I will be choosing from and narrowing this list further:
Filmography –
Forbidden
Planet:
As the first science
fiction film set completely in space, Forbidden
Planet illustrates an adventure of human space travel and the encountering
of self-proclaimed recluse, Dr. Edward Morbius, his trusty robot, Robby, and
daughter, Alta. Robby, the creation of "tinkering," provides a
clearly utilitarian purpose as an aide to Dr. Morbius. Robby, created with the
inability to harm humans even with direct orders, will however on command,
place itself in precarious situations. Robby's personal sound effects present
to viewers/listeners a real divergence from traditional "can-like"
robotic sound effects.
Wall-E:
Wall-E, a 2008 Pixar blockbuster, set
in 2805, explores the deep issues of human neglect of Earth and a robot’s
efforts to return humans to Earth to restore it. Ultimately, Wall-E and his
female robot counterpart, EVE, fall in love and share, often, human attributes
of love and affection. Both Wall-E and EVE have individual sound scores personifying
and narrating their individual personalities and roles in this film. This film
uses carefully crafted sound and visual cues to anthropomorphize and narrate
the individual characters, emotions and relationship of both Wall-E and EVE.
I, Robot:
This 2004 Sci-Fi Action Film set in 2035,
artfully explores the relationship of robot – human relationships. Specially
programmed, robots are believed to be incapable of harm to humans. It is only
after the death, or murder, of Dr. Alfred Lanning, the main roboticist and
creator of the existing robot species, that Detective Spooner has proof to
launch an investigation into the mal-intent of the robot species.
Not only do
viewers learn that robots have the ability for emotional thought (love, hate,
lust, jealousy, etc.) but it is seen that a robot is responsible for the death
of Dr. Lanning. As robots plead with human characters to acknowledge their
ability to share human emotions, the viewer is left with no other task but to
anthropomorphize robots in this film.
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