(seems like just a short time ago). Unless I am going blind, it seems to have scrolled off more than 3 pages.

Anyway, I watched it this weekend and I enjoyed it. The Elysium world is as unlikely and illogical as Alice, down the rabbit hole, but what has that got to do with the price of eggs in China?

Nevertheless, just for fun:

Why in hell would a high tech off world colony require a sleazy earth bound agent to shoot down a spacecraft just a few kilometers from the orbital colony with a 22nd century version of an RPG? This is even more unbelievable when you consider that security has become almost completely a function of androids.

Why would they deny critical care to a factory worker injured on the job when, as it becomes obvious, it is a low cost option? It would not be a kindness, just good business to fix a trained worker. Easily the cheaper solution.

It would have also been more realistic to make the care available to the general public but with long waiting lists. If the doc boxes are not a secret they must be shared to some extent.

As I wrote in a reply to the original post, I have no difficulty in imagining a future privileged class creating a privileged life for themselves but not at the complete expense of the masses, when those masses are a valuable commodity, as they are portrayed in this story. The better question, considering the evolution of robot tech, is why are they a valuable commodity? Why wouldn’t an amoral society just let them die off to a manageable level and reclaim Earth as a new Eden?

But once again, who cares, the action and special effects are good and the quirky effect on the robots by rebooting Elysium worked well.