I Robot

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:25 pm

DCrazy wrote:Topher, don't go turning this into SomethingAwfulForumsJr.

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:16 pm

AceCombat wrote:Cat Woman looks to be promising aswell

Any movie with women in skin-tight outfits is a good movie regardless of the plot and acting.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:56 pm

woodchip wrote:It's been more than 30 years since I read the book. Long enough to forget the actual story line and enjoy how the movie moguls abbreviated it.

You'll be disappointed. The only things common to this movie and the story is the title, The Three Laws, and Susan Calvin. That's it. Oh - and I bet SC is played by some gorgeous blonde, when in the books she was described as a dour old woman...

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 2:20 pm

Hmmm, I never knew there was a book called I Robot?

I just saw a couple of clips. The one where Spooner is chaseing one of the robots (I won't say who) through the repair bay.

Anyway, if you didn't know there was a book, go see the movie. It was still a really good story and a good movie. However, the fact that they changed the whole story-line tends to bother people. This also lowers the movie on my scale by a lot.

Why on Earth, when they do this, don't they either follow the original plot, or else call it something different, re-name all of the characters, slap on a completely different title, and say that it was lightly based on the book?

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 2:55 pm

mob-messenger wrote:Why on Earth, when they do this, don't they either follow the original plot, or else call it something different, re-name all of the characters, slap on a completely different title, and say that it was lightly based on the book?

Because books and cinema are two different playing fields. If they were to make it it's own movie with a different title, it wouldn't have the same market share as one with a popular title. If they were to make the book into a movie, word for word, it would be 10 hours long and feel like a documentary. Movies need to be exciting and entertaining and so some artistic leisure is needed to make it worth while.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:37 pm

4 hour movie would be nice.

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:38 pm

Just saw the movie, I've never read the books so I thought it was pretty good. Not academy award material, but worth going to see, IMO.

and I bet SC is played by some gorgeous blonde, when in the books she was described as a dour old woman...

No, not blonde and not that gorgeous. Not really a dour old woman either though... I guess that was a smart way of getting around the whole matter

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 4:05 pm

Well I really liked the Alan Parsons Project tune I Robot and it had nothing to do with the book either. So maybe there is hope for the movie.
I have read all of the Asimov robot series, a very thoughtful study on the phobias and conflicts of technology vs people and clever whodunnits based on the logic of the three laws of robotics, so I am sure none of it is in a Hollywood movie.

Stupid · Post by **Stupid** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:51 pm

Ford Prefect wrote:I have read all of the Asimov robot series, a very thoughtful study on the phobias and conflicts of technology vs people and clever whodunnits based on the logic of the three laws of robotics, so I am sure none of it is in a Hollywood movie.

Actually, for someone that hasn't seen the movie, you hit the movie right on the head. It was definitely a movie worth seeing at the movie theaters. I also saw Bourne Supremacy, and it was more-than-likely better than the first one (I'd have to watch the 1st one again), and I'd gladly go see it again if someone asked me, because it was a very good movie.

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 9:57 pm

Someone needs to show the cinematographer of the Bourne Supremacy how to use a Steadicam or Tripod