Do we have like some alliance with SBS??
im only asking because i just finished watching Natural City
A korean movie (2003) with the following plot outline:
It is 2080 and the world has become a high-tech society. Genetic engineering and mechanical engineering has reached its peak. Cyborgs have become an integral part of human life. A unit of MPs is formed to clean out expired cyborgs, among them Agent R who falls in love with a female dancing cyborg, Ria. She has only three days left in her lifecycle but R wants to quit the force and take her to Koyo, the ‘planet of rebirth’. R, with the help of a dangerous scientist, illegally harvests artificial intelligence chips from dead cyborgs in order to save Ria’s life. He’s also involved with a street girl, Cyon, a human who has been implanted with cyborg memories.
TALK about coincidences…ANYWAY
the movie dealt with social class (like the ghetto and city)
there were a lot of shots of the high rise buildings, advert halos, but it still had that gritty fee, while the “ghetto” or the place opposite the city was built on stilts, a bit like a fishing village and more ‘natural’, humanisit…people and cyborgs alike had different social segregations.
as much as its suppose to romantic that R wants to save Ria (the cyborg designed to dance in a club), also prob to reflect the problematic relationship of human falling for essential a machine…the sacrifices and blood on his hands including the death of his best friend Noma at the end…was seriously like DUDE?!
the actress who played Ria the cyborg, managed to capture the inbetween of human and machine. the sudden emotional outbursts, facial expressions that seem also human like, yet at times totally lacking in any form of human warmth/common sense (like when R came back after punishment from the army, sick and coughing away…)applaude worthy.
the battle scenes between human and cyborgs was full of blood (looked a bit like diluted red water color)
haha BUT BUT that being said there were intense moments and pretty cool fight movements and i guess the fact that humans triumph over cyborgs and the whole good over evil, was pretty “encouraging”…interesting enough to keep me watching though at some bits it was a tat bit…choppy…and messy…mmm
OH! while watching it was reminded of a manga i read quite sometime ago its called
CHOBITS
The story centers on the life of Hideki Motosuwa, a repeat student attempting to qualify for university by studying at the Seki prep school in Tokyo. Besides a girlfriend, the other thing he dreams of having is a Persocom. A Persocom is an android used as a personal computer; however, they are expensive, and Hideki has no money.
On his way home one evening, he stumbles across a Persocom in the form of a beautiful girl with long blonde hair lying against a pile of trash bags. He first thinks this to be a murder but, realizing she was a Persocom, he carries her home.
As the manga progresses, it is found that there is the good/evil side to this Persocom which has to do with her “family” background ie her creator’s own history…
Similarly, Hideki falls for Chi (the persocom) and things start to get seriously wrong once emotions get the better of us humans. It was turned into an Anime (like many manga series) so yup…shall end of on that note..
right 3am…(i always tell myself to sleep earlier…but nooo…)right…off i go
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