I'Robot.... the movie??

[Lilwolf]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/i_robot/trailer3/

big hollywood star... and boy does it look bad...

I wonder if there will be any parts of the game in it.

[RayB]

I hope you're joking.

[Minwah]

That film caught my eye on the front of a magazine the other day.  It is supposed to have anything to do with the game?  It didn't look like it to me, but what an odd title to call a film otherwise...

[DaveMMR]

In the IMDB... I'Robot the movie lists the game as a refernce and vice versa.  But I didn't see any hint of the plot including a robot who likes to jump but isn't allowed.

[Witchboard]

I wonder if they are going to use Allen Parson's Project for the the theme song?  

[ErikRuud]

I, Robot was a classic sci-fi book by Isaac Asimov.

The movie is supposed to be based on the book, I don't know how closely but the trailers have too much of an action/adventure look for most of Asimov's work.

I don't think the arcade game had anything to do with the book, other than the name.

[REBIRTH]

The trailers look HORRIBLE.  Must be a huge budget movie too, but looks bad.  The robots in the movie look so... fake? Obvioulsy they are fake, but they look very.... hmmm.... fake.

[ErikRuud]

DaveNMR,

I can't find any referance to the arcade game in the movie listing for I,Robot.  Where did you see that?

I do see that IMDB has listings for the movie and the video game, I don't see any cross referancing between them.

[FractalWalk]

I, Robot the game has nothing to do with I, Robot the book, which has very little to do with I, Robot the movie.

The book is a collection of short stories involving the evolution of robots and their interactions with humans. Assimov lays out the 3 laws of robotics:

1). A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

2). A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

3). A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

The book relies on these rules to make for some very interesting plots. It's a very good read.  Evidently, the movie abandons the stories but retains the 3 laws.



FWIW, there are no jumping flying robots or giagantic red eyes in the book.

[Hoagie_one]

illjust crap myself if there is a jumping flying robot or giagantic red eye

[hulkster]

yeah, movie looks extremely dumb.  i saw shrek 2 and harry potter (no i'm not 12) and saw the previews for I,Robot in both and man did it suck.  well at least it looks like it will suck.  reminded me of.....Attack of the Clones meets Minority Report....minus dorky star wars crap and tom cruise.

[DaveMMR]

DaveNMR,

I can't find any referance to the arcade game in the movie listing for I,Robot.  Where did you see that?

I do see that IMDB has listings for the movie and the video game, I don't see any cross referancing between them.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/movieconnections  You'll see it listed under VERSION OF as I'Robot (VG).

[dkraines]

Well, be thankful they didn't try to make Foundation into a movie with Vin Diesal as the clown.

[ErikRuud]

Well, I think that must be a mistake.

[TalkingOctopus]

I really enjoyed Asimov's Robot Series, which starts with I, Robot.  I like it even better than the Foundation Series.  However, this movie looks unbearable.  It does not even deserve to have the "I, Robot" name.

[DaveMMR]

Well, I think that must be a mistake.

Probably is.  You know how many times I'll read a movie's 'CONNECTION' section and there are references that seem so far fetched.   I think the IMDB seems to rely a little to heavily on reader contributions.

[wakerlet]

There must be a few Asimov fans in the BYOAC. This is LOOSELY based on the Caves of Steel novel.  In this book a detective (Elijah Baley) teams up with a robot (Daneel Olivaw) to solve the murder of a human who shares the likeness of the robot Daneel.

I Robot was a collection of short stories chronicling the invention of the robot, the positronic brain, and their implications on society.

-Todd

[hunky_artist]

<<<HUGE Asimov fan.

Also Arthur C Clarke.

yes the film is based on the 'idea' behind the asimov piece,. mainly the laws of robotics and a few other ideas, i think they've pretty much written their own story around it though.

I for one (and apparantly I AM only one) think it looks promising and can't wait to see it.

[Zapper]

I just watched the trailer at the I,Robot website. It looks okay to me, the robots look like walking appliances. At least they don't look like the typical American style robots, clunky walking trashcans or so real they actually look like real people.

[Floyd10]

Am I the only one here looking forward to I.Robot? Maybe it's because I loved the book and reading 5 million times. I think, at least this is what I gathered from the trailer, Is that Robots SHOULD retain Asimov's laws, but they decide not to. very Philisophical, seeing whethere or not Machines can have free will or think. Sort of like Matrix, I guess, only humans arent plugged in. Ok I take that back. Maybe like the first Animatrix movie.

[danny_galaga]

yeah, it looks like fun. i cant remember the book clearly now. will have to find it. i read it when i was about 10. youd think id remember what happened only last year wouldnt you...

[Harry Potter]

*Rumble RUMBLE shake SHAKE RUMBLE!!! SHAKE!!!!!!*

Asimov turning in his grave.

Hope this won't be as crap as Bicentenial man.

