My art teacher at high school was not only passionate about art’s history but also curious about the equivalent symbolism in modern society.

One of his dilemmas was if the car is the evolution of medieval armor or if it is a mechanic surrogate of the horse.

The answer he finally found was that car is the modern equivalent of both: armor and horse.

Even if it is not a life-changing thought at all, it changed how the “Mecha” movie looks to me. Now I don’t see epic fights, I see only stressed drivers shouting at the other people stuck in the traffic.