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Wash in "I, Robot"
Monday, July 12, 2004 5:43 AM
LUCRETIA
Monday, July 12, 2004 2:16 PM
CLEANER
Monday, July 12, 2004 5:29 PM
QUICKSAND
Monday, July 12, 2004 5:51 PM
STANDING8
Monday, July 12, 2004 6:00 PM
MOHRSTOUTBEARD
Quote:Go see the movie its scifi, support it.
Quote:The concepts that abound in fantastical literature have the magical capacity to inspire dreams that become enriching reality. Science fiction, like The Whole Earth Catalog, is only an implement, a tool of the mind's imagination. It employs the technique called extrapolation, allowing us to play the game of what-if?. A game of intellect and daring, of special dreaming and determination not to buy into all those boneheaded beliefs that always tell use we're too stupid and too inadequate to prevail. That we need some kind of mythical alien or supernatural babysitter to get us over the rough spots. Science fiction says otherwise. It is an idea-rich literature that is, at core, hopeful and progressive, that always says--with a nod to the reawakening of a competent human spirit--there will be a tomorrow. It may be troubling, and it may require us to get a lot smarter, but there will be a tomorrow for us to work at. "Sci-fi," that hunchbacked, gimlet-eyed, slobbering village idiot of a bastardized genre, says only that logic is beyond us, understanding must be crushed underfoot, that the woods are full of monsters and aliens and conspiracies and dread and childish fear of the dark. The former is a literature that can open the sky to all the possibilities of change and chance; the latter is hysterical and as overripe as rotten fruit, that can turn all rational conjecture into a nightmare from which one escapes only by phenobarb-laced applesauce or a slug of grape Kool-aid straight up with cyanide. The former says responsibility for your life is the key; the latter assures you that you ain't got the chance of a hairball in a cyclotron.
Monday, July 12, 2004 6:01 PM
SERGEANTX
Monday, July 12, 2004 6:05 PM
Monday, July 12, 2004 6:13 PM
THATWEIRDGIRL
Monday, July 12, 2004 7:49 PM
MER
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:22 AM
SIKKUKUT
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:49 AM
Quote:Originally posted by MohrStoutbeard: Why should anyone support a movie that encourages the cheap cash-in of a well-known SF title just to make a few more bucks?
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:55 AM
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:46 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Sikkukut: EDIT: Right, the Harlan Ellison thing. It was a brilliant script... according to whom, Harlan Ellison? That man has an inflated sense of self-importance.
Quote:Originally posted by Cleaner: I'd rather see someones interpretation than a rehash of something I already know. Its far more interesting that way.
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 10:36 AM
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 11:41 AM
DEBBIEBUK1
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:46 PM
FRED
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:12 PM
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 4:53 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Fred: > Since the script by Jeff Vintar (called "Hardwired") was written first Um, "I, Robot" was first published in 1950.
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 4:56 PM
Wednesday, July 14, 2004 12:11 AM
SINGULARITY
Wednesday, July 14, 2004 7:27 AM
HEB
Quote:Originally posted by debbiebuk1: Anything with Alan in is worth watching, even Knight's tale and 28 days have their moments.
Thursday, July 15, 2004 11:00 AM
Thursday, July 15, 2004 11:24 AM
NRKANGEL
Sunday, July 18, 2004 7:55 AM
DOUBLESHINY
Sunday, July 18, 2004 2:43 PM
ECGORDON
There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.
Sunday, July 18, 2004 3:05 PM
EMBERS
Quote:Originally posted by ecgordon: I would give it at most 2 stars out of 5, or 1½ out of 4
Sunday, July 18, 2004 3:40 PM
SHINY
Monday, July 19, 2004 6:32 AM
JAKE7
Monday, July 19, 2004 8:54 AM
JADEHAND
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Monday, July 19, 2004 9:09 AM
ZOID
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 3:54 AM
CLICHEMOMMA
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 6:37 AM
Quote:Originally posted by clichemomma: ...Alan gave Sonny soul!
Quote:Check out www.apple.com/trailers/fox/i_robot/sonnyfeaturette/
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 6:51 AM
MAUGWAI
Quote:Originally posted by zoid: In closing, I highly recommend the film to discerning fans of the genre. It exceeds any sci-fi I've seen since the original "Matrix", and since the director's cut of "Bladerunner" before that. To those who are easily distracted from plot, story and subtext by action sequences, special effects and star performances: you might not enjoy the movie as much as I did; the candy may spoil your appetite. To the latter, I recommend "Spiderman 2" instead, which I felt was as good or better than the initial installment, although a SpideyFan friend of mine said he was disappointed they revealed his secret identity so thoroughly. S2 is more of a romp, and is less of a 'think about it' entertainment than I,R.
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 7:36 AM
FOXTROTXRAY
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:04 PM
Quote:Wow, I thought the complete opposite. I mean, I agree that S2 was good, but I found a lot more worth exploring at the end. I came out of that movie with all kinds of ideas on the meaning of everything that happened and the motives behind each character's decisions. I liked I, Robot as entertainment, but I didn't feel like the subtext was anything new. Anything I would have analyzed in the film I analyzed already in A.I., The Matrix, Terminator 2, and Bicentennial Man. Even Star Trek dealt with robots trying to be more human. I didn't think this film added much in the "think about it" area. The trust issue was one thing that made this different. But not different enough to consider it really deep.
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:38 PM
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 2:20 PM
Quote:...Analyzing movies is one of my favorite pastimes.
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 4:07 PM
CYBERSNARK
Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:37 AM
Quote:Cybersnark wrote: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 16:07 To Zoid's list of film AIs
Tuesday, December 14, 2004 5:38 PM
WILDHEAVENFARM
Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:06 AM
Quote:Originally posted by maugwai: I wish I understood Andromeda, but I never catch an episode at the beginning.
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