Robots Take Over The World Night

Tonight's marathon is all about witnessing the world get taken over by MACHINES. The rise of artificial intelligence takes many forms here ranging from robots being placed in the Detroit Police Department to robotic boxers, to boxers coexisting with humans yet turning corrupt, and ultimately robots battling over the survival of the human race. We have on our menu for this evening:

                         Robocop 1987, Real Steel 2013, I Robot 2004, and Transformers 2007

                                                         
The marathon begins with the 1987 classic titled Robocop which introduces the theme of robots becoming an influence on society. The plot for Robocop takes place in a dystopic, crime-ridden Detroit where a terminally wounded cop named Alex Murphy returns to the police force as a powerful cyborg haunted by memories of his past human life. Background subplots involve the rise of machines with the placement of Robocop in the Detroit police department and him battling other powerful robots named ED-209. The second film in the lineup is Real Steel that's set in the near future involving robot boxing. Hugh Jackman, plays a struggling promoter whose convinced he's found a champion in a discarded robot. While rising to the top with his golden goose, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to get to know his father. This goes perfectly after Robocop because that film introduces the concept of machnes becoming present in society and Real Steel shows society becoming adaptable to robots coexisting with humans. The third film I Robot starring Will Smith takes place further in the future in the year 2035. Smith plays a robophobic cop who ends up investigating a crime that might've been perpetrated by a robot, leading to a possible large scale threat to humanity. The fourth and final film of the evening is Transformers, centering around an ancient struggle between two robotic races on both sides of good and evil. The good being the heroic Autobots and the Decepticons being the evil forces. The two forces arrive on Earth searching for the ultimate power that is linked to a teenage boy named Sam.

Each film is strategically placed to emphasize the rise of machines from being a minor factor in society to becoming mankind's last hope for survival.