I, Robot

03-19-2004, 10:02 PM

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/i_...deo_large.html

i love love · 03-20-2004, 06:14 AM

Thanks for the link.

Hmmmm... I wonder how much they will alter Asimov's story. It looks inevitable by this trailer. Asimov is sort of the father of the best robot plots ever written. Or at least the first original and certainly some of the most ingenious stories ever written. His plots have been "borrowed" over and over.

I believe he wrote over 30 novels involving these same robots. The Foundation series is beyond amazing.

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The robot's primary function was to serve man. And man didn't know just how deeply the robots served us... or how much a robot could look like a normal human being.

[ March 20, 2004, 04:16 AM: Message edited by: i love love ]

**Jocasta** · 03-20-2004, 07:56 AM

Thanks Dennis, I'll have to show this to my resident Asimov expert for his opinion.

03-20-2004, 11:23 AM

Crap.

Looks like Hollywood is going to bastardize another Classic Science Fiction Novel. Will Smith needs to stay the hell away from this kind of movie...

From the trailer, the movie looks more like that old episode of The Outer Limits, "I, Robot," which was based on a short story by Eando Binder. In that story, a robot is accused of killing his master and there is an investigation and trial. It looks nothing like Asimov's "I, Robot," which was merely a series of short stories along a similar line, rather than a single linear story.

And furthermore, never did anything called "I, Robot" have anything to do with Humans with Shotguns vs. Crazed, Killer Robots.

i love love · 03-20-2004, 08:08 PM

Exactly. I've read almost every one of Asmiov's robot stories. Not every book since he wrote well over 75. Indeed I Robot were primarily a bunch of short stories. And The Foundation series took them to heights no other robot stories ever reached or likely ever will.

This looks to be a giant departure from his plot. It's a shame since Asimov is a God.

That's exactly what they based this on. They made two Outer Limits versions of this. The original series did an OK job. The next remake starred Leonard Nimoy.

Even in the trailer for this oddity they dummied up the three laws for robots. BIG TIME. I could cry.

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03-19-2004, 10:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dennis- Posts: n/a	http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/i_...deo_large.html

03-20-2004, 06:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
i love love . Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: a black hole in a back pocket universe Posts: 4,802 My Profile	Thanks for the link. Hmmmm... I wonder how much they will alter Asimov's story. It looks inevitable by this trailer. Asimov is sort of the father of the best robot plots ever written. Or at least the first original and certainly some of the most ingenious stories ever written. His plots have been "borrowed" over and over. I believe he wrote over 30 novels involving these same robots. The Foundation series is beyond amazing. POSSIBLE SPOILER? POSSIBLE SPOILER? POSSIBLE SPOILER? POSSIBLE SPOILER? POSSIBLE SPOILER? POSSIBLE SPOILER? POSSIBLE SPOILER? POSSIBLE SPOILER? POSSIBLE SPOILER? The robot's primary function was to serve man. And man didn't know just how deeply the robots served us... or how much a robot could look like a normal human being. [ March 20, 2004, 04:16 AM: Message edited by: i love love ]

03-20-2004, 07:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 18,612 My Profile	Thanks Dennis, I'll have to show this to my resident Asimov expert for his opinion.

03-20-2004, 11:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sylus Posts: n/a	Crap. Looks like Hollywood is going to bastardize another Classic Science Fiction Novel. Will Smith needs to stay the hell away from this kind of movie... From the trailer, the movie looks more like that old episode of The Outer Limits, "I, Robot," which was based on a short story by Eando Binder. In that story, a robot is accused of killing his master and there is an investigation and trial. It looks nothing like Asimov's "I, Robot," which was merely a series of short stories along a similar line, rather than a single linear story. And furthermore, never did anything called "I, Robot" have anything to do with Humans with Shotguns vs. Crazed, Killer Robots.

03-20-2004, 08:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
i love love . Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: a black hole in a back pocket universe Posts: 4,802 My Profile	Exactly. I've read almost every one of Asmiov's robot stories. Not every book since he wrote well over 75. Indeed I Robot were primarily a bunch of short stories. And The Foundation series took them to heights no other robot stories ever reached or likely ever will. This looks to be a giant departure from his plot. It's a shame since Asimov is a God. That's exactly what they based this on. They made two Outer Limits versions of this. The original series did an OK job. The next remake starred Leonard Nimoy. Even in the trailer for this oddity they dummied up the three laws for robots. BIG TIME. I could cry. [ March 20, 2004, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: i love love ]

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