After a mishap involving her workplace’s slick new printer, growing older pencil-pusher Marlène will get known as out by her smarmy young boss. Maybe, he suggests, if she will be able to’t evolve with the expertise, she ought to take herself out of the workforce totally. As sci-fi short Seniors 3000 reveals, there may be one other, far wilder means!
Shared by Short of the Week, this 16-minute charmer from Julien David makes use of each 2D and 3D animation to weave a fantastical story that explores some real-world themes, together with ageism, the technology hole, company greed, and the loneliness of an empty-nester. Past the actual world, Seniors 3000 additionally imagines what would possibly occur if aged folks embraced high-tech evolution just a little an excessive amount of—and who is perhaps standing by to greedily exploit them earlier than transferring on to an equally weak, far youthful group of individuals.
That story positive escalated loads! Like, to apocalyptic ranges! Two massive takeaways from Marlène’s story: never underestimate the facility of group, even when it’s being performed by a gaggle of human-robotic hybrids designed for extremely particular functions—and beware any supervisor kind who’s nonetheless dabbing as a means to punctuate his sentences.
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