I just saw the new movie Surrogates. The movie is about a future where everyone uses robots for their daily living. The people control their robots safely at home and have their robots do everything for them, go to work, entertainment, vacation, etc. These robots look like normal humans... except they are all good looking. In the movie, the cops go to a house and find that the user of a hot blonde robot is actually an old fat man, which sadly enough reminds me of EO.
The movie was basically how the world would look like if it was an online game. No mages, trolls or monsters walking around but everyone could choose how they wanted to look like. Same way you choose your hair style and skin color in EO. The people in the movie would have friends for years and not know who they truly are because they have only interacted with their robots, or how the movie calls them.. their surrogate.
They show the military using these surrogates in a war. A soldier dies and he simply switches to another robot and goes right back to battle. This of course is exactly the same as the EO pk, players dying and appearing at temple to continue fighting. Makes you wonder how wars are dealt with when soldiers don't die. Would soldier robots be modified to run around faster so they can speed and kill more efficiently?
The similarities of the movie with an online game are Endless (hint). I saw the movie expecting for the protagonist, Bruce Willis, to grab a bow, enter a swamp and start killing a 10 ft vine. During the movie you saw things typical of online games, such as you talking to a robot and the robot not moving because the user is away from keyboard or the user leaving the robot in the middle of an argument to avoid drama.
The movie depicts this future where people have become addicted to their surrogates and stopped interacting with real humans. However, this future world may not be in the future at all but at present time. How about all the people who have become addicted to online games and lost touch with friends? What would you do if you were able to use your EO character in real life? The movie is fiction but demonstrate a reality that some are already living.
What the movie lacked were beggars following Bruce Willis saying U, people running around very fast and the complete absence of cops to uphold the laws. With those things present, the movie would have been titled Endless Online the Movie.
I guess im off to log on to my surrogate. Have fun EO
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Lol man, Sounds like you're in need of a very late over due vacation away from Eo bud xD
ReplyDeleteOnly joking lol, I can see where you were going with this and I could just imagine the world turning that way, Hell it's not too far fetched.
so what would autoer be in this world x3
ReplyDeleteLol good question xD
ReplyDeleteI dont know what they would be, but I know I would be hitting them with a bat until they needed to buy a new robot.
ReplyDeleteThx for the comments :P.
hmm, interesting post Sano. Twas a refresher from the ranting. I like the comical twist you put on it when you involved EO.
ReplyDeleteI also liked the part about people chasing you around shouting "U"
I'll have to see that movie now. Anoter expense to fork out. Oh joy.
Have a good one Sano.
Love it Sano - Glad to see there's another auto-killer out there. I've not been on in a while but thinking of making an appearance soon. I love killing the ones that hide in biters - so funny. The best is bringing a red guy (can't think of its name) from biters, blocking it in front of the autoer and they come back, log off come back on and can't move or scroll! I love it and they call me a loser. I consider us one step ahead of them and they deserve to die for autoing!
ReplyDeleteKeep it up Sano - you have one fan in me :)
lol
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