I might feel differently if I'd read Bram Stoker's Dracula, or at least if it were as central a part of my cultural heritage as Asimov's I, Robot is.
If I watch the I, Robot trailer, and I try as hard as I can to pretend that whatever else it is about, it is not about Asimov's universe, the Three Laws of Robotics, or positronic robots in general--but is, instead, yet another Luddite Frankensteinesque clone with lots of little homunculi rather than one big golem--it becomes much more bearable. It's still not good, mind you, but it no longer defames my geekly cultural heritage.
It's not just that it misses the essence of Asimov's stories. I, Robot the movie has absolutely nothing in common with Asimov's book of the same name but the title, and a rather superficial and facile copycatting of the "three laws" structure. If you go to see it, go to see a Will Smith action/monster movie. You may not be tragically disappointed. But whatever you do, do not go see it to see I, Robot as a movie.
Van Helsing, though? Cheesy, yes, but I like it too! Absolutely ridiculous weapons, hordes of monsters inserted just for visual and visceral appeal--Hell yeah!
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If I watch the I, Robot trailer, and I try as hard as I can to pretend that whatever else it is about, it is not about Asimov's universe, the Three Laws of Robotics, or positronic robots in general--but is, instead, yet another Luddite Frankensteinesque clone with lots of little homunculi rather than one big golem--it becomes much more bearable. It's still not good, mind you, but it no longer defames my geekly cultural heritage.
It's not just that it misses the essence of Asimov's stories. I, Robot the movie has absolutely nothing in common with Asimov's book of the same name but the title, and a rather superficial and facile copycatting of the "three laws" structure. If you go to see it, go to see a Will Smith action/monster movie. You may not be tragically disappointed. But whatever you do, do not go see it to see I, Robot as a movie.
Van Helsing, though? Cheesy, yes, but I like it too! Absolutely ridiculous weapons, hordes of monsters inserted just for visual and visceral appeal--Hell yeah!
I'll be there for that one.