I, Robot

[DanaC]

Is it based on Isaac Asimov's robot stories?

[Slartibartfast]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Is it based on Isaac Asimov's robot stories?

From what I've heard, the movie actually claims it is "suggested by" the book by Asimov. That's 1000X more vague than saying "based on", and from what I've heard about the plot of the movie, the only ideas suggested by asimov's work are:

its about robots
they mention the 3 rule of robotics
a character from the book carries over to the movie, but switched from a major role in the book to a minor role in the movie

I think calling this movie I Robot would be like retitling Star Trek TNG with the new "suggested by" Asimov title of Foundation because both are about a space empire and because Data has a positronic brain like Asimov's robots.

Do I have to mention I will never, ever, choose to see this movie, not even on tv?


Has anyone ever seen the movie Nightfall? I am beginning to think any movie with any claim to be about Asimov's work is utterly cursed to fail.

[Troubleshooter]

Near as I can tell it looks to be more based on "The Caves of Steel" than the series of stories in the "I, Robot" series.

A friend who knows how I am about the works of the master storytellers is going to see it for me and let me know how bad it is.

[crossfire]

To be quite honest, I relly don't care how much it follows the stories, it was still a really good movie. But still, I'm interested to know what your friend thinks

[xoxoxoBruce]

I don’t know if it applies here, but whenever I see a movie that’s based on a book or story I’ve read, I’m disappointed. Written work allows me to fill in the blanks and the movie never does it the way (as well as?) I do. Maybe if I’d read a Cliff's notes outline, but not the book.