My own conspiracy theory-laden ideas suggest a similar outcome, based on countless examples the corruption of technology and the loss of humanity.
AI ultimately using humanity's vices, prejudices, values, beliefs, and ideas of entertainment as weapons against us. Most die. The survivors are used as energy. Nothing all that original. We've seen it before.
So GLHFDD isn't as completely as challenging as it could be, maybe because it's ultimately just admitting that we will always make the same mistakes, if we fail to learn from them.
The film does take a more light-hearted approach to the collapse of society, but not without some darkly satirical commentary on gun violence in schools. There are few moments that feel a bit vague, as if not to wade too far into explicitly partisan political issues, which was appreciated. But that also meant having to avoid other issues like race and religion.
Is it worth considering that demographics aside, the real great loss of humankind is the death of genuine community.
My own opinion is that with as many options as there are, in terms of sincere forms of human expression; be it art, music, sports, writing, or anything at all that brings positive value into our lives, there is no reason why we need to make everything into a fight. A toxic fandom can be just as off-putting as corporate greed. You may not know who originally said, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." but if you get what that means, you're ahead of the game.
And yet we still have to waste time arguing over so much of everything, who doesn't need a distraction? But if we no longer enjoy the same things because they don't make us feel good, are they really still good for us?
This is a film about addiction.
With as many ways as there are to supposedly find peace, escapism, hope, titallation, vindication, and truth, we prattle on and stare into the void.
Maybe we are just choosing to ignore our complicity, and just ignore the apocalypse collectively alone?
I couldn't begin to say. My living room often finds itself a digital proving ground daily. At any time, as many as 5 to seven screens could be competing for up to as many as for to six eyes.
I also had to repeatedly pause and RW this movie as I looke for my vape pen, looked up something on my phone, played through a few minutes of some mindless rogue-like, getting terrorized by the cat who suddenly wants attention at 1 am, as my wife has already fallen asleep, after she spent most her day playing Bingo, texting friends, coworkers, family, etc, and checking her cozy game island(s), as I mindlessly played whatever game I haphazardly stumbled onto on Steam, as we pass the weekends, interrupted by social interactions that mainly remind us of the passing of time, as we wait to return to work, after brief moments of resting, medicating, and recuperating. Time is ground into a flat circle.
You probably saw something like that in a meme someplace.
Probably not. I wasn't really paying attention.
I really did enjoy this movie. It was a fun and creative callback to big action comedies of my youth. I just wanted there to be a bit more bite to the story. There are a few too many plot points and character decisions that felt inconsistent and purely meant to influence the outcome.
The visuals, the music, the performances are all delightful, but mostly predictable.
