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* ChekhovsGun: A few. One of the most notable is Carlos being an older model of robot who is unable to download updates to his software because his memory is full. [[Spoiler: Late in the movie this prevents him from being affected by the takeover program that is pushed out onto all the other robots as part of the villain's plan.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: A few. One of the most notable is Carlos being an older model of robot who is unable to download updates to his software because his memory is full. [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Late in the movie this prevents him from being affected by the takeover program that is pushed out onto all the other robots as part of the villain's plan.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: A few. One of the most notable is Carlos being an older model of robot who is unable to download updates to his software because his memory is full. [[Spoiler: Late in the movie this prevents him from being affected by the takeover program that is pushed out onto all the other robots as part of the villain's plan.]]
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They first go on a mission to Earth in order to arrest a hacker and bring her back to Mars (where they happen to live).Mars. Then they investigate the disappearance of a young woman. It becomes increasingly difficult as a powerful organisation is involved.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:In the end robots free themselves from humans. This sounds great for them but what about humans? Will they make robots again and grow out of their prejudice against them?]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:In the end robots free themselves from humans. This sounds great for them but what about humans? Will they make robots again and grow out of their prejudice against them?]]them? Also Aline is dead.]]
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* OrganicTechnology: it is an emergent technology that is still struggling to gain acceptance compared to 'regular' robots and androids. However it seems that odd looking creatures in aquariums are being grown into some kind of personnal computers.
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** Of French politics. At some point [[spoiler:a robot insurrection]] happens. Some offscreen news conversations can be heard that seem to be a satire of what you can hear on the French news whenever something bad happens, with mainstream journalists trying to shut down leftwing politicians with unfair tactics and loaded questions. "Est-ce que vous condamnez les violences ?"[[note]]Do you disapprove of these violent acts?[[/note]] certainly sounds like something that was heard in 2023, when some allegedly violent demonstrators faced much harsher police violence, but only the violence of the former could be talked about on mainstream news media.
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** Of French politics. At some point [[spoiler:a robot insurrection]] happens. Some offscreen news conversations can be heard that seem to be a satire of what you can hear on the French news whenever something bad happens, with mainstream journalists trying to shut down leftwing politicians with unfair tactics and loaded questions. "Est-ce que vous condamnez les violences ?"[[note]]Do you disapprove of condemn these violent acts?[[/note]] certainly sounds like something that was heard in 2023, when some allegedly violent demonstrators faced much harsher police violence, but only the violence of the former could be talked about on mainstream news media.media. It’s such a common journalist question in times of protests in France that it’s become a stapple of parodies.
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** Of French politics. At some point [[spoiler:a robot insurrection]] happens. Some offscreen news conversations can be heard that seem to be a satire of what you can hear on the French news whenever something bad happens, with mainstream journalists trying to shut down leftwing politicians with unfair tactics and loaded questions. "Est-ce que vous condamnez les violences ?"[[note]]Do you disapprove of these violent acts?[[/note]] certainly sounds like something that was heard in 2023, when some allegedly violent demonstrators faced much harsher police violence, but only the violence of the former could be talked about on mainstream newsmedia.media.
** The city of Noctis is based on Silicon Valley. Humanity has created this pretty city on Mars mostly for the wealthy, while not solving any of the more important problems such as Earth ecology.
** Of French politics. At some point [[spoiler:a robot insurrection]] happens. Some offscreen news conversations can be heard that seem to be a satire of what you can hear on the French news whenever something bad happens, with mainstream journalists trying to shut down leftwing politicians with unfair tactics and loaded questions. "Est-ce que vous condamnez les violences ?"[[note]]Do you disapprove of these violent acts?[[/note]] certainly sounds like something that was heard in 2023, when some allegedly violent demonstrators faced much harsher police violence, but only the violence of the former could be talked about on mainstream news
** The city of Noctis is based on Silicon Valley. Humanity has created this pretty city on Mars mostly for the wealthy, while not solving any of the more important problems such as Earth ecology.
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Aline Ruby is a PrivateDetective who operates along with Carlos Rivera, a robot who is the backup copy or her former partner, died in action. They first go on a mission to Earth in order to arrest a hacker and bring her back to Mars (where they happen to live). Then they investigate the disappearance of a young woman. It becomes increasingly difficult as a powerful organisation is involved.
