Throughout the movie, I found David to act in a very artificial way. Deliberate word choice there. He's overly attached, irrational, difficult to relate to. The movie ends with him just sitting and staring at the statue without any response. Love? Isn't that just stalking/creepy for real people?
On the other hand, Teddy loves David and follows him to the ends of the earth and protects him as much as he can out of his devotion. Even "David, don't. You'll break" doesn't seem like something he'd be programmed to do. Protect the other robots in the room? The irony that Teddy acts more "real" in his love than David is almost certainly deliberate. I think the movie is quite intentionally Teddy's story more than David's. And if that's true, I love the idea that the theme is that love can't be programmed but happens to robots/androids anyway.
I think Gigolo Joe's character is there to corroborate that robots not designed to love (though he's designed for....LOVIN heh heh) are the ones who actually end up demonstrating love. His actions are hardly in line with his original programming and seem rather altruistic towards David by the time his role is fulfilled.
Is this a well known theory? I've always thought this about it and most people that have seen it are surprised but upon thought/rewatching agree.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on it!
Submitted September 25, 2020 at 05:13AM by TransparentMastering https://ift.tt/332PGPH