Why, Georgia, why.
the CGI looks like shit, too
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Leopold thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
.........Isaac Asimov.........Will Smith.......
Does not compute. [ 03-12-2004: Message edited by: Mod ]
[edit: It's nowhere fucking CLOSE to the story of the book. They borrowed the title and bastardised the Three Laws but that's about it. I hate the people making this film. HATE.] [ 03-12-2004: Message edited by: Niklas ]
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Mod had this to say about Pirotess:
Does not compute.
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Lee Taxx0r had this to say about Cuba:
I've never read it... is this as bad as starship troopers?
From the looks of it the butchering is far, far worse.
It's the difference between Starship Troopers, which could tentatively be called a "reinterpretation," and this, which appears to be more along the lines of a "make a random sci-fi action movie that uses a beloved franchise's namesake for recognition."
I'll reserve judgement until I see it.
Oh well, they'll be hard pressed to do worst than the movitization of "Nightfall"
Ugh *barf* Now THAT was horrible... absolutely horrible.
This movie looks to have ABSOLUTELY NO RELATION to the book, except for having robots, and having the 3 laws.
I was initially looking forward to this movie, now.....I'm dreading it. 
I could see them expanding the role of Dr. Calvin to have someone constant to focus the story on and set it up similar to 'Four Rooms'. I could see them maybe adding another constant character or two or messing with the timeline, hell even leaving some of the stories out to make it fit the timeframe of a movie could be done without a problem. However those changes are right here, Will Smith making zingy jokes and fighting robot ninjas is waaaaaay over there.
This is probably how that movie came to pass:
Exec: SuperMedia Inc. If we've sued you you're on the wrong line. [ 03-12-2004: Message edited by: Mod ]
Scriptwriter: No, I'm calling about that script I sent in, I was wondering if any decision has been made....
Exec: You mean that "Dawn of the Robots" shebang?
Scriptwriter: Actually it was called "I, Robot".
Exec: Yeah, whatever.
Scriptwriter: So, did you read it?
Exec: No, it was long, boring and artsy, I don't like that and neither does the audience, the audience likes Vin Diesel, can you get Vin Diesel in there somewhow?
Scriptwriter: I don't think that will work out`, the book does not work that was, it's based on....
Exec: Damn, ok, look just give me the short version.
Scriptwriter: It's a collection of short stories about the interactions between humans and their robot servants and the complications that arise when the emotional human mind and the cold intellect of a machine collide, the stories revolve ar....
Exec: Stop, stop stop I said give me the short version, look, this shit sounds like something a book club would discuss, give me the main action sequences, what can we put into a trailer?
Scriptwriter: There really aren't any, well you could call the part about....
Exec: What, not even a car chase? Seriously kid this shit won't fly, let me tell it to you in artsy fag speak: The book is about the collision of human and machine minds, right?
Scriptwriter: Well it's more about the interaction of....
Exec: Right, right, so let's present this conflict in a fashion the audience will understand, like a big war, with robots....no wait, robot ninjas! and Vin Diesel shooting akimbo pistols, it will be great.
*click*
Exec, to intercom: Hey Bob? Listen I have this half-done license script here, get some interns to kick it up a few notches and call Vin Diesel.....damn, Bermudas you say? Well that's dandy too, write Will Smith into it, he can make gay jokes and ride a techy motorcycle, it'll be great!
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Mog was naked while typing this:
starshiptroopers kicked ass@!
That's Heinlein.
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Mog impressed everyone with:
starshiptroopers kicked ass@!
Starship troopers, when compared to the book, sucked MAJOR MULTITUDES OF ASS. I want to see the giant gorilla-like suits, flying around laying bombs that shout "I am a bomb! I will go off in 30 seconds!" in an alien language before they LEVEL A CITY BLOCK.
And Asimov movies don't suck. Bicentennial man, while not faithful to the book besides the bare bones, almost always makes me cry at the end.
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Delphi Aegis said this about your mom:
"I am a bomb! I will go off in 30 seconds!"
I need to read this now.
