I, Robot Trailer

[Brown Jenkin]

So let me get this straight -- you don't like the title of the movie, so you won't see it?

If the title is taken from another work in hopes of bringing more people to see the movie who will incorrectly think that the movie has anything to do with the title, then yes I won't see it. It is a moral and philisophical decision not to support unethical business practices. Now if the name is just plain stupid like "Attack of the Clones" then I might riducule the title but it won't stop me from seeing the movie.

 

[Desdichado]

If the title is taken from another work in hopes of bringing more people to see the movie who will incorrectly think that the movie has anything to do with the title, then yes I won't see it. It is a moral and philisophical decision not to support unethical business practices. Now if the name is just plain stupid like "Attack of the Clones" then I might riducule the title but it won't stop me from seeing the movie.

If that's important to you, then more power to you.

 

[dreaded_beast]

If I, Robot took more than just the title and the premise from the book of the same name, it would be a complete commercial disaster that even genre fans wouldn't like. For those of you who think this movie will fail big-time because it won't be like the collection of short stories written in the 50s by Asimov, you don't know what the heck you're talking about.

I actually read and like I,Robot.

However, I do understand that it is nearly next to impossible for a movie to be exactly the same in terms of the book, especially a book in the format of I,Robot. I think it would be nice though, if the movie drew some of the more major elements from the I,Robot book.

If a movie is based from a book and uses the same title as said book, I think it is reasonable to expect some resemblance between the two.

Regarding I,Robot the movie, I think I read somewhere that it is based on 1 of the stories from the I'Robot book and not on the entire book itself.

 

[reapersaurus]

If I, Robot took more than just the title and the premise from the book of the same name, it would be a complete commercial disaster that even genre fans wouldn't like. For those of you who think this movie will fail big-time because it won't be like the collection of short stories written in the 50s by Asimov, you don't know what the heck you're talking about.

*applauds*

I am SO sick of us geeks chiming in with "Heresy!" "Crime against the original!" and "This movie will suck!" just because Hollywood decides to market a film a certain way.

God forbid people just watch the movie and ON IT'S OWN MERITS, decide whether it's good or not.

 

[Krieg]

I have not read I, Robot.

That kinda dilutes the rest of your post.

God forbid people just watch the movie and ON IT'S OWN MERITS, decide whether it's good or not.

If Hollywood wanted films to stand on their own merits they wouldn't saddle them with tie-ins to literary works with which said films have no connection.

Coming soon to a theater near you...

The Synoptic Gospels - Starring Jesus of Nazareth, a hard-bitten bounty hunter chasing the charismatic vampire Shaitan from one end of the galaxy to the other.



Yes it matters.

 

[Heinrich_Uberlich]

Can anyone tell me what I, Robot the novel is about? I heard it was about robots going bad?
HU

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Asimov's I, Robot isn't a novel, it's a collection of short stories about the evolution of positronic brained robots and the 3 Laws of robotics. It's been a long time since I've read it, so I don't remember the details of the individual stories. From what I've seen of the trailer, the movie seems to closely resemble the plot of Caves of Steel (an actual novel), in which a robot is accused of murder (theroretically impossible under the 3 laws) and the crime is investigated by a robot-hating human detective. Two later robot novels, The Naked Sun and Robots of Dawn are also 3 Law-based murder mysteries.

There may have been a murder-mystery story in I, Robot -- I don't remember it well enough, and my copy is 2000 miles away -- but the story titled "Evidence" may be the source.

FYI, the 3 laws are:

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 givein to 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.

Good code for Paladin Warforged of Eberron?

 

[Viking Bastard]

Coming soon to a theater near you...

The Synoptic Gospels - Starring Jesus of Nazareth, a hard-bitten bounty hunter chasing the charismatic vampire Shaitan from one end of the galaxy to the other.

I'll be first in line for that.

 

[Heinrich_Uberlich]

Thanks Olgar, might have to pick up those books you mentioned.
HU

Asimov's I, Robot isn't a novel, it's a collection of short stories about the evolution of positronic brained robots and the 3 Laws of robotics. It's been a long time since I've read it, so I don't remember the details of the individual stories. From what I've seen of the trailer, the movie seems to closely resemble the plot of Caves of Steel (an actual novel), in which a robot is accused of murder (theroretically impossible under the 3 laws) and the crime is investigated by a robot-hating human detective. Two later robot novels, The Naked Sun and Robots of Dawn are also 3 Law-based murder mysteries.

There may have been a murder-mystery story in I, Robot -- I don't remember it well enough, and my copy is 2000 miles away -- but the story titled "Evidence" may be the source.

FYI, the 3 laws are:

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 givein to 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.

Good code for Paladin Warforged of Eberron?

 

[Psychic Warrior]

*applauds*

I am SO sick of us geeks chiming in with "Heresy!" "Crime against the original!" and "This movie will suck!" just because Hollywood decides to market a film a certain way.

God forbid people just watch the movie and ON IT'S OWN MERITS, decide whether it's good or not.

Interestingly enough I haven't seen anyone use these terms to describe this movie. Except now you of course.

I, actually having read I, Robot, have to wonder then why they are using this title? Simply to get the Asimov 'fanboys'? Most will be instantly turned off by the trailers anyway. It just doesn't seem to make any sense to me.

And Joshua - if you haven't read I, Robot how do you know it is as bad as you seem to think? The rest of your arguement seems to fall to pieces after that.

For me I won't go see I, Robot for several reasons one of which is that fact that this movie has nothing to do with its supposed source material. Another is Will Smith has to be one of most overrated and overused actors working today. Untalented and boring to watch.