[flampoo]

You can't possibly be comparing the two?

[Dartful Dodger]

You can't possibly be comparing the two?

Isaac Asimov wrote the short story "Bicentenial man", so you can compare the two.

Any movie that Robin Williams dies in is gets at least one star from me.

[Floyd10]

^^^^ lololololololol ^^^^^ Bicentenial man wasn't as good as I thought it would be. *cries just like he did when he saw it*

[Luxury]

Well, be thankful they didn't try to make Foundation into a movie with Vin Diesal as the clown.

Foundation movie you say?

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/520/520842p1.html

[Floyd10]

Well, be thankful they didn't try to make Foundation into a movie with Vin Diesal as the clown.

Foundation movie you say?

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/520/520842p1.html

*Heart Stops*
omg!!!

[hunky_artist]

...I loved Bicentennial man  

[Floyd10]

Too much Sexual references for my (then) Virgin little mind.

[FractalWalk]

Like, I, Robot, the Foundation series is just a bunch of short stories, but with a killer plot that threads them all together over vast expanses of time.  With all the jumps in time I can't believe that you could fit the greatness of those books into 120 minutes of film.

For example, in Bicentennial Man I think the jump cuts were written and edited well, but there wasn't enough time to develop the characters and so they have to be one-dimensional and you are forced to identify with the main character. In Foundation, there are no main characters from beginning to end (Seldon's recordings?) and so all the characters will have very little time to impress you.

And it's not edge-of-your-seat type stuff so a movie trilogy wouldn't work like LOTR did. So the only recourse would be to focus on a single storyline (or two) and ignore the whole thread of time. Unfortunately, the big picture is what makes those books great. I would think the best way to present Foundation would be a good TV mini-series (and yes there are such things).

David Lynch already destroyed Dune. It looks like I, Robot will be trashed as well (plot-wise). If they screw up Foundation I don't know what I'll do. What's next: Jerrry Bruckheimer producing The Martian Chronicles?

[Floyd10]

Like, I, Robot, the Foundation series is just a bunch of short stories, but with a killer plot that threads them all together over vast expanses of time.  With all the jumps in time I can't believe that you could fit the greatness of those books into 120 minutes of film.

For example, in Bicentennial Man I think the jump cuts were written and edited well, but there wasn't enough time to develop the characters and so they have to be one-dimensional and you are forced to identify with the main character. In Foundation, there are no main characters from beginning to end (Seldon's recordings?) and so all the characters will have very little time to impress you.

And it's not edge-of-your-seat type stuff so a movie trilogy wouldn't work like LOTR did. So the only recourse would be to focus on a single storyline (or two) and ignore the whole thread of time. Unfortunately, the big picture is what makes those books great. I would think the best way to present Foundation would be a good TV mini-series (and yes there are such things).

David Lynch already destroyed Dune. It looks like I, Robot will be trashed as well (plot-wise). If they screw up Foundation I don't know what I'll do. What's next: Jerrry Bruckheimer producing The Martian Chronicles?

These are all good points, but it hasnt come out yet, so it is still premature to tell whether or not it could be made better

[Grasshopper]

I read somewhere that Ridley Scott was considering making a film based on The End of Eternity.

This is Asimov's best book (IMHO) and possibly the first book to deal seriously with the true implications of time travel.

[u_rebelscum]

FWIW, Blade Runner was very little like the story it was based on, "Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep", but the movie still is great.  For those who havn't read the story, the movie is way too happy, the book takes place in San Fransisco, and many of the names are the same between the two.


I'm not saying that I, Robot or Foundations will be great movies, but how close a movie is to the book does not always say how good the movie is.

my 2 cents [shrug]

[FractalWalk]

I'm not saying that I, Robot or Foundations will be great movies, but how close a movie is to the book does not always say how good the movie is.

That's true but how many LOTR fans would have been happy if Jackson had thrown out the plot and re-wrote it a different way using different characters. Doesn't mean it wouldn't be good, but a lot of people would be upset.

I don't know if I Robot will be good or not but it upsets me that it looks like it has nothing to do with the book.

[Chris]

My understanding was that the original version of this movie had nothing to do with I, Robot.  It was originally a movie called Hardwired and only later did they tie it in to Asimov's book.  I'm guessing it'll bear very little resemblance to the book.

[danny_galaga]

Sometimes even though the movie is different from the book, both can be enjoyable.

[ErikRuud]

David Lynch already destroyed Dune. It looks like I, Robot will be trashed as well (plot-wise). If they screw up Foundation I don't know what I'll do. What's next: Jerrry Bruckheimer producing The Martian Chronicles?

The Martian Chronicles were already done as a mini series!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080242/

They didn't do all of the stories from the chronicles, but it was a fairly faithful version.  The special effects and production values are fairly laughable by todays standards.

[Floyd10]

lol. Just Desserts