Murderbot At first glance, it may seem a stubborn story in science fiction. In the end, the premise of the robot, which rebellion, its programming is one of the fundamental paths of the genre. But in Apple TV+Hands adaptation of the popular literary saga of Marta Wells, The diaries of the murderIN This becomes a rare reflection on life and freedom.
Produced by the brothers Chris and Paul Weite, the series leaves the epic standard to offer us something more personal, almost intimate. The sarcastic and selfless mind of the city, which would prefer to see space soap operas in order to save people. From the first minute, the series throws us into the head – literally – its main character: Security unit, which decided to free himself from enslavement programming.
Alexander Scarsgard is interpreted with persistent clumsiness, this ciblling, which is baptized as “Murderbot”, deactivated his module of obedience. So? Not so much to conquer the world or commit murders, as its name suggests, but also surrender to his true vice. Consider the absurd amount of audiovisual entertainment. He kept thousands of hours of series and films, but his great love The uprising and falling of the lunar of the sanctuaryIN Cosmic soap opera that mixes the melodrama with interstellar.
Nevertheless, at its destination there are other plans: it is appointed for a protective mission for a group of scientists led by Dr. Mensweni. When a biological threat reveals chaos on the planet where they explore, a metal cane should intervene. His intervention exposes him to new human dynamics, in which his initial indifference is disputed by proximity and emotions. Call that the character surpasses as it can in the middle of an increasingly complex script.
Random Hero in “Murderbot”
With the ingenuity and a very black sense of humor, the series explores the contradictory charm of his main character. Thus, Alexander Scarsgard gives the character a hypnotic mixture of a technical cold and involuntary physical comedy. Murderbot despises human interactions and expresses it without filters. He is inconvenient for physical contact, avoids a direct look and prefers silence. So, most of the time The character seems obsessed with the fact that it remains at a distance from everyone around them.
Nevertheless, this antihero becomes the one with whom the viewer is deeply connected. The key consists in vulnerability, which is filtered between its mechanisms and mechanical behavior. MurderT retains the internal format of the novel monologue, preserving the voice in Turned off His main character as a sarcastic guide, honest and many times, cheerful. This constant introspection is what allows the audience to remain emotionally related to the character This, otherwise, will be an indifferent metal block.
Alexander Scarsgard manages to effectively combine Minderbot’s ability to analyze and his progressive humanity. Thus, the actor spends time and energy to deepen his character as a person. A long pause, a small turn of the helmet that reveals the body rigidity. Even when his face lacks expression, his body language reports more than a thousand dialogue lines. Thus, Minderbot does not strive for affection or atonement, but this is exactly what makes him so charming. It resists the change, while the change devours it inside.
Adventure to be yourself
Unlike the limited approach of the novel, where we have only a partial vision of Murderbot, adaptation expands our view to the rest of the scientific team. Although adaptation requires some freedoms to build their history, a set of researchers responsible for the spatial expedition of preservation It is beautiful and very well built. Also with great respect and attachment to the source material.
From a marriage consisting of Pin-LEE (Sabrina Wu) and Arada (Tattiavna Jones), which hints at a complex open relational dynamics, abstract and always on the edge of the Ratty catastrophe (Akshay Hannah). Each participant brings an emotional note that contrasts with Minderbot cyber -sticism. The dynamics between the characters constantly moves between distrust, surprise and solidarity. But also, among the possibility that the nature of the protagonist is a rare combination of emotionality and technological cold – Be a new mystery to decide.
Especially for Guratin (David Dazestmalchian) the only one who suspects that the robot has something – and seriously – to hide the rest of the team. Your obsession discovers that it hides the safety device not only adds the element ThrillerThe field also makes Murderbot resist his own personality. What does it mean to be free if others do not believe that you are able to be? The series reacts slowly, but straight. Thus, the plot balances the moments of action with the spaces of introspection, in which Murderbot He not only analyzes the world around him. He also wonders if your impulse has an emotional or purely functional origin.
All of the above does Murderbot The rarity between science fiction adaptation. This is fun, not being banal, emotional, without falling into the melodrama and deeply critically treats the human state through the eyes of a person who does not even consider himself a person.Pearl for lovers of genres.
Source: Hiper Textual
