Ok, so first of all has anyone out there seen the movie Surrogates. I recently saw it in the dollar theater. Basically it is about people who live through these robotic creatures called surrogates. A person can stay home in his/her pajamas all day while connected up to some device over his eyes which allows him to see what the surrogate sees. These surrogates can be any body shape or size...usually a younger and more beautiful depiction of the owner. This way people avoid dangerous situations by living vicariously through these robots. So if a surrogate is harmed, no death or harm actually occurs in the real individual-he/she just has to get a new surrogate. But eventually an individual does die by being connected to the surrogate and being fried through the eyes, and then things start happening. Basically to me this movie shows how in this world people are getting so hooked on technology and web media that they forget to really live and interact with those around them. People can pretend to be anyone they want behind the walls of a computer screen. People can sit home and play games online, chat through facebook, msn, etc. They can get updates through twitter, online news sites. People can even buy groceries and clothes online. These days it seems everyone needs a twitter, a facebook, maybe a blog...etc. The world is becoming a very online-media based community. My question to you: Is this ever increasing pressure to be connected and up to date through the web and all of its new amenities a good thing or should we slow down and just interact more in some of the old fashioned ways? What will happen in the future if this ever increasing trend of
more and more online connection to the world around us continues to increase?
Ironic, considering our current expereince with English 312. As a new twitter and blog person, I am all too ready to agree that our world is too into technology. Still, I guess it deserves a chance before I completely reject it.
ReplyDeleteI think it's really interesting how many satiric movies have come out in the last few years. I haven't seen the movie (I probably will now though!) but it sounds to me like one big slap in the face to our generation! And dare we find the cheesy moral in the death of the surrogate user? ......yes, I dare. Technology might kill us. (come on, you know I meant that as a metaphor). Watch out!!!! (where's john connor when you need him?)
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