I, Robot (new Will Smith) movie
 

coming out this summer, looks pretty good,

http://mediaframe.yahoo.com/launch?l...135&.dist=20th

my knee jerk reaction on thinking about Will Smith anywhere near an Asimov inspired production :hmm: :eek:
edit: how amusing, clicked on that link on this main system and it just hangs on:
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must not like my "every last shred of WMP ripped out" WinXP installation. :D

I'm not digging it. The graphics look pretty good, but Will Smith isn't the right man for the job.

This has barely anything to do with the Asimov classic, apparently one studio had the rights to a film based on the Asimov story and another studio were in the process of making a big-budget evil-robot film. That studio then bought the rights to an I, Robot film and titled their evil-robot flick I, Robot. They then added a few Asimov details such as the three laws. Personally I think the film looks horrid from the two released trailers, especially the CG.

Will Smith can act, I just wish he wouldn't keep trying to do his MIB routine in every film he's in.

Yeah, after seeing the two trailers, I can firmly say that it's gonna be a waste. Good concept, but it's a really bad idea to put sub-par CGI and Will Smith in it. It'll make a fucklode of money, but it'll still suck. Doesn't really matter...audiences like Will Smith and bad CGI, so most people will probably enjoy it. :)

-Lasereth

the same could be said for Forest Gump, The latest Star Wars Films, Titanic, Gladiator, and other films that look good but are still dreadful (and not in that good "golden turkey" fashion either).

Dont like Will Smith preformance in this one :(

Asimov is freakin rolling over in his grave. Do not fucking dumb down Asimov and get a toy robot with every Happy Meal.

i didn't make the correlation between Asimov's novel and the movie. guess i am not up on my science fiction literature:(

Looks terrible..

looks really bad... judging from the previews, it's staying pretty far from the point of the book. le*sigh... stupid hollywood will never learn...

Damn it looks like the graphics are going to make this one dead in the water, just like the Hulk. They should have made a trailer where they show the robots minimally, to add suspense and not show anyone how fake it looks.

Agreed with the dumbing-down of Asimov. I think it'll suffer from Matrix fallout, too. Man vs Machine, oooh! Been there, done that.

I've never read the Asimov book, but this movie looks pretty bad. Actually, it looks like it could be good, but the robots look horrible. Unless there are a ton of glowing reviews out there when it comes out, I'll be skipping it.

C'mon now folks, how can you dumb down Asimov? Turn him into Arthur C. Clarke.

Just Kidding. I'm really bored today and I thought a nice little flame war between the Sci Fi Geeks would really liven things up.

"The Second Renaissance"
This looks like a live action version.

It'll only be the second renaissance if there's gonna be humongous mecha and shit like that in it. But I can see the similarity.

%#^(&*$%Q#&$ %#@(^&*%^@()*% $@(*#^%)(@$#^)(% %&*(@)#$%^@#$%(^@Y %(@*^%)(*$@^%(^*@er!!!!!!!

Must not get angry, must not use Tuesday morning angst to turn into flame..

Actually saw this preview for the first time last night. A few months ago I saw the teaser and my blood got pumping, because all it had was the three laws and a splash of "Now three laws safe".. Now, it looks like crap. This is NOT I, Robot.. This is Will Smith versus the evil red robots.. grrr

Movie studio people should burn in hell forever for what they did to this story. Far be it that they create a physcological thriller/mystery like the oringinal storry and have the audience actaully THINK and be ENGAGED in the story. Nah, just have robots go ape shit, fuckers.

Yeah, I thought it had potential too, like Will Smith could be in a thinking man's movie, like he would be a scientist. Now it's just incredibly generic.

Im sorry to inform you of the death of the concept "thinking man's movie".. It had a good life, but like all things worth anything in this world, it was beaten to death by the lowest common demoninator. Please line up behind the casket for your complimentary ticket to "white chicks" and "Soul Plane" thank you for coming..

Yeah, I guess I was expecting something like Requiem For A Dream or Pi, or maybe even A.I. Guess I was just hoping for too much.

I'm thinking cross between T3: Rise of the Machine and Star Wars: Attack of the Clones.

I'll probably be watching it any ways....regardless...yeah...

Wow, it looks like they're raping one of my favorite books

HORRAY!

oh snap! you thought forrest gump was a crappy movie?

that makes me a sad panda

Nothing like reviewing a movie before it even comes out. I think it looks quite entertaining. It surely won't match the book in thought-provoking insight, but then movies rarely do. Look at "The Beach." I think it has potential in a "Minority Report" kind of way.

I'll see it. I like the look of it, and I'll catch it while it's still in theaters. As for raping one of ol' Isaac's books, that crap happens all the time . . .

Kinda looks like it's going to suck. I liked the book though.

I was gonna say it if someone else didn't. There were basically no "graphics" in Forrest Gump, and the entire film was brilliant.

As for I, Robot, I think that it going to be amazingly bad.

I feel that way every time one of them morons desides to kill a Robert Heinlein book.

quoted twice in two consecutive posts... i dont think that's happened to me yet... feels good in a retarded internet-ego-that-doesnt-really-matter kind of way

and yes, I also hate it when Heinlein books get raped... I just wish they had given Starship Troopers a different name... because they were totally different entities

Three times in one thread now, print it out and stick it on your fridge ;)

agree with Mr.Deflok's first post in this thread, self. with what Hollywood's doing to classics, I wonder sometimes if they'll go so far as to make a movie of Asimov's "Lucky Starr" adventures, with, say, Eminem as a star. wouldn't suprise me, the way trends are going.

MAYBE I WILL!

It looks a lot better then some of the other shit they are releasing this summer...The cronicles of riddick, don't even get me started!

Finally, I was looking for someone to say that! Even before I thought of Asimov, I thought Matrix prequel. I thought that was plainly obvious based on the trailers, or is it just me?

The only thing is... "The Second Renaissance" is going to end up being a better product

Amen.

It looks good so far but we'll see.