Where do Robots Come From?
- Episode aired Oct 30, 2012
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1.39: Where do Robots Come From? by Qui Nguyen: Engagingly modern and cynical
A father sits down to write a letter to his son – an age-old chance to witness one generation handing down knowledge to another; although this is 21st Century America, so perhaps it is not quite this way.
Indeed it is not, since Andy Pang's delivery at his laptop sees him distracted with modern obsessions and a total acceptance of the modern world impacting on his ability to parent – actually it is so to the point that he is part of it rather than fighting it. As such we have discussions over a robot-led future, America's faded manufacturing sector, and the near total prevalence of hardcore pornography. This gives a very modern feel to the material which I found refreshingly honest it the way that it sort of accepts it, so that we have the central character not even seeming to be conscious that he is saying or doing anything wrong – so much so that he only breaks for thought or correction when it comes to some petty detail rather than anything bigger.
The film is shot with him typing (or talking) on his laptop, another modern device that sits well with the older idea of the letter from a father to a son. The level of cynicism is right for the age we live in, as is the idea of just accepting pornography and, to a lesser extent, a firey future of robotic overlords. The writing gets the character very well, while Pang brings it out with natural flow; although not in one take, the editing is tightly done so as to make it flow as one piece. Cynical and modern, but engaging and pleasing with it.
Indeed it is not, since Andy Pang's delivery at his laptop sees him distracted with modern obsessions and a total acceptance of the modern world impacting on his ability to parent – actually it is so to the point that he is part of it rather than fighting it. As such we have discussions over a robot-led future, America's faded manufacturing sector, and the near total prevalence of hardcore pornography. This gives a very modern feel to the material which I found refreshingly honest it the way that it sort of accepts it, so that we have the central character not even seeming to be conscious that he is saying or doing anything wrong – so much so that he only breaks for thought or correction when it comes to some petty detail rather than anything bigger.
The film is shot with him typing (or talking) on his laptop, another modern device that sits well with the older idea of the letter from a father to a son. The level of cynicism is right for the age we live in, as is the idea of just accepting pornography and, to a lesser extent, a firey future of robotic overlords. The writing gets the character very well, while Pang brings it out with natural flow; although not in one take, the editing is tightly done so as to make it flow as one piece. Cynical and modern, but engaging and pleasing with it.
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