Vintage Robot Explores Life

LCD Soundsystem
"Home"
Videoclip
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I am vintage robots' geek. So it is not surprising I felt in love with LCD Soundsystem's "Home" videoclip. It tells a story of a robot (I love the way he moves and his shape) who gets alive and escapes from his inventor to have a bunch of simple as well as extraordinary experiences in a big city.

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"Home" has been released in December 2010 by a Houston-based Funwince Supergroup. Funwunce is the brainchild of Mark Armes, a local filmmaker, animator and designer who’s been active in the Houston scene for years now.

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Funwunce Supergroup Website:
http://cargocollective.com/funwunce
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An interview with Mark Armes:
http://www.29-95.com/music/story/lcd-soundsystem-video-director-mark-armes-has-funwunce
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I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK

Comedy/Romance/Science-Fiction/Drama
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"I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK" is a Korean film from 2006 about a girl who believes she is a machine. She speaks to electronic devices such as light bulbs, radios and coffee-makers and thinks they talk back and share their energy with her, so she doesn't have to eat. As a human being she doesn't understand the purpose of her life. All machines have a very simple purpose of existence. A light bulb gives light, an electric kettle boils water etc. So she starts to believe she is in fact a robot inside, a sort of a Terminator, whose purpose is to kill people.

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Of course by some point she find herself in a hospital for mentally ill people. She meets a very nice boy there who helps her, but in a special way - he lets her believe she is still a robot.

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It is a great and very funny movie by Chan-wook Park. He is an acclaimed filmmaker who in the past made serious documentaries. Here he makes a comedy which makes you laugh, but at the same time shows the complexity and sensivity of human psyche. It referes strongly to popculture and the fascination with technology. People's fantasies are not ridiculed even though they are amazingly grotesque. The hospital becomes a world in which everything is possible, a sort of a fairy-tale. The film has also got strong special effects which make it fun to watch.

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The film's message is that we are all a bit crazy, but it is not a crime to be crazy in a good way if it helps you move on in life. Sometimes we hide in the world of fantasies, because of our family's or environment's bad influence or pressure and the illusion is all we have left. And also it is fine. At the same time we are allowed to burry bad memories, get healed and start again.

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Chronotron - Time Travelling Robot

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I must admit (though I'm a bit shy about it) I'm a big fan of simple online games. They remind me, I guess, of my childhood and simply designed TV games. There is fun and thrill, sometimes a bit of competition, but it can't be taken too seriousely. This is what I love about it.
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Recently I became a huge fan of a game called Chronotron. It is a logical game in which a time travelling robot appears. I love this low-tech science-fiction atmosphere. The robot is red, blue and white and looks really cute and friendly. He has to do certain things in each stage, but in order to achieve his goals he has to travel in time and bring copies of himself to the current moment. Well, it is not really that simple as it seems. That's why fun. As Lady Gaga sings: "If it ain't hard it isn't fun". I got stuck in level 16. Help? Anyone?

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