Robots (2005)
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Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
In Robots, consciousness is carried by machines — a plane of “robotic metropolis”. The story fights on E9/E10/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing class, consumerism, technology, greed.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Downsizing (2017)E9/E10 · class, consumerism
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)E9 · class, consumerism
Child's Play (2019)E10 · consumerism, technology
Space Sweepers (2021)E10 · class, technology
Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)E10 · consumerism, technology
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)E11 · consumerism, technologySame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
WALL·E (2008)E13/E14 · rare rung · consumerism, technology
Mortal Engines (2018)E8/E13 · rare rung · class, technology
Jupiter Ascending (2015)E8/E13 · rare rung · class, technology
Super Mario Bros. (1993)E8/E13 · rare rung · class, technology
Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)E8/E12 · rare rung · consumerism, technologyAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Metropolis (2001)consciousness in machines · plutocratic robot metropolis
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)consciousness in machines · cyberpunk scrapyard
The Emoji Movie (2017)consciousness in machines · emoji smartphone world
*batteries not included (1987)consciousness in machines · mechanical‑helpers
Prometheus (2012)consciousness in machines · alien origin quest
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)consciousness in machines · food‑weather townSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Flushed Away (2006)consciousness in animals · class, technology
The Boxtrolls (2014)consciousness in monsters · class, technology
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986)consciousness in aliens · greed, technology
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)consciousness in animals · class, consumerism
Small Soldiers (1998)consciousness in objects · consumerism, technology
Victor Frankenstein (2015)consciousness in monsters · class, technology
