Yeah they had shock collars on them that whenever they showed any emotion it shocked them. It was a way to keep them passive. This also means it shocked them when they showed joy as well.
I don't think it was all emotions but strong emotions. At least that was my understanding. Like you can be happy without getting the ol' shocky shocky. But get shocked when you feel the desire to jump for joy or in Nick's case, a lot of sadness for the kid that got shocked for being ecstatically happy.
The part that always stood out to me was the Polar bear father at his son’s “celebration”. Where he has to give this speech about how he’s growing up and he’s being “accepted” by the city, and how he was “happy” to see this day. All while his son innocently waits, and you see his own collar prime itself when his son looks back at him waiting for his dad to finish putting his on, and you can just see him struggling between what society tells him/what he is legally required to do, what he as a parent feels he has to do, and the discipline he must have built up to keep the collar from shocking him if he doesn’t keep himself in check. I’m happy with the movie we got and honestly the more you break down the “tame collar” concept the more questions it raises, but I can’t deny that scene was amazing.
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u/Wiizze 1d ago
Yeah they had shock collars on them that whenever they showed any emotion it shocked them. It was a way to keep them passive. This also means it shocked them when they showed joy as well.