Comments on: • Short Circuit

By: Robotbling

Robotbling — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:31:00 +0000

@IJ Dee-Vo

I would compare my sentiment to the new Transformers. The special effects are cool, but they can’t save what is essentially a bad movie.

@Daniel

In the case of something like Gandhi, where Sir Ben Kingsley portrayed an East Indian, I think it is acceptable, because it was done respectfully. In Short Circuit, it isn’t respectful.

Whenever an actor colors their skin and speaks with a thick accent for comedic effect for any race, I think it is racist on some level. I’m not advocating we destroy the movie or anything, but I do think it is wrong and worth pointing out.

Oh, and I’m not an American, I’m Canadian. :)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:23:00 +0000

I catch the movie every few years on TV and still like it. I also think it aged quite well. Some of the early CGI movies should be considered unwatchable nowadays compared to Short Circuit.

I also can’t follow you on that racism claim. You Americans should really quit that “political correctness” brainwashing. You can only overcome racism if the origin of people is handled in a natural way, without voluntary “thought control”.

Feel free to call my a Kraut, Jerry or Bratwurst any day…

By: IJ Dee-Vo

IJ Dee-Vo — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:59:00 +0000

Heartless? They had an armed robot on the loose that they couldn’t control an eventually couldn’t track. Also it was only much later that Number 5 learns that you can’t reassamble living things. I’d say they were acting quite responible. The only real villian was the ex boyfriend. On another note, the Number 5 mechanism makes me prefere the movie over Wall-E in a non “serious nostalgia kick” way