{"id":108,"date":"2019-03-02T23:58:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T04:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/tap2\/?p=108"},"modified":"2019-03-04T00:09:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T05:09:40","slug":"i-robot-structural-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/tap2\/structural-analyses\/i-robot-structural-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"I, Robot Structural Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part I. The Plot <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sequence 1<\/em> Asmiov\u2019s \u201cThree Laws of Robotics\u201d are presented one by one. In between each law, the camera cuts to images of two people trapped in separate cars. One car contains Spooner who is saved by the robot. Next, Spooner awakens and the nightmare ends.<\/p>\n

Sequence 2\u00a0 <\/em>We are introduced to a futuristic Chicago in the year 2035, where humans and robots share the streets. Spooner arrives at his grandmother\u2019s house where she informs him of the robot lottery. This is where we learn of Spooner\u2019s distrust of robots. When he leaves, he sees a robot running with a purse and chases after it, accusing it of stealing. He was wrong and at work, he is teased him about it.<\/p>\n

Sequence 3<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Spooner receives a call from Dr. Lanning\u2019s hologram. At the scene, he finds Dr. Lanning dead. He speaks with Lawrence who does not question the death being a suicide. Spooner remains skeptical and begins to search the facility. He is introduced to Viki, USR\u2019s supercomputer, and looks for surveillance footage. Finding none, he enters Dr. Lanning\u2019s room where he finds and fights with Sonny.<\/p>\n

Sequence 4<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Spooner and Susan arrive at the robot construction facility to find Sonny. Sonny attacks him and leaves the building where he is captured and detained.<\/p>\n

Sequence 5<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Spooner questions Sonny who denies killing the doctor. He, instead, mentions that Dr. Lanning has taught him human emotions. Lawrence, calling Sonny an anomaly, orders for him to be destroyed. Later, Spooner searches Dr. Lanning\u2019s home where he is almost killed after the demolition time suddenly changes. He tells Susan, but she does not believe him.<\/p>\n

Sequence 6<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Susan learns that Sonny can dream. Next, Spooner is attacked by robots that were summoned by Lawrence. We learn that one of Spooner\u2019s arms is robotic.<\/p>\n

Sequence 7\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Susan learns about the accident and Spooner\u2019s robotic arm. Spooner proposes that Lanning gave Sonny a way to keep secrets. They visit Sonny who draws a picture of one of his dreams.<\/p>\n

Sequence 8<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Spooner visits the location in Sonny\u2019s dream and finds the new robots killing the old ones. Meanwhile, Susan is \u201cdestroying\u201d Sonny while Lawrence watches.<\/p>\n

Sequence 9<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 The robot revolution begins and Susan and Spooner sneak into the USR, with the help of Sonny, to end it. They walk to Lawrence\u2019s office to override the system and find him dead. Here, they learn that Viki is in charge of the revolution, so they work to kill her.<\/p>\n

Sequence 10 <\/em>Sonny retrieves the nanites, causing Viki to send robots after Susan, Spooner, and Sonny. At Viki\u2019s brain, Susan and Spooner fight off robots. Sonny enters with the nanites. He saves Susan (because Spooner tells him to) as Spooner jumps down to inject the nanites into the \u201cbrain.\u201d Viki dies.<\/p>\n

Sequence 11<\/em> The robots return to normal and are called to be stored away. Spooner and Sonny settle their differences. Last, we see Sonny standing on the hill from his dream surrounded by other robots, fulfilling the prophecy.<\/p>\n

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Part II. Scene Explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Susan touches the area where Spooner’s robotic arm meets his shoulder blade.\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>In this scene, Susan has learned about Spooner\u2019s relationship with Dr. Lanning\u2014the man who attached Spooner\u2019s robotic arm after he lost it during the car accident. She is amazed by how real it looks and takes it upon herself to feel the arm. She squeezes and touches Spooner\u2019s left arm, beginning with his hand and ending at his shoulder blade.<\/p>\n

In this frame, particularly, the director provides us with a close shot of Spooner\u2019s chest, with a specific focus on the area where the robotic arm meets Spooner\u2019s shoulder blade. The position of Susan\u2019s hand place emphasis on what appears to be veins, but are actually wires that connect the human and the mechanical parts of his body. This reveals how closely related Spooner is to the beings he hates. Although he is not a complete robot, one of the most central parts of his body is and is the only thing that allows him to appear and behave as a \u201cnormal\u201d human being. Had he not received this prosthetic arm, he would have probably lost his job, however, a piece of robotic equipment has allowed him to live his life as he had before the accident. Nonetheless, despite Spooner experiencing firsthand, the wonders of robotics\u2014including being saved by one\u2014he remains skeptical of them and continues to detest them.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the way that Susan touches Spooner\u2019s arm serves as a way of humanizing him, even after we have learned that he is part robot. With dark lighting, Susan\u2019s white hands bring light to Spooner and his mechanical arm, showing that the arm, although not real, is not a bad and scary thing. This is contrasted with the first time we learned about Spooner\u2019s arm; he was fighting a robot and punched the ground. As a viewer, we expected his hand to break, but it did not, highlight the damage and dangers of the mechanical arm. This scene, on the other hand, shows that the arm is just an extension of a human Spooner. The cameras angle serves to make Spooner appear less threatening as a black man; the frame is shot from below, cutting off the heads of both Susan and Spooner and making them appear closer in height. The height and build of black men is what has been used in the past to describe them as aggressive and menacing, but now the camera angle and Susan\u2019s hands are telling the viewer that Spooner is good\u2014he is safe.<\/p>\n

Contrarily, the frame also others Spooner in a way. It is slightly reminiscent of a slave auction in which auctioneers and prospective slave owners felt and squeezed the arms of male slaves to gauge how strong they were. This reminds the viewer that Spooner is black and that even though he is a human, he is still different and not necessarily, in a good way.<\/p>\n

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Part I. The Plot Sequence 1 Asmiov\u2019s \u201cThree Laws of Robotics\u201d are presented one by one. In between each law, the camera cuts to images of two people trapped in separate cars. One car contains Spooner who is saved by the robot. Next, Spooner awakens and the nightmare ends. Sequence 2\u00a0 We are introduced to … Continue reading I, Robot Structural Analysis<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2098,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-structural-analyses"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/tap2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/tap2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/tap2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/tap2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2098"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/tap2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/tap2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/tap2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/tap2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/tap2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/tap2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}