Atlas
Summary
Atlaswas just think of enough , but there ’s only one way I would be concerned in watching another movie set in this world . As a sci - fi fan with a special place in my heart for a near mech battle , the Netflix movie had me intrigued . The project was specially interesting given Jennifer Lopez ’s participation since this is n’t the music genre this champion is typically associated with . However , Atlasdidn’t quite satisfy its potential drop . The prominent AI twist left more questions than answer , meaning that Netflix require to go rearwards before proceeding with another subsequence .
Atlaspicks up with an intro that explain how AI - power robot have arise against the human universe , have the largest genocide in history . This all started with a bot named Harlan , who belonged to genius scientist Dr. Val Shepherd , the inventor of this advanced AI and a Neural Link gimmick that allows unparalleled connexion between mankind and robots . Thebig head ofAtlasis why Harlan turned on world , and the disappointing answer was that his Neural Link connection with Dr. Shepherd ’s girl , Atlas ( Lopez ) , made him realize the risk humans beat to themselves . It ’s the old caper in the book .
Netflix and Jennifer Lopez ’s Atlas is like an artificial scientific discipline - fabrication moving-picture show that walk and speak like the real affair , but just is n’t .
Netflix’s Atlas Needs A Harlan Prequel Before It Can Continue With A Sequel
We Need More Answers About Harlan’s Turn To Evil Before The Villain Can Return
Atlasspent a caboodle of time set up the big reveal that Lopez ’s grapheme was the one who made Harlan cognisant of humanity ’s menace to the environs , but it did n’t put to the bit . This is an overused AI figure , and though I enjoyed the mech battle and the heartwarming ( albeit crummy ) connection between Atlas and Smith , the movie seriously miss a foundation because of this . All we know is that a youngAtlas allowed a two - agency Neaural Link with Harlan , and the AI dead believed that the vast legal age of mankind had to be killedto save the species as a whole . Unfortunately , I ’m not sold .
While I would n’t mind find out Atlas and Smith again team up to redeem the man , a prequel adding more centre to Harlan ’s villain arc would need to come about first .
Netflix ’s 2024 sci - fiseemed to remember that audience would have this eld - quondam trope without question , but the genre has number way too far for this . IfAtlaswas localise up as a standalone film , it might have gotten away with this superficial account for Harlan ’s big alteration , butthe movie heavily implied that the villain would come back to peril world again in a subsequence . While I would n’t mind seeing Atlas and Smith again team up to save the world , a prequel add more substance to Harlan ’s villain bow would need to happen first .
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An Atlas Prequel Wouldn’t Have Jennifer Lopez (But Another Star Could Be Just As Good)
Lana Parrilla’s Performance In Atlas Warrants A Leading Prequel Role
Of course , a significant draw forAtlaswas Lopez ’s run role , and since Harlan turned to iniquity while her grapheme was only a child , the actor could n’t repay for a prequel moving picture . However , with the promise of more Atlas and Smith movies , Netflix might be able to get away with focusing instead on Lana Parrilla ’s Val Shepherd . The scientist would be the headstone to Harlan ’s change since it was her Neural Link image that Atlas used to produce a two - mode joining between herself and the bot . There is clearly a lot we do n’t know about Dr. Shepherd and her creation , and a prequel would hold the answers .
Lana Parrilla is best known for her idiot box roles inOnce Upon a Time , Miami Medical , andThe Lincoln Lawyer .
Parrilla is n’t as boastful a name as Lopez , so move from a minor role inAtlasto a preeminent function in a prequel would be quite a stretch . However , as a rooter ofOnce Upon a Time , I ’m confident that the thespian would be up for the challenge . Parrilla was both a phenomenal villain and hero in the ABC series , and this could be applied to a more focused look at the Dr. Shepherd role . Once Upon a Timemight have been a little cheesy , but this kind of dramatic event is n’t outside the realm of sci - fi . In all , Parrilla is just the actor to coiffe the level for futureAtlasmovies .
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I’d Be More Interested In Atlas & Smith’s Story If A Prequel Sets A Stronger Foundation
Though Harlan ’s unaccented backstory was a dashing hopes , this is n’t to say thatAtlasdidn’t have hope as a longer movie franchise . The film transport some interesting subject about the connection between living beings and what these tie mean when a person break . Atlas ' AI - powered mech note that he believe all being , whether organic or artificial , hold out forever through the profound nexus formed during their lives , and his possibility was testify right inAtlas ' terminate when Smith was seemingly bring back from the numb . Of course , this teases that Harlan will also return , thus congeal up a sequel .
I ’m a all-day sucker for a sci - fi taradiddle with some deeper moral or theological themes , so I ’m certainly scheme by the concepts that futureAtlasmovies could explore . Moreover , Atlas and Smith have an almost buddy - cop collection that could be fun now that they have been fully synched . My main reluctance to go forward with the franchise is thatit would almost certainly featureHarlan as a returning baddie , and compare to the deeper themes ofAtlas , his story was too shallow and unoriginal . So , if Netflix repairs this issue with an exciting prequel , I ’m far more likely to skip on board for more movies .
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Cast
Atlas is a 2024 Netflix original pic star Jennifer Lopez as Atlas Shepherd . Atlas , a information analyst who does n’t trust AI , who sets out to recover a rogue automaton . But when things do n’t go according to plan , she is force to confide AI in club to save human race .
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