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Aline Ruby is a PrivateDetective who operates along with Carlos Rivera, a robot who is the backup copy or her former partner, died in action. They live in the city of Noctis[[note]]named after Noctis Labyrinthus[[/note]], a wealthy city on planet Mars.
They first go on a mission to Earth in order to arrest a hacker and bring her back to Mars (where they happen to live). Then they investigate the disappearance of a young woman. It becomes increasingly difficult as a powerful organisation is involved.
They first go on a mission to Earth in order to arrest a hacker and bring her back to Mars (where they happen to live). Then they investigate the disappearance of a young woman. It becomes increasingly difficult as a powerful organisation is involved.
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* {{Cyborg}}: Many people are able to have the equivalent of vocal conversations without using any visible external device, which they call thought conversations. Aline has ElectronicEyes that grant her several abilities. A killer has a long blade coming out of their arm.
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''WesternAnimation/MarsExpress'' is a French sci-fi animated film directed by Jérémie Périn (who also directed the ''WesternAnimation/{{Lastman}}'' series). It was released in France in 2023.
In the early 23th century, Mars has been terraformed and colonized, and society has become PostCyberpunk. Many people are cyborgs, and robots are omnipresent.
Aline Ruby is a PrivateDetective who operates along with Carlos Rivera, a robot who is the backup copy or her former partner, died in action. They first go on a mission to Earth in order to arrest a hacker and bring her back to Mars (where they happen to live). Then they investigate the disappearance of a young woman. It becomes increasingly difficult as a powerful organisation is involved.
Some obvious inspirations seem to be ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'', ''Film/BladeRunner'' and especially Creator/IsaacAsimov's stories about robots, and many tropes may be in common.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AIIsACrapshoot: Played with. Many people are afraid of robots getting rid of the safeguards that prevent them from assaulting people. [[spoiler:It eventually happens, but they mostly set themselves free and flee human-inhabited planets.]]
* TheAlcoholic: Aline has quit drinking, and every machine detects she has enabled sobriety mode. As the case becomes stressful she disables that and starts drinking all the time.
* AndroidsAndDetectives: The protagonists are a female HardboiledDetective and the backup copy robot of her dead partner.
* AutomatedAutomobiles: Cars seem to be quite automated. A noticeable feature is that instead of airbags, in case of an accident they trap you in a sort of glue and you will need robots to extract you from your car.
* ComputerVoice: Mostly averted. Except for a few large computers, most machines speak very naturally. At some point a robot has to say "I am a robot" in a vocal conversation so as to justify not needing breakfast.
* CustodyBattle: Carlos attempts to visit his daughter, but his ex-wife and her husband violently reject him. That scene looks like a case of FantasticRacism (and this is only the daughter of the man he is a backup copy of), although he says later that his ex-wife left him because he was violent to her. He lies about this to Aline, pretending to be still seeing his daughter.
* {{Cyborg}}: Many people are able to have the equivalent of vocal conversations without using any visible external device, which they call thought conversations. Aline has cybernetic eyes that grant her several abilities.
* FantasticRacism: As in many robot stories by Asimov, racism against robots. It is obvious when a violent demonstration against robots takes place on Earth, and things are just slightly more subtle on Mars. Carlos being the backup copy of a dead human being, he seems to suffer from being a machine, and some other backup copy of a dead person hands him a card to a support group.
* HardboiledDetective: Aline is a female example. She is tough, cynical, and even has a drinking problem.
* PostCyberpunk: This is a cyberpunk universe, but not clearly worse than today. Possibly due to much of the action happening in a wealthy city on Mars, and almost every scene happening in the day, this film feels quite lighthearted in spite of all the dark elements.
* {{Satire}}: At some point [[spoiler:a robot insurrection]] happens. Some offscreen news conversations can be heard that seem to be a satire of what you can hear on the French news whenever something bad happens, with mainstream journalists trying to shut down leftwing politicians with unfair tactics and loaded questions. "Est-ce que vous condamnez les violences ?"[[note]]Do you disapprove of these violent acts?[[/note]] certainly sounds like something that was heard in 2023, when some allegedly violent demonstrators faced much harsher police violence, but only the violence of the former could be talked about on mainstream news media.
