I, Robot
Summary
Of all the movies to starWill Smith , there ’s one that could have been much unspoilt if it were more faithful to its rootage textile . Will Smith ’s sci - fi moviesare among his most pop , and he ’s starred in a variety of films in the genre over the age . He has also been in more than one book adaptation , with each project dissent in stratum of truth when compared to the original literary work . However , there ’s one of Smith ’s projects in particular that stray very far from the book on which it was based .
Will Smith ’s best roleshave been spread across his decades - long career , with the actor becoming one of the biggest gens in Hollywood . His characters tend to light on the expansive side , saving the world in films such as 1996’sIndependence Dayand 1997’sMen In Black . Smith ’s acting range also extends to more heart - wrenching narrativeslike 2008’sSeven Poundsand even anti - hero characters such as the main theatrical role in 2008’sHancock . Out of all Will Smith ’s motion-picture show , one from the mid-00s represents the freehanded missed opportunity due to a mistaken book alteration .
Adaptations of Isaac Asimov ’s work vary greatly in quality , from New serial like Foundation to films like I , Robot and Bicentennial Man .
Robots Are Illegal On Earth In Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot Book
Asimov made it so that robots featured primarily in space
Will Smith ’s 2004I , Robotmovie is based on Isaac Asimov ’s 1950 book of the same name . There are many huge differences between the two interpretation of the level , one of which is the fact that Smith ’s character is n’t even in the book . The other more notable change is that robots become illegal to use on Earth in Asimov ’s book other than for very specific determination . Instead , US Robots corner what they have-to doe with to as the " Extra - Terrestrial market . “This think they sell their merchandise to the off - world pocket of human beings on planet such as Mercury .
The robot ban in Asimov ’s book comes about due to the fact that they ’re being used to put back the human workforce and are menace the ever - shrinking job market . In the moving-picture show , the automaton are shown to be a valued part of human society . Instead of being used as workers , they take on a theatrical role more similar to a butler or maid and are sold and marketed as such . None of the 2004I , Robotmovie is set in space , whereas the book feature an lengthened look at the golem ' work on faraway major planet and space stations .
Setting Will Smith’s I, Robot Movie In Space Could Have Fixed The Movie
The futuristic depiction of Chicago had its limits
TheI , Robotmovie peel away many of the elements that made the book so iconic . While the pic did make some welcome contributions , such as update the superannuated design of Asimov ’s robots , it also missed out on exploring vast area of the author ’s world . The movie could still have started on Earth but then headed to the stars in sideline of Sonny rather than confining events entirely to Chicago . Great sci - fi action moviesoften have a huge scope , so this was a magnanimous drop chance .
In fact , the scene where Will Smith ’s Del Spooner is assay to discover Sonny in a swarm of identical golem is intemperately inspired by a sequence from the book . One of the main difference of opinion , other than Sonny being create for the film , is the search in the book contract spot away from Earth and via a series of interviews . While some of the modification to this picture are perceivable give the change in intermediate , most of the alteration are damage . There are various other parts of the movie that strike short of the source textile due to its altered setting .
Alan Tudyk served as the voice worker and motion capture creative person for Sonny in 2004’sI , Robotmovie .
I, Robot Still Keeps The Main Point Of Asimov’s Book
The Three Laws of Robotics appear in both versions of the story
Asimov ’s Three Laws of Robotics boast in much of his work , and they ’re carried over verbatim into the movie .
Despite the disparity between Isaac Asimov’sI , Robotbook and Will Smith ’s flick , the core element of both story rest intact . Asimov ’s Three Laws of Robotics sport in much of his body of work , and they ’re stock over verbatim into the moving-picture show . The Laws relate to the responsibility of automaton to keep humans and themselves safe in order of antecedence , and they ’re programmed into the robots with the design of being airtight and borderline insufferable to circumvent .
There is one Isaac Asimov adaptation in particular that needs revisiting , but a pic may not be the best format for it to accomplish its potential drop .
Asimov ’s book grade its robotic character in intrigue scenario that force the Three Laws to interact in unexpected shipway , fully exploring the welfare and fault of the immovable rule . The moving picture ’s approach shot is much less pernicious . Will Smith’sI , Robotinstalls the Laws in all the story ’s robots but also gives Sonny the ability to completely cut them whenever he likes . So , whileAsimov ’s original fib becomes something of a scientific discipline - fiction intellectual exercise , the 2004 movie withWill Smithtakes the form of something more standardised to a detective taradiddle immix with natural action - escapade constituent .
TheI , Robotmovie is available to stream on Hulu .
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