ABSTRACT
The anthropomorphic robot finds himself rescued by a group of Jawas and dumped into their sand rover's storage compartment, which contains an array of other mechanical figures they have collected. This chapter focuses on the robot film, Tomorrowland, to consider how it offers its own vision of such variety and 'fluctuating meanings', even while it largely anchors its robotic vision in the skin job type. Early in the film its protagonist, the precocious teenager Casey, comes to an science fiction memorabilia shop full of robot replicas that recall the diverse. We might briefly note Rosi Braidotti's claim for the potential impact of robotic bodies and synthetic intelligence on the fabric of society, not in terms of labor, but also in regard to ethical formulations. This situation is what Tomorrowland offers us with Athena who has determined, on her own and despite Governor Nix's orders to cease her efforts, to recruit figures like Casey in order to 'fix the future.
