ET Warrior Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 Originally posted by Darth Groovy WTF? My thread not good enough? Where's the love?! I thought I was looking at that same thread when I first came in, and then I was like...wait a tic.... <_< >_> People these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpTheHotrod Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 BTW guys...I've heard complaints about the title..... and I did a lil snooping around and found this... The Alan Parsons Project I Robot This album was originally released by Arista Records in 1977. From the album notes: I Robot... The story of the rise of machine and the decline of man, which paradoxically coincided with his discovery of the wheel... And a warning that his brief dominance of this planet will probably end, because man tried to create robot in his own image. I Robot instrumental (6:02) http://www.theavenueonline.info/site1/discog/i-robot.htm Interesting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupes. Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 APP is the roxorz ! I might so see this one, hopefully the critics will have it right this time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troopr-Undr-Fir Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Mehbeh a special person suggested it? But whateva...Don't judge a book by it's cover If ya know what I mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted July 19, 2004 Author Share Posted July 19, 2004 It is because the movie is based on a short story by Issac Assimov, which is also titled I, Robot . Google is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerd_Annhilator Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Read the damned book instead I say. The old one (like...1967 book or so... The REAL one) Its much better, and the story line is not like the movie at all. Read the book, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 yeh, the name is based on a song, right! sheesh:rolleyes: with this and the "games used to have actors in cutscenes???" thread i am starting to fdeel that the world has gone down the pan... I'd assumed this would suck too (like everyone else by the sound of it). Alex proyas (?) might have been able to pull it off, as his other work wasn't bad.... but i assume it is quite good as "dumb, wisecracking summer action movies go" not quite good as highly intelligent and groundbreaking sci-fi movies go. I don't understand why they named it after i, robot at all... it has nothing to do with it, the people who recognise the name only assume it will suck cos it isn't like the book, the people who don't recognise the name get no benefit. All it has done is prove the shocking state of literacy in america... WHy not just call is Bad Robo-hunter boyz and play to your audience...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Critics appear to agree that I, Robot, starring Will Smith, is a serviceable summer film to accompany a large tub of popcorn, but little else. Philip Wuntch in the Dallas Morning News comments: "I, Robot is yet another summer entree in which good intentions are stymied by excessive bric-a-brac. But you'll still enjoy the robots on parade." Ty Burr in the Boston Globe remarks that Isaac Asimov's 1950 short story collection "has been remixed and remodeled into a stylish, watchable, very familiar future-cop action thriller. What was once original is now almost completely derivative." Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal remarks that the movie "is impressive for Patrick Tatopoulos's production design but depressive for the juiceless story." Carrie Rickey in the Philadelphia Inquirer similarly remarks: "While I enjoyed its look and Smith's charisma, [director Alex] Proyas' film is long on flash but short on resonance." Several critics suggest that the movie has a lot in common with the robots it depicts. Rick Groen in the Toronto Globe and Mail describes it as: "A movie of its kind and of its time -- functional, professional, slickly manufactured and slouching toward consciousness -- I, Robot is a perfect slave to mechanical convention." And A.O. Smith in the New York Times observes: "This kind of movie presents a troubling paradox, since it is an example of the very phenomenon it purports to warn against. Dramatizing the threat of runaway technology seems to demand ever greater technological innovation, as digitized special effects increasingly push human beings off screen." from imdb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Originally posted by toms I don't understand why they named it after i, robot at all... Actually it might be brilliant - because the initial interest is very high with people who like Asimov's stuff (like me) who see the trailers and think 'this is crap' and therefore the critical basis drops way down. Meantime, the average 'pop movie' viewer sees the trailers and thinks 'ooohhh, aaahhh' and then sees opinions of 'those clever readers' (*) and dismisses it as pseudointellectual rubbish by losers who read. Critics see it and think, hey, Asimov it isn't, but it isn't a bad ride, and give it decent scores. And that, boys and girls, is how mediocre movies with low expectations score better than good movies with outrageous expectations. Mike (* anyone catch the Pooh Quote? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 I liked it, the robots.... coolness... Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 Synopsis: Asimov: "Let's explore the moral complexities around creating a self-aware machine intelligence in our own image, then treating it like a slave or second-class citizen." Hollywood: "Let's make a film about the moral compl... just kidding! Let's make a film about WH3N R0B0TZ 4TT4CK!!!!!1!" Other thoughts: - Asimov didn't write about an 'evil computer', in fact there were no villians as such in the I, Robot stories. - The movie plays like this was the process: 1. Write a sci-fi robots-run-amok script completely and totally unrelated to anything Asimov ever wrote. 2. Acquire the rights to the Asimov library. 3. Drop a few details from the Asimov library into the previously-written, totally unrelated script, change the title, and advertise it as being based on a famous book. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 the "lower expectations to get better reviews" theory is the only one that fits... eh watson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted July 25, 2004 Author Share Posted July 25, 2004 Just got back from seeing I, Robot, and it rox my sox! Really was impressive, in fact parts of it were downright scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stake Black Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 Looks cool! Hey, hav you guys thought about making a skin of these robots?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 ..... surely this movie cant be as cool and classy as Blade Runner, also featuring killer humanoid robots ... anyone remember that ? *walks out like old fogey* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 Yeah, actually I wanted someone to make a skin/model of the NS-5s the first time I saw it ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 Originally posted by Astrotoy7 ..... surely this movie cant be as cool and classy as Blade Runner, also featuring killer humanoid robots ... anyone remember that ? *walks out like old fogey* FINALLY, a movie we can agree on. Yes i've seen it, I own it, and I love it! Although these movies have somewhat similar concepts, neither movie can be considered a duplicate of the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jed Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Originally posted by txa1265 Synopsis: Asimov: "Let's explore the moral complexities around creating a self-aware machine intelligence in our own image, then treating it like a slave or second-class citizen." Hollywood: "Let's make a film about the moral compl... just kidding! Let's make a film about WH3N R0B0TZ 4TT4CK!!!!!1!" Other thoughts: - Asimov didn't write about an 'evil computer', in fact there were no villians as such in the I, Robot stories. - The movie plays like this was the process: 1. Write a sci-fi robots-run-amok script completely and totally unrelated to anything Asimov ever wrote. 2. Acquire the rights to the Asimov library. 3. Drop a few details from the Asimov library into the previously-written, totally unrelated script, change the title, and advertise it as being based on a famous book. Mike Couldn't have said it better myself. Read the book, guys. I read it when I was in 6th grade, and then again in 9th, and I may read it again this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapNColostomy Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Originally posted by Jed Read the book, guys. **** NO!!!! Make me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Hey! I've seen Blade Runner also, it was cool, but kinda strange in some parts. And now Astro can't go out like an old fogey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 wtf, dont even comparie this to blade runner firstly blade runner is much much much better, and secondly in blade runner, they are replicants, not robots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 I wasn't comparing it... just saying that I've watched Blade Runner also... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight of Keno Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Originally posted by obi-wan13 I have no desire to see this movie. In fact, Will Smith is probably one of the worst actors ever. The only movie halfway decent was "bad boys." I disagree... <_< >_> Will Smith rules! *Walks away* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Well, I seen it.....I must say, it was pretty good despite the fact Will Smith sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 I have no doubt that it was an enjoyable summer action popcorn flick, but I wonder ... ... what are the chances of a book-movie like "SlaughterHouse Five" or "Catch 22" ever getting made again ... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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