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Astro Boy
2009 · Film · 94 min
Directed by David Bowers
AnimationActionFamilyScience Fiction
Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill his creator's expectations, Astro embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before returning to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who rejected him.
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This should be pretty obvious. In basic terms, it would be extremely inefficient for the brain to store everything "directly." Meaning all memories are "reconstructions" to some extent and therefore inherently flighty given the dynamism of the brain. Said differently, it would be weird if the brain didn't take advantage of the very high-level abstractions we use in our day-to-day for the purpose of efficient memory storage.
Anecdotally, one time I re-played in my head an entire movie after I watched it (Astro Boy!) as an experimental exercise, and it was clear that as I was 'recalling' it, the line between "reconstruction" and "direct memory" was extremely blurry, and I could feel my own eagerness to fill in details that may or may not have occurred.
That's exactly what I said to my wife. At least he'll get to keep making films. At one time, he was heading up the Astro Boy movie. That might have been amazing.
I agree with the comments on the linked article, I liked the Speed Racer movie too. On the other hand, I thought the Lost In Space movie was worse than the original series. I was a kid when all three of these Astro Boy, Speed Racer, and Lost in Space were originally out, so we'll see how it goes. What's next though, Marine Boy, that's the only other major cartoon from the 70s left, that I can remember. Or maybe they'll do an Ultraman movie rather than the pukey Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers that supposedly evolved from it.