I, Robot Trailer

[Elemental]

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.

Been done.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311361/

Edit: Ah, just noticed I've been scooped.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Not quick enough.

 

[LoneWolf23]

Oh well, if nothing else, at least this will make "Bicentennial Man", starring Robin Williams, look much better; even if the story was altered and a romantic subplot got tacked on, at least it remained true to the spirit of Asimov's story.

 

[Desdichado]

Oh well, if nothing else, at least this will make "Bicentennial Man", starring Robin Williams, look much better; even if the story was altered and a romantic subplot got tacked on, at least it remained true to the spirit of Asimov's story.

Which is exactly why I, Robot won't. Bicentennial Man was an enormous flop at the box office, and a dreadfully boring movie.

Nobody wants to risk that happening again. In fact, if I'd remembered it, Bicentennial Man is a perfect example of the point I was trying to make earlier.

 

[Robbert Raets]

Lesbian Skin Grafts?!?

 

[Belen]

Which is exactly why I, Robot won't. Bicentennial Man was an enormous flop at the box office, and a dreadfully boring movie.

Nobody wants to risk that happening again. In fact, if I'd remembered it, Bicentennial Man is a perfect example of the point I was trying to make earlier.

Now, a few of us loved Bicentennial Man and Asimov's writing in general.

 

[buzz]

But I still couldn't get into anything by Asimov.

Not that you need to force yourself to read books you're not interested in, but have you ever given Asimov's Caves of Steel or Naked Sun a try, Josh? I sympathize with your finding some of Azimov's "classic" stuff slightly tedious. I admit that I have yet to ever get very far in the Foundation series (though I'll probably try again). But the "robot novels" above are just freaking amazing. I've always wanted to see a good film adaptation of those, though this new film isn't quite looking like it.

Oh, and if you want to see the version of the film that should have been made, you can look here:

I, Robot:The Illustrated Screenplay; by Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison

 

[Basin?]

I have to say, I think you guys who are saying "I won't see it because it obviously has nothing to do with the book" could definitely be wrong. Think of it this way; they wanted to make a movie based loosely on the theme of the book, but in order to do that they had to spice it up for the medium of film with some action sequences and stuff. Of course, when you are making a trailer which scenes are most likely to make it in so people will want to see it? Probably the action ones. I'm not sure but I think there's a decent chance its more than just the typical "Im unna stick my foot so far up ya ass yall gonna taste boot!" Will Smith action movie.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

I look at it in a broader picture. I hate the concept of loosely based off of some source material. It either is or is not. If you loosely base something then it is not the same thing and should not have the same same title. Even if the movie is the best movie ever, if I support this aproach by going anyways I am being hypocritical and condoning this marketing tactic. There might be some great grains in Asimov to base movies off of and I would be happy to see a Will Smith action movie based off of these grains if only they called it something different.

 

[Umbran]

I look at it in a broader picture. I hate the concept of loosely based off of some source material. It either is or is not. If you loosely base something then it is not the same thing and should not have the same same title.

Whether it should or should not have the title for reasons of content is not nearly so relevant as whether the title puts butts in the seats. An expensive film is a big financial risk, and that which lessens the risk is good for the filmmakers.

In addition, given the ways movies are made these days, they may not have had much choice, depending on how the licenses and contracts were drawn up. For all we know, the concept was much closer to Asimov's work when the project started development, and wandered away after the contracts were signed.