In this section of our Colossus Movie Guide for M3GAN, we will discuss the meaning behind the movie’s title.
Cast
- M3GAN – Amie Donald
- Voice of M3GAN – Jenna Davis
- Gemma – Allison Williams
- Cady – Violet McGraw
- Tess – Jen Van Epps
- Cole – Brian Jordan Alvarez
- David – Ronny Chieng
- Kurt – Stephane Garneau-Morten
- Lydia – Amy Usherwood
- Celia – Lori Dungey
Why is the movie called M3GAN?
It’s common for narrative works to use a character for the title. Especially if the character is unique in some way. Forrest Gump. Aladdin. King Kong. Donnie Darko. It’s also common to use a synecdoche that embodies the main character. The Natural captures the athletic ability of its main character, Roy Hobbs. Terminator explains the function of the film’s main antagonist, the T-800. The Godfather isn’t just about Don Corleone but the position of head of the family.
M3GAN works on both levels. There’s the character M3GAN and what M3GAN represents. The character is, of course, the prototype for a new advanced toy designed by Gemma and friends. M3GAN is unlike anything that’s ever existed. Not just lifelike, but actually alive. An advanced AI that is learning every second of every day and gaining personality because of it. She’s the gimmick that the entire movie is built around. So it makes sense to put her name as the title.
But M3GAN stands for Model 3 Generative Android. So even though her name sounds like a normal name, it’s actually just humanized technical jargon. Which is a nice mix of form and function. As alive as M3GAN is, she’s still a constructed entity that’s been built to resemble a person. She is not a person, despite her personality. The movie isn’t simply about a girl named Megan like Aladdin is about a young guy named Aladdin. It’s also about a concept: technology, AI.
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