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"They are our civil servants, keeping the peace, and with the new state-of-the-art defense system, they even-(*BOOM*) note
As breath-taking as New Asia is and the cool Rogue One-inspired designs are, The Creator (2023) manages to maintain all of that while also throwing in some genuinely disturbing moments.
Gareth Edwards himself is no stranger to horrific moments in his movies, but he outdid himself with this one.
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- The opening.
- While it doesn't start too bad, it can be a little bit unnerving to see these robots evolve from generic-looking to "More Human Than Human". Especially at one point, technology advanced to the point where your face can be scanned and put on a "simulant", making them look indistinguishable from a human being. note
- And finally, the nuclear warhead is detonated in Los Angeles. Before detonation, there is a group of simulants trying to maintain peace with a group of people, only for a bright flash to be seen, then a mushroom cloud. A United States press conference would reveal that 1 million people died instantly, with this being the flashpoint of the Americans declaring war against artificial intelligence.
- Since the LA bombing, the US Military has adopted a policy of total genocide against any AI, including simulants that look, behave and think just like actual people. Even if some of the machines don't appear human, it can be genuinely disturbing to watch scores of sentient robots (who are repeatedly shown to have genuine feelings and emotions) be hunted down and exterminated. It can even bring to mind real atrocities conducted throughout history.
- Even worse, when a bunch of robots have been dumped in a giant trash compactor to be disposed of, a few can be seen crawling around in the mass of metal bodies, desperately trying to escape.
- When McBride and Howell finds Shipley's body, they're forced to transfer his dying mind over to the body of a simulant police officer to get information about the weapon. Shipley is disoriented throughout the ordeal and begs to see his wife, and understandably freaks out when he looks over and sees his corpse on the ground next to him. All Howell can do is brush him off and offer him an apology as they only have 30 seconds before his mind degrades. The poor guy is already dead and his last moments of consciousness are spent in terrified confusion over what was happening to him.
- When Joshua opens the airlock onboard a shuttle docked at NOMAD, the security personnel sent to apprehend him are sucked out into space by the vacuum, screaming as they go. However, a pair of officers who managed to escape the intense pull of the vacuum find themselves trapped behind an airlock door that closes before they can make it through, dooming them as they suffocate after all the oxygen is pulled from the deck. What's worse is the door would have opened again if only they'd pressed a button on their side, as two of their comrades watching from the other side are practically begging them to push the button and open the airlock door. Unfortunately, they're both already too disoriented to realize this and have collapsed due to lack of oxygen, and they die a slow and painful death.
