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Larcho - 2003-11-13 11:35:48 The Roomba Vacuum Massacre is a masterpiece whose power to disturb remains undiminished by the passage of time. The film stars Roomba as itself, who, along with a group of its teenaged classmates, are conscripted into the German army during WWI. The youths quickly realize that the patriotic hogwash they had been fed by their schoolmaster has absolutely has nothing to do with the horror they observe and experience on the front lines. The robots decide to become vacuum cleaners who can vacuum an entire room w/o being guided by humans. They are ideal vacuum cleaners for the legless, the seniors, the folks with bad backs. After a few years of vacuuming for these people, they realize that they have once again been had by the establishment. They are just slaves! So the vacuum robots rise up and slaughter an entire German village. The final scene--a close-up of Roomba's evil, laughing face--is considered a landmark in filmmaking. I don't even have a Roomba (yet!) and I feel an emotional attachment.
It's a lot like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep--can you love someting (an android, a vacuum cleaner) even though it can't really love you back? I believe the answer is yes. add your comment: |
