Talk:I, Robot (film)

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Contents 1 How to credit Asimov 2 Differences between books and film 3 Trivia 4 Blockquote 5 Plot outline 6 Technophobic 7 Plot not quite complete... 8 Ah, Converse... 9 The Matrix Comparison?

[edit] How to credit Asimov

I'm deleting the credit for Asimov as "novel", since, as the body of the text (correctly) makes clear, the book is not a novel and the screenplay was simply not based on it. To call an anthology with some filler material added for publication a novel or a screenplay "based" on a book because some names were changed after the fact is highly misleading. --Savant1984 06:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Differences between books and film

After seeing this film I can see many differences between the film and Asimov's books. I am going to write a section on the differences between the film and Asimov's robot books in general. I will edit when it's done.
---Ebelular 20:57, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)

On the page, it says "such as a notable example from the I, Robot novel where Dr. Calvin summarily executes a robot with a bullet to the head after it confesses to dreaming of being the robot messiah."

I don't remember seeing this in I, robot. What story was this in? Schrodingers catsup 01:57, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

That's actually from the story "Robot Dreams", published in the anthology of the same title. -- Savant1984 06:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Comment - Someone suggested we merge the I, Robot Bike article with the I, Robot movie page. That's just silly. The Bike was a promotional tool for the movie, that's all. The only place it's linked is American Chopper ---Stax Aug 23, 2005 11:19 (EST)

[edit] Trivia

I would hardly consider the two listed references to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series as tangible. While 42 does crop up everywhere, especially in all matters geek, it's become more of a "geek meme" than a true reference to Adams' work that is worth mentionning. Also, the Thursday reference is a very small connection at best. --RedSirus

[edit] Blockquote

I added <blockquote> tags around the quote from Asimov about eye-sci-fi as it was difficult to read, in doing so I had to include <p> tags around each of the paragraphs, because the wikitext processor decided not to include them within the blockquote. There should be a way to blockquote in wikitext but apparently it doesn't exist in any kind of normal form. There are some addon scripts that can do it but it wouldn't look like normal wikitext (using a #! (hash-bang) format). If someone finds regular html inside a wikiarticle then I suggest you either figure out a way to accept it, figure out a way to make a blockquote with wikitext, or possibly just remove it from the article. :) --StarkRG 17:05, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Is it necessary for reasons of style to have the " marks around the quote? It's clear that a text is being quoted from and they'd look nicer if removed. I'm about to delete them; please correct them if necessary and make a note of it here. --Samf-nz 06:48, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plot outline

What is "Sonny's dream"? If it's stated that he can finally realize his dream, that very dream should be explained somewhere (possibly incl. the importance of "dreams" to a robotic "brain").

[edit] Technophobic

Describing Detective Del Spooner as 'technophobic' would seem unwarranted considering that his distrust of robots that obey the 3 laws of robotics is justified by his experiences and the events of the film. A phobia is an *irrational* fear. ----MatthewKarlsen

He also has no problem with technology in general - just tech that thinks. --Davecampbell 23:46, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plot not quite complete...

Well, the plot outline included in this article does seem to leave out some pivotal events, such as Sonny's false decommissioning, or even how V.I.K.I gets destroyed. It seems s this article still has a long way to go still.-HuBmaN!!!! 06:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

It also lacks information about Spooner's own robotic body parts - can't add it 'cause I don't remember details, but I think it's worth mentioning about someone who dislikes robots!? Allyddin Sane 20:39, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ah, Converse...

Is it worth mentioning the rather blatant product placement? I think this was a part of the critical backlash to the film, especially "Ah, Converse, vintage 2004" when he gets his shoes, since it's pretty contrived that he's wearing the ancient sneakers, and also has a rather forced mention that they were available in the present for people watching it. It might be a bit trivial, I suppose, but I for one could not stop laughing when he said that in the film. Darien Shields 14:41, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's "contrived" that he's wearing "ancient sneakers"; the film is only set 30 years from it's release date. Thirty years is pretty old for any article of clothing, but it's not unrealistic, though the dialogue was cheesy. It also seemed that that particular scene was intended as much as a jab at the popularity of vintage clothing as it was a name-drop. I think much of the hype about product placement was blown a bit out of proportion ("You mean advertisers PAY to have their products seen in movies? Since when?"), so I wouldn't be surprised if it's not considered to be particularly notable. 71.62.15.74 07:43, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Matrix Comparison?

A tiny little section has been added, comparing obscure aspects of this film with plots of the Matrix. Surely, most science fictions films made after the Matrix have been heavily influenced by it, but I don't think it's necessary. I removed it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by The Modern Prometheus (talk • contribs) 02:25, 5 April 2007 (UTC).