Saturday, April 2, 2016
Tyrant or Technology
Be Right Back was your average lifetime special on a Saturday night. Be Right Back was one of the most creepiest yet disturbingly interesting things my eyes had ever seen. Be Right Back tells the story of a couple that just doesn't have that spark..... until later on in the story. Martha is the wife of Ash and all she would like from him is just a little bit more attention than what he gives her. Ash always seems to have his eyes glued to his phone and his neglect geared towards his wife. The story of Martha and Ash take a turn for the worst one Ash departs for a business trip and is never seen again. At his funeral, while Martha is grieving her husband, her friend Sarah gives her the idea of not only connecting with this app, but connecting with her late husband as well. Of course, a normal person would find this creepy, but Martha was desperate and she found this as the only way she could get closure on her husband's death. Martha takes it another step and formulates the latest version of her husband, Ash 2.0, but he doesn't possess the same feeling Ash had and the same way Ash thinks, as well, which in my opinion Ash 1 and Ash 2.0 weren't so different at all. As time progressed, Martha finds that she pregnant and also discovers that living with Ash 2.0 is a little peculiar and her worries never rest and neither does Ash 2.0, but he develops feelings that Ash once has, only to be stuffed in a basement as the novelty he truly was. I think Martha's grief is extremely unhealthy in the fact that she can't let go of what was and move on with what can be the rest of her life with her new daughter. Martha, in a way, is obsessed with the connection of her husband even if its on an app. It is unhealthy tot harbor that type of grief in your soul, because I feel Martha couldn't move on for herself and most importantly her daughter. This was a prime example of an uncanny valley due to the fact that Martha was that desperate for her husband's presence again. It exhibits that if it was possible there would be other people like Martha out there longing for the deceased presence once again. I feel Martha's desperation was mistaken for her grief.
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Yeah this story really reminded me of the "lifetime special" movies. I think martha was more desperate than grieving towards the end especially when she dropped the phone at the doctor. that isn't grieving, that is straight desperation.
Losing someone who is precious to you is devastating, especially when it happened so suddenly. Martha's desperation can be seen as escaping from reality to cope for her sudden loss. Most people would do the same to escape the harsh reality of life through the use of the internet or some other means to make them feel happy or at ease.
I definitely agree. Martha didn't have time to grieve or move on. She always had an "Ash" there with her, so she never had to move on. Of course, she has the power to try to feel happy and at peace again, but how far should one go?
I completely agree that it is not healthy for Martha to get Ash 2.0 mostly because it will affect her daughter a lot. This blog did not show some examples of how Ash 2.0 acted, but you anyone could read this and agree with you on how Martha made a really bad decision.
I totally agree with your statements made. I do definitely feel like this would be a special aired on lifetime, solely because the characters involved possessed a romantic relationship. This topic is a topic that holds a weird feeling when discussed, only because it deals with the ideas of robots taking the place of actual people. I agree that introducing this type of grief is one that may make the actual grieving process difficult because you will never get a sense of closure. As shown in the episode, Ash2 and Martha seemed to have worse experiences than Martha and Ash because she tried to recreate those experiences shared with Ash1.
I agree that this film was creepy, but interesting. The more I think about the film Ash#1 and Ash#2 had more similarities than I initially thought. I think that this film is the perfect example of grieving gone to far. Yes, grieving is natural, but Martha took grieving to an unhealthy extreme.
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