* SuperReflexes: As in many robot stories by Asimov, most robots are very fast and accurate.
* SuperStrength: Likewise most robots are super strong, and Carlos often lifts heavy things.
* ThreeLawsCompliant: Zig-zagged. Robots can't harm a human being, but they aren't all compelled to obey them (Carlos certainly isn't). Unlike in robot stories by Asimov, it's technically possible to remove the safeguards from a robot's hardware while keeping the robot functional.
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In the early 23th century, Mars has been terraformed and colonized, and society has become PostCyberpunk. Many people are cyborgs, and robots are omnipresent.
Aline Ruby is a PrivateDetective who operates along with Carlos Rivera, a robot who is the backup copy or her former partner, died in action. They first go on a mission to Earth in order to arrest a hacker and bring her back to Mars (where they happen to live). Then they investigate the disappearance of a young woman. It becomes increasingly difficult as a powerful organisation is involved.
Some obvious inspirations seem to be ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'', ''Film/BladeRunner'' and especially Creator/IsaacAsimov's stories about robots, and many tropes may be in common.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AIIsACrapshoot: Played with. Many people are afraid of robots getting rid of the safeguards that prevent them from assaulting people. [[spoiler:It eventually happens, but they mostly set themselves free and flee human-inhabited planets.]]
* TheAlcoholic: Aline has quit drinking, and every machine detects she has enabled sobriety mode. As the case becomes stressful she disables that and starts drinking all the time.
* AndroidsAndDetectives: The protagonists are a female HardboiledDetective and the backup copy robot of her dead partner.
* AutomatedAutomobiles: Cars seem to be quite automated. A noticeable feature is that instead of airbags, in case of an accident they trap you in a sort of glue and you will need robots to extract you from your car.
* ComputerVoice: Mostly averted. Except for a few large computers, most machines speak very naturally. At some point a robot has to say "I am a robot" in a vocal conversation so as to justify not needing breakfast.
* CustodyBattle: Carlos attempts to visit his daughter, but his ex-wife and her husband violently reject him. That scene looks like a case of FantasticRacism (and this is only the daughter of the man he is a backup copy of), although he says later that his ex-wife left him because he was violent to her. He lies about this to Aline, pretending to be still seeing his daughter.
* {{Cyborg}}: Many people are able to have the equivalent of vocal conversations without using any visible external device, which they call thought conversations. Aline has cybernetic eyes that grant her several abilities.
* FantasticRacism: As in many robot stories by Asimov, racism against robots. It is obvious when a violent demonstration against robots takes place on Earth, and things are just slightly more subtle on Mars. Carlos being the backup copy of a dead human being, he seems to suffer from being a machine, and some other backup copy of a dead person hands him a card to a support group.
* HardboiledDetective: Aline is a female example. She is tough, cynical, and even has a drinking problem.
* PostCyberpunk: This is a cyberpunk universe, but not clearly worse than today. Possibly due to much of the action happening in a wealthy city on Mars, and almost every scene happening in the day, this film feels quite lighthearted in spite of all the dark elements.
* {{Satire}}: At some point [[spoiler:a robot insurrection]] happens. Some offscreen news conversations can be heard that seem to be a satire of what you can hear on the French news whenever something bad happens, with mainstream journalists trying to shut down leftwing politicians with unfair tactics and loaded questions. "Est-ce que vous condamnez les violences ?"[[note]]Do you disapprove of these violent acts?[[/note]] certainly sounds like something that was heard in 2023, when some allegedly violent demonstrators faced much harsher police violence, but only the violence of the former could be talked about on mainstream news media.
* SuperReflexes: As in many robot stories by Asimov, most robots are very fast and accurate.
* SuperStrength: Likewise most robots are super strong, and Carlos often lifts heavy things.
* ThreeLawsCompliant: Zig-zagged. Robots can't harm a human being, but they aren't all compelled to obey them (Carlos certainly isn't). Unlike in robot stories by Asimov, it's technically possible to remove the safeguards from a robot's hardware while keeping the robot functional.
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