't based on it, it's at the very least blatant plagiarism.