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WCDT 4136-4140 (Nov 18th-22nd, 2019)
Thrudd:
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 25 Nov 2019, 13:09 ---What was wrong with I, Robot?
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"It's hard to answer this without getting snarky." :-D
Other than the character names from the short story little lost Robot being used, and the three laws of robotics mentioned in passing, the movie is completely unrelated to any of Isaac Asimov's stories.
The plot of the movie doesn't even match anything in the published work of the same title.
It was built from whole fevered techno-fantasy-action-thriller by the screenwriter.
Also the sledgehammer product placements was off-putting in and of itself.
Mind, I bet Asimov would have loved the designs for the obsoleted models archived in the lake bed.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote ---They are a plot device that Asimov made up to help drive his stories.
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Asimov credited John Campbell with coming up with them.
DSL:
The problem (so I hear) with "I, Robot" (the movie) is that it started out to be something else entirely, with robots and techno-thrills and Mr. Smith and all that, when the moviemakers heard that the title and story rights to Asimov's robot stuff was available. Marketing possibilities were seen and acted upon.
Tova:
I don't think I've ever seen an avatar quite so appropriate to its adjoining post as Thrudd's right now.
Just a short observation. The question posed was about QC AI, not about our own universe's modern-day robots, which bear about as much relation to QC AI as a packet of mixed nuts does to the entire west wing of the Sirian State Mental Hospital.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 25 Nov 2019, 13:24 ---
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 25 Nov 2019, 13:09 ---What was wrong with I, Robot?
--- End quote ---
"It's hard to answer this without getting snarky." :-D
Other than the character names from the short story little lost Robot being used, and the three laws of robotics mentioned in passing, the movie is completely unrelated to any of Isaac Asimov's stories.
The plot of the movie doesn't even match anything in the published work of the same title.
It was built from whole fevered techno-fantasy-action-thriller by the screenwriter.
Also the sledgehammer product placements was off-putting in and of itself.
Mind, I bet Asimov would have loved the designs for the obsoleted models archived in the lake bed.
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That he likely would have.
Though, it bears mentioning that the dreamy Sonny (Sunny?) describes and draws was had by one of the robots in that same anthology. Granted, that robot was destroyed.
And, one of the scenes does take "strong inspiration" from 'Little Lost Robot'.
EDIT: Typo fix
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