Time of Eve

Journal reflection

Time of Eve was a mixed experience for me. I liked it overall and came to appreciate it more through reflection, though its affinity was limited by melodrama, insecure characters, rough camera movement, and pacing that felt a little slow. Its ideas were the draw: robots monitoring humans, developing overlapping wants, and entering a society that may treat them as servants or property. The café offered a compelling pocket of anonymity where beings could speak and act freely, while the world outside made that coexistence feel fragile.

• The café felt like a taboo speakeasy where humans and androids could hang out, express themselves, and temporarily escape the categories governing them outside.
• Rikuo's behavior across different social contexts felt realistic, especially as a picture of adolescence. People can seem like different versions of themselves among friends, at work, or in private.
• Katoran was the strongest emotional anchor. His deterioration suggested a history of being used, beaten up, and discarded, with both his past and his approaching end visible in his body.
• The presentation often held me at a distance. The melodrama, character insecurity, camera movement, and slow pacing weakened the craft and personal fit.
• My appreciation is higher than my affinity because the ideas kept opening through conversation even when the presentation did not fully work for me.