Die Hard 4.0

I've seen all the Die Hard movies but I've never really liked them. It's just one of those movies I watch and then forget about. I'm not a Die Hard fan, neither am I a fan of Bruce Willis.

When I saw the movie trailer, I was in complete awe. The scenes they chose were really nice! I particularly liked the scene where this flying car landed atop two cars and Bruce Willis was in between these cars. Galing! Galing!

But what impressed me more was its plot. I couldn't help but think that what if one day indeed someone would really hi-jack technology? What will happen to this mankind?

Long before iPhone was created and all those computer-of-the-future stuff from Microsoft, the world depended on manual labor and hardwork. We depended on sun-dial to tell time, used lever to bring stuff, pulleys, wheel and axle, etc. At that time, these were also called technology. People then survived only because the necessity wasn't there yet. But now people have changed, so have our environment and our necessities. People are dependent to technology now more than ever. Just check your bag or your daily stuff, how many of these things use hi-technology concept? From our digital watch to iPods to your expensive mobile phones, these are all technology talking to you. And if one day you left your iPod or your phone at home, or worse, ninakaw sya, suddenly, you feel naked and incomplete. Does technology indeed make us complete? Have we become mere extensions of these machines?

In the movie, one techno-genius found a big flaw in a big government agency's data and technology software. Cut the long story short, he employed a group of hackers to infiltrate the system and get vital information. He was able to put technology on hi-jack. Initially, one will think if this is really possible, and technology per se only meant the hi-tech hardwares we see. But the more important thing here is what we get out of them. That guy was able to control all of these things, manipulate vital processes and wreak havoc to the country. Thus, a terror attack on the next level. Ladies (Maggie Q was soo lovely in action!) and geeks were the terrorists this time.

The iPod generation now would feel the same way if one day iTunes would close down. But if napster, sharewares and file transfer sites were to close down, a lot of iPod people will certainly get real furious. And who wouldn't? It's like taking away a nipple from a baby.

Technology has caused and carved big changes in the society today. We're so dependent on them. Kids are not playing on the streets and meeting other friends because they'd rather play Nintendo Wii and MMORPG. Teens are now talking less to parents because their ears have grown ear phones on them. Young adults are getting more impatient and short-fused because "there is a faster way of doing things". Suddenly, relationships, ambitions and values have changed because of this thing called technology.

But it's not all bad. Technology has provided us better medical facilities, faster way of getting through and relationships have improved (connection via SMS, phone and emal).

There's obviosuly good and bad to technology but it depends on humans on we use it. In the movie, the villain used it to make himself rich and prove a point (that the system is faulty). But Bruce Willis was out to prove that even technology can be beaten by smarts and brawns anytime (and gun pointing, too!).