by AbsoluteDestiny » Mon Oct 28, 2002 4:16 pm
When you write out the plot of the movie it actually sounds really interesting.
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A city corrupted by its own development creates a huge towering weapon as a show of domination and force, and throws celebrations to gain public acceptance and confidence. Duke Red gains military muscle in the captial and works his way up towards a coup-de-tat over a weak naive leader and asks a scientist to create the most advanced robot mankind has seen in the image of his lost daughter in order to sit on the throne of power on the tower.
The robot is lost when the jealous duke's son tries to destroy it and is befriended by a young boy who was looking for the robot's creator. The robot learns about being human.
The robot is discovered by the duke and seized. A massive rebellion ensues from the working classes, Duke Red takes over and the robot who had become humane is damaged in an attack by the jealous Duke's stepson goes out of control destroying the tower.
It's not a bad story when you think about it but it really wasn't very well played out, in my opinon. It has the elements of an excellent film but was short of its full potential.