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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 10:53 PM
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Wow..."I, Robot" sucked more than Xaviera Hollander.
Edited on Wed Apr-06-05 10:53 PM by CanuckAmok
What a fucking terrible piece of shit movie that was.

I knew it was going to suck, but I couldn't, in my wildest imagination, expect it to suck that bad.

Yeesh.

On the upside, all we need to do is hook Isaac Asimov's corpse to some sort of generator for a limitless, clean energy source; he'll be spinning in his grave for centuries.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 10:57 PM
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1. I will never watch this movie.
I knew as soon as they put that asshole Will Smith in it,it would suck.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 10:58 PM
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3. He can be good...
i liked him in Bagger Vance and Enemy of the State... but nobody could save this movie. Ugh.. I need a shower.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 10:58 PM
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2. We should reanimate Asimov
And have him hunt down and eat everyone associated with that movie.
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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 10:59 PM
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4. Thanks, I just ordered "I Robot" at a rather high price . . .
and my self-image as a careful consumer has been trashed.

You guys don't care who you hurt in your relentless pursuit of the truth.
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BlackVelvetElvis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 11:00 PM
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5. That's the first "happy hooker" reference I've seen in 20 years.
Ha!
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 11:00 PM
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6. Damn, and I was looking forward to it.
was it the writing? effects?
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LSdemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 11:15 PM
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7. I liked the movie, but then again I never read the book
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 11:18 PM
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8. It wasn't that bad as long as you don't associate it with the stories.
It was better than Minority report, at least.
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 11:19 PM
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9. It wasn't based on Aasimov's book, it was "Suggested By..."
Edited on Wed Apr-06-05 11:20 PM by Nevernose
They used the names, basically, and a close look at the poster will reveal the term "suggested by.". Makes it a different movie if you go into it expecting to see absolutely nothing of the source material in there. For instance, in the book, where they devise a series of ingenious tests to determine which robot is not bound by three laws, in the movie they reference those tests, and then WIll Smith starts blowing shit up.

Okay, so it's not what you'd call intellectually stimulating, but I wasn't expecting that. I was expecting bright lights and flashing colors and an orgy of shit blowing up, and I got what I paid for. Of course, I wouldn't pay for it a second time...
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 11:46 PM
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11. suggested by is fine
but the mofos used the title of one of his short story collections and then went in a totally different direction than any of his stories. Change the title or write a better screenplay using the stories "Reason" and "Liar" and bringing Susan Calvin to the screen.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 11:26 PM
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10. You earn 55 punk points-
for posting a thread with a 70's porn star name in the title. :D
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