I, Robot – I hope you weren’t looking forward to it

Mar 12, 2004 by  

Sigh.

I just saw the latest trailer for the upcoming Alex Proyas’ directed version of Isaac Asimov’s “I, Robot”.

I’m almost speechless on this one…

First, I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never read Asimov’s classic novel, but I may pick it up shortly just so I can truly appreciate the “badness” of this upcoming film.

FYI, here’s the link to the trailer: I, Robot trailers.

Now I’m pretty sure that the book was not written as an action/adventure/comedy. (Somebody back me up on this)

I was really hoping for the best with Alex Proyas at the helm. His film, “Dark City” just rocked my world with it’s creepy coolness. But this… my God, I can only think that “the suits” kidnapped a family member and held them hostage, forcing him to make the movie their way.

We’re talking cheesy “funny” lines of dialogue, WAY over the top action sequences with the robots in all sorts of poses that look like poses, if you know what I mean. It’s just Will Smith being Will Smith. Totally and completely miscast (or just mis-directed).

Just watch the trailer, then come back and barf up your comments below.

Really sad.

Sigh….

Vic

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  1. Brian    7 years ago

    That trailer was awful. Any interest I may have had before is long gone. Like I said before, this will be little more than “The Fresh Prince of I Robot.” With few exceptions, such as “Six Degrees of Separation,” Will Smith seems incapable of playing anyone other than himself. I think this will be a stinkfest of epic proportions, although it might make some initial “curiosity” money.

    Alex Proyas, how could you?! Up until now, your directing career was all about doing the cool and interesting movies that mattered to you. You’ll just be paying bills with this one. I suppose it happens to us all…

    Didn’t these guys learn anything from Spielberg’s 2001 movie AI? That’s one of the few failures on Spielberg’s resume. It failed because Spielberg took a cool idea from Kubrick and injected his trademark overpowering sappy emotion. For Spielberg, the emotion itself seems to be more important than the story. Kubrick was, more or less, emotionless as a storyteller. See the problem? That’s why AI failed. Likewise, this seems destined to fail because the brilliant thoughts and ideas of a truly intelligent, gifted man will be reduced to cheesy one-liners and crude CGI robot sequences. I seriously doubt Asimov would have approved of this. He must be rolling in his grave right now.

    Brian

  2. Vic    7 years ago

    “The Fresh Prince of I Robot”!!! I almost fell out of my chair LMAO on that one! :)

    I’ve since heard that the movie actually started out as a spec screenplay having NOTHING to do with Asimov’s story, except perhaps as some sort of prequel, and was re-written and tweaked into it’s current form.

    Yeesh.

    Well, here is a prime example of WHY I created this site. :-)

    Vic