Could be a lynching in the offing...

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Originally Posted by ablethevoice

Well...one of the primary things Asimov was trying to get away from when he began his robot stories was the "Frankenstein" concept of the robot ultimately being a mistake and the creator being forced to destroy his creation. It was the main reason he formulated the 3 laws. There was no "good robot/bad robot" element in his stories. In the stories no matter how "wrong" the robot's behavior seemed to be it could ultimately be explained by the robot attempting to apply the 3 laws to a difficult situation.

Good points, but I guess Hollywood figures a movie without a villain, will not sell well.

The "mainframe with an agenda" concept was torn straight out of D.F. Jones' COLOSSUS and duct taped to a few pieces of Asimov's story.

I saw that movie. It was boring.

If I wanted to see as many commercials as there were crammed in that film (Audi, Converse, JVC, Dos Equis beer, Enigma ceiling fan), I'd just watch a couple hours' worth of any commercial TV channel.

The only two "logos" I saw was Audi and Converse. What I came with from that was that Spooner liked things from a past era, like the Converse High tops, real audio equip. and a gas powered motorcycle. It defined who he was.


He is similar to some here who have an obsession some have for vintage audio gear.

Will Smith. He's wearing more than a little thin. Same personality, different script. How many films have you seen where he DIDN'T say. "awww, HELL nah..."?

Oh you mean like DeNiro and Pacino?

I freely admit that the SFX were quite impressive, but without a really good story all I saw was another demo reel showing off gigabytes worth of great number crunching and paper thin everything else.

While it was not 100% faithful to Asimov, I thought the story was good. Remember, in "I Robot", the 3 laws were flawed and would lead to anarchy. That is an interesting twist to Asimov's story.