Re: OT: Sci-Fi

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On Feb 26, 4:42 pm, "CatNipped" <CatNip...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Am I the only one who didn't think the movie "I Robot" was a travesty of
his
short stories?

No, but like the majority of those who think that, you probably
thought it was supposed to be based on the books(?) I recently had a
long beerless discussion with a good friend on this very subject (she
had just taken a college course on Sci-fi to fulfill some BS elective
requirement.) I can't recall how, but I knew the movie was only
"inspired by" long before it came out, so I just went with it. I
wouldn't call it a complete travesty (obviously YM DOES vary... :-)
At least they did base the plot on a crime mystery, which was the
theme of many of the short stories. I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel
with a robot (ok, now it's technically "android") detective.

Oh, the pain... THE PAIN...

what's a bistog?

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No, I phrased that wrong - I *didn't* think it was such a travesty. Asimov
himself, in one of his stories (I don't remember which one), proposed the
"zero-th" law.

Jog my memory, was the android called "Daniel"? Or was that the one who
became a senator? I also like "Bicentennial Man' with Robin Williams. It
didn't have enough action for most movie audiences, but it stayed pretty
true to the original.

Hugs,

CatNipped


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