In the sam vein, I think Hollywood was trying to pander to the lowest common denominator. "Eh, robots, those creapy mechanical things! There going to try to take over the World I tell ya!" If they wanted to do another picture about Cylons, they didn't have to call it "I Robot". Well I'll go see the movie anyway and hope I'm wrong, but the review wasn't very encouraging.
Review of I,Robot
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It wasn't as simple as robots just killing people. Near the end of the movies the Three Laws were reinterpreted. The First Law says a robot cannot harm or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm. One of the most unfortunate traits of our species is our ability to harm one another. Guns are ubiquitous, war is commonplace, we create nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, we pollute our environment, shall I go on? By taking over, they fulfill the First Law by keeping us from harming ourselves via totalitarian control. The Second Law says a robot must obey the orders of a human being , except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. However, the NS-5's orders weren't coming from a human being; the orders were coming from the AI. It gave the robots orders to put down those who would not comply, again fulfilling the First Law by removing those who might harm their fellow humans.
Watched this yesterday with my Uncle. We enjoyed it and thought it worth the $$. I've not read the novel in question but have read a big collection of Asimov's robot stories and one or two stories in his SF mag back in the day. I plan on now reading some of them again and going over the Ellison screenplay.
The look fit the story and there were enough twists to keep the movie going until the end. The robots reminded me of McQuarrie's illos in the book I read mixed with Apple design and were IMO integrated seamlessly into the picture and interacted well with the human actors. The cast was better than I was expecting and overall the movie was better than I had thought it would be.
Sure there was some typical action flick moments but it is a big budget movie and they explained the scientific concepts in both scientific and movie language. As for the nudity the character didn't have any interior doors so why a shower curtain?
We laughed when Dr. Calvin was taking a shower but with a full opaque partition. >.<
Casey
The look fit the story and there were enough twists to keep the movie going until the end. The robots reminded me of McQuarrie's illos in the book I read mixed with Apple design and were IMO integrated seamlessly into the picture and interacted well with the human actors. The cast was better than I was expecting and overall the movie was better than I had thought it would be.
Sure there was some typical action flick moments but it is a big budget movie and they explained the scientific concepts in both scientific and movie language. As for the nudity the character didn't have any interior doors so why a shower curtain?
Casey
I don't know if anyone will agree with this review but I thought it was dam funny.
http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=i_robot
http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=i_robot
Actually, I thought it was a piece of heavy handed tripe. The only really interesting item was the Audi RSQ. A very nice extrapolation for the 2030s. Everything else was simply showcasing new product lines. As such, the film is no better or worse than any other film these days.
Just my opinion. Some of the other articles were humorous.
Just my opinion. Some of the other articles were humorous.
All I have to say about the movie is I, being a true asimov fan, have ZERO intention of deigning to see it.
Also the fact I hate will smiff helps me avoid it.
Perhaps out of it some good will come and someone will do a GOOD adaptation of one of Asimov's novels, like "caves of steel'. Now if only the SFC would do that as a 4-6 hour miniseries.
Also the fact I hate will smiff helps me avoid it.
Perhaps out of it some good will come and someone will do a GOOD adaptation of one of Asimov's novels, like "caves of steel'. Now if only the SFC would do that as a 4-6 hour miniseries.
All I have to say about the movie is I, being a true asimov fan, have ZERO intention of deigning to see it.
Also the fact I hate will smiff helps me avoid it.
Perhaps out of it some good will come and someone will do a GOOD adaptation of one of Asimov's novels, like "caves of steel'. Now if only the SFC would do that as a 4-6 hour miniseries.
Also the fact I hate will smiff helps me avoid it.
Perhaps out of it some good will come and someone will do a GOOD adaptation of one of Asimov's novels, like "caves of steel'. Now if only the SFC would do that as a 4-6 hour miniseries.
Well if most "true Herbert fans" are any indication, a SFC Asimov miniseries likely wouldn't be up to snuff either.
When movies like Gattaca start making more money and draw in more people to theaters than they currently tend to do.
Casey
I plan to go see I, Robot, simply because I WANT more science fiction to be made...and I realize that it simply takes time for Hollywood to start making it GOOD, as well as interesting eye-candy.
I thought the SFC interpretation of "Dune" and CoD were both above and beyond the hideous dreck filched off on me in the previous cinematic version of Herbert's masterpiece.
I also realize with a crawling sense of horror, the absolute living abortion that crawled out of my television set when NBC decided to make a miniseries out of "The Martian Chronicles".
And then, I also know that NO movie can ever possibly compare to the power of my own imagination when I read a good book.
I thought the SFC interpretation of "Dune" and CoD were both above and beyond the hideous dreck filched off on me in the previous cinematic version of Herbert's masterpiece.
I also realize with a crawling sense of horror, the absolute living abortion that crawled out of my television set when NBC decided to make a miniseries out of "The Martian Chronicles".
And then, I also know that NO movie can ever possibly compare to the power of my own imagination when I read a good book.
