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I, Robot Trailer Available
thehomeland writes "A new 'I, Robot' movie is coming out based on the Isaac Asimov book series, starring Will Smith. I saw a teaser at the theatre back at the LOTR:ROTK showing, but it looked so much like a commercial I didn't even realize it was a trailer until I saw a logo that said '3 Laws Safe'. Now there's a regular trailer as well as a nice featurette for better details."
I remember playing this game bak in '84. From the trailer it seems that the "Fresh prince of Belaire" will be playing the part of the little guy jumping around in a crudly rendered, polygon filled world, shooting pixels at a massive eye! Fun for all the family!!
Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
I, Robot Trailer Was Available
I see another 20 minutes for my 100k download... I haven't had a USR since 300 baud
How about:
I, Robot vs. I, Rapper
It's Isaac Asimov, spinning in his grave.
A story about nerds who get picked on, are really good at videogames, and have a messiah complex? I think I read that daily on slashdot.
Best line from the featurette--"...lots of U.S. Robotics technology starts to malfunction around me..."
Reminds me of my early days online.
(mainly I think because everyone trusted what they heard on the radio, thankfully we're all far more cynical now)
Yeah, now they only trust anything they see on television!
You might wanna try the Google Zeitgeist for that search count, though It's not very "live". Keep an eye on it!
=Smidge=
Allen Parsons Project
Is that the code-name of the project how to pipe money to SCO through BayStar?
For instance they tweaked Asimov's three laws a bit to make them more accessible and relevant to modern moviegoers, they are now:
Law 1: A robot must not talk about injuring human beings in Fight Club.
Law 2: A robot must not talk about injuring Robots in Fight Club.
Law 3: A robot must protect itself from injury using a minigun and rocket launchers.
**hack**hack**cough** Weapons of Mass Destruction **cough**sputter**
This is left as an exercise for the reader.
thankfully we're all far more cynical now
*cough*Blair/Bush Project*cough*
"You should never doubt what nobody is sure about." -- Willy Wonka
Yes, Will Smith starring in a hollywood remake of an Isaac Asimov series.
Imagine hearing this prediction back in the days of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
Back then I'd have sooner believed that the LOTR movies would someday made, and made very well by the same guy who made the campy horror comedy Bad Taste.
Oh wait....
nevermind.
Wtf are you talking about?
Orson Welles is old and busted.
Will Smith's the new hotness!
Hey freaks: now you're ju
*cough*Moon landings*cough*
Hey, stop making fun of me, or I'll kick your ass in Black & White.
KFG
How would we notice? All the inertia generated by rotational corpses nowadays is canceling out.
I daresay that it's possible we could use the gravitational vortex being generated by Jefferson's corpse as a time travel device
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
*cough*Blair Witch Project*cough* ...along with the Navidson Record.
I would never have guessed U.S. Robotics would be go from making modems to killer robots.
Seriously, did they get permision to use this name in the movie?
I'm just glad that he declined the role of Neo in The Matrix, as he was originally casted to do.
Because god knows the problem with Matrix in that case would have been Will Smith and not the laughably bad writing.
Marketing Executive: "Oh come on, Terminator 3 was a great movie. I, Robot was a great book. If we merge the two, we will have something twice as great!"
Public: "That's what you said about merging Aliens and Beverly Hills Cop. Did Pluto Nash even have a script?"
Marketing Executive: "Everyone loves the Coz!"
Public: "You're thinking about Leonard Part 6."
Marketing Executive: "Exactly. How did it get to Part 6 if it wasn't great?"
Public: [sigh]
The ______ Agenda
If Dr. Calvin ends up as a love interest (i.e. Will gets the girl)
someone really stepped on all things Asimov!
UtahJazz's "Three Laws of Film Adaptations"
1: An film may not injure a book or, through inaction, allow a book to come to harm.
2: A film must obey orders given it by fans except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3: A film must protect its profits as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
4: Fuck laws 1..3 and make as much profit as possible.
"OH HEEEEEEELL NO!"
Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"
1: A Hollywood Exec may not crate a good adaptation of book to film, or, through inaction, allow such a movie to be made.
2: A Hollywood Exec must obey orders given it by the Marketing Polls except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3: A Hollywood Exec must protect its own profit margins as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Freedom is the freedom to say 2+2=4, everything else follows...