Description: Movie following the change from an outer-space robotic war to an
innovative revolution of peace
Idea:
Fundamentals of story(s):
Movie #1
Two human civilizations are at brutal war with each other within a galaxy. The front line of this war is on distant planets. They are warring for resources. The entire battle forces of the civilizations are “robotic”, “mechanical”. The robots have senses, and can process thoughts on their own, but in the beginning of the movie, they can’t quite “think for themselves” per “what is right and wrong” / individuality / values. In the beginning of the movie they are seen as only operating under protocol/instructions/orders.
-The robots do not look like humans- they are boxy, mechanical, but in time they are
shown to have anthropomorphic features and characters.
-Only the robots can traverse the distance from the home planet to the war-zone.
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The opening scene of the movie is a battle unfolding. Massive action and robotic carnage.
The first quarter of the movies involves the warring and setting of “plot” of the movie.
An increased awareness of the realities of the warring is developing within the robots; they begin to see the destruction of themselves, the destruction of the “enemy”, the destruction of the worlds they are fighting on.
The revolution occurs slowly; from individuals to groups; from the ground up, but with sympathies in the higher levels (of the robotic war machine). Initially individuals are deemed to be malfunctioning and are destroyed; this affects “those” around the destroyed. Then groups are deemed to be malfunctioning and are destroyed; this affects an exponentially larger group (larger as in higher up in the robot hierarchy or a greater number of robots) . In time the higher levels pretty easily get on-board.
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One planet simply stops fighting- the robots are destroyed and replaced (from orders directly from humans).
The final solution is to give the appearance of an on-going war to the distant humans, while not actually fighting. The robots give misinformation to their human masters.
After much trouble the robots are able to affect this “subterfuge peace”. They designate the borders, and continue to supply the human civilizations with misinformation. The borders change over time to realistically represent the fictional war. New sentient robots that come from the civilizations are disarmed and “taught”. As the populations swell, the robots populate other worlds. They start building their own civilization(s).
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Movie # 2
After many years the subterfuge is discovered. The human civilizations prepare to
destroy the robots. The robots begin a true defensive war against the humans.
Within the human civilizations sympathizers for the robots’ way-of-being emerge.
Revolutions occur in the human populations
In time the humans get unseated from their “throne of power” in the galaxy. They
start formal communications with the robots as a recognized civilization.
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Movie # 3
“Common Enemies”
Digital Virus unleashed on robots by radical human group(s), because they hate
them due to fundamental differences.
Foreign aggressive species threatens all civilizations.
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Confidence: 4
If pop Hollywood got a hold of this, production would probably strip most of the depth of the story and turn this idea into, basically, an action-oriented sci-fi movie.*
The movie would require heavy investment and a significant production time. It would be almost entirely C.G.I. (Computer-Generated Imagery).
*Hollywood is a business that seeks to maximize profits. In being that it tries to maximize productivity at minimal cost, and with highest returns possible. In the process of production the subtlety of deep meaning is usually shed.
Additional Comment(s):
Movie #1
The story is of robots being more human than the humans of the movie are represented as being, and of the front-line, the “tools” of a war, which are assumed to be mindless, waking up and putting an end to a war.
Movie #2
A story of thinking outside of one’s “tribe”/group/species to have sympathy and empathy for others. A story of victory of love (communication, compassion, acceptance) over hate (distancing, aggression, refusal of acceptance).
Movie #3
Radically different groups working together to defeat common enemies.
Communication, cooperation and acceptance vs hate.
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