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Metropolis

Metropolis

Metropolis asks a useful Monster Ranger question: just because we can build something astonishing, should we? Inspired by the 1927 film and its iconic robot Maria, this badge celebrates machinery, imagination, and the ethical problems that arrive when invention outruns judgment.

Ranger Fact: A machine can be beautiful, brilliant, and still be a terrible idea. Those qualities are not mutually exclusive.

Point Value: Worth 20 Glory Points toward your Monster Rangers badge collection.

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HOW TO EARN THIS BADGE

Choose one:

  • Watch or study the 1927 film Metropolis and identify one warning it makes about technology or power.
  • Build a simple working machine, automaton, or mechanism and write one rule for how it should be used responsibly.
  • Choose a modern invention and discuss one benefit and one ethical problem it creates with another Ranger.

Jr. Monster Rangers

Choose one:

  • With a grown-up, look at images or age-appropriate clips from Metropolis and identify the robot Maria.
  • Build a simple cardboard machine with a moving part and explain what it is supposed to do.
  • Pick one everyday machine and name one good thing it does and one rule people should follow when using it.

Secret Power (for the Monster Rangers RPG)

“Machine With a Conscience” — Once per session, when dealing with a machine, invention, or automated system, ask the Guide for one unintended consequence its creator failed to consider.