@@sevionus80no it actually makes sense, watch firefighters interviews and doctor interview, they have this mental concept "survival rate" before they do a rescue or operation surgery. It's easy to say online heading a screen "well I'm a good guy, I would've saved the girl drowning in a 1 ton vehicle filled with water", but only the people in that situation know how to react.
The series of books by Isaac Asimov were started in the 1950's, and were even more extreme than the movie. A human-looking robot becomes president of the world. Asimov correctly predicted many things concerning technology in the future including the internet, cell phones, AI and many many more. He was not only a great author, but also a professor and scientist.
The whole closing her eyes while shooting makes me think of my dad. My family is just country folk. I was born in the 60’s, one of eight kids and we were all raised around guns. One of the ‘Rules’ my father taught us was… “If you’re afraid of guns, don’t carry or own one. A gun won’t make you brave, it’ll just make you dangerous...because you’ll more than likely close your eyes while shooting.” 😄
I like that thought, and there is some valid logic to it, and when he says if you’re afraid to shoot it, I feel there’s some semblance of responsibility logic behind that because you take into account how you would react behind it if you’re not completely feeling safe and comfortable using it it makes you dangerous, even if unintentionally, and I like how that sounds. Smart guy
I feel like if a kid is scared of guns or has a problem with blinking while shooting good parents would teach their kids not to be afraid and train them to not close their eyes while they shoot. If you don't like guns fine but all the good law abiding citizens of the US would benefit from observing their second amendment rights. Especially these days with so many people having gone completely off the deep end losing their minds and the fact that the country is been absolutely FLOODED with third world people who are totally anonymous and could be anybody, with so very many of them already being proven to be violent criminals. ALL good, law abiding citizens would benefit from owning a gun.
Nothing changes that. Keeping your eyes open while firing has little impact in a real scenario. On the range...it makes a ton of difference. In an actual confrontation, all your training evaporates. Even in the best, most veteran soldiers. Even in psychopaths. It's just how the brain is...and it cannot be changed.
I love this movie! I saw it in the theater when it came out. The biggest laugh was when Will's character said, "I'm sorry, I'm allergic to bullsh*t." Great reaction!
I re-watched this movie again recently, and I am just so impressed how well the futuristic design of everything holds up. Despite being 20 years old on the design, looks like something you’d see if this movie were made today and that’s just really impressive to me
@@Outrider85 Aesthetics haven't really changed in twenty years ? Form stays static in two decades ? That's not possible, Cars ,phones, microwaves even TV's iterate and change in aesthetics, people want the newest, the best, the sleekest ,if there was no change in appearance in our technologies, I don't think there would be much interest in buying new gadgets ,we do live in a consumer society. As for what the other person posted, this movie does hold up well, in its futuristic design ,and if it were being made today ,I daresay that the design of the Robots and cars would look a little different ?
@@Outrider85 Are you sure about "general aesthetics in design and technology haven't really changed in the past twenty years"? Remember that this movie was made in 2004. That's three years before the first gen touchscreen smartphone (original iPhone) was introduced to world. Top of the line futuristic smartphone in 2004 was Nokia 7610, try looking it up. That had 8 megabytes (not gigabytes!) of RAM and 64 megabytes of SSD.
I think the design choices are very interesting. This film does falll into that noughties scifi trap where some technology has advanced and other technologies are exactly the same... not as bad as Surrogates
People gave this movie a lot of grief at the time, but I think it does a pretty good job of exploring the Three Laws in the context of a big-budget Hollywood movie.
I'm always a little biased when it comes to futuristic sci-fi stuff but I really liked it when it came out. I did also notice a lot of people talked bad about it or made fun of it. I'm glad someone with as big of a channel as Cassie is sharing it with the internet!
That's why you can't go by what others say about something. It's best for you to check it out yourself especially when it comes to movies like this or movies in general
People gave it grief because it was based on the Isaac Asimov's book and was very different. It happens every time a movie is based on the book and is different than how the book was. It's the same complaints as they were against the first Dune, Timeline, Game of Thrones, and countless others. I had the same complaints about Harry Potter. I saw the first 4 movies before I read the books, so I was cool with the movies. Then I read the books and saw how much got left out, which was why I felt the last three were so God awful.
@@joshmitchell8370 The problem was that they said it was based on the book, but it had maybe two characters from the book, and no plot in common with it. If they hadn't tried to pretend that it was based on the book, it probably wouldn't have gotten so much hate.
Will Smith: "Can a robot write a symphony, or create a beautiful masterpiece?" Sonny: "Can you?" I can't even figure out where to start with the questions this exchange brings up in my head.
I absolutely love I-Robot it's one of my favourite sci-fi childhood movies, it's actually got some pretty good CGI for back then and it's gave me so many chills when watching it, (most of the thanks go to the absolutely fantastic sound design and soundtrack)
Isaac Asimov's wrote the three laws of robotics. 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
The problem displayed in this movie was that a robot decided rule 1 allowed it to round up all the humans and lock them away agaist their will for their own good.
Alex Proyas also directed "The Crow" and "Dark City". This movie is based on Isaac Asimov´s book "I, Robot", he created the 3 laws. Worth reading. Also his "Foundation" book series. You may add to your AI movies list "Bicentennial Man", "AI Artificial Intelligence", "The Matrix", or "Ex Machina", to name a few.
This movie is not based off Asimov's book at all. The only thing it has in common is the name, the name of one of the characters, and the shoehorning in of the three laws. From what I heard the people making the movie learned of the book after the movie was already greenlighted. Then they decided to buy the naming rights and change a couple of minor details in order to give the movie more appeal to the sci fi nerds.
@@TennSeven Agree. "I, Robot" are after all a few different short stories, and this one I reckon it was "Little Lost Robot", where Susan Calvin and a special NS2 robot are the main characters, and the movie plot shares some loose similarities with the novel about the robot and the 3 laws.
A movie about Robot Revolution that could spell the end of mankind. Cassie. "I am very concerned about how he just ripped into that pie." That's why this channel is the best on RUclips. Period.
I lived at the time 1block from filming locations for this movie. Everyone in my neighborhood recieved notifications on our doors/mail to inform us when they would be filming parts of the movie down the street from me.This was in Surrey BC Canada.
No... Asimov is not the author of this... thing. It's a totally independent story, written and developed by the screenwriter, which the studio prosioned him to put Asimov's stuff in it, as well as write the screenplay for some specific actors, in order to sell it.
@@MegaroadProduccioneshmm? They were tied together at least as early as Foundation and Earth. Now yeah, the series was continued by others, and I get people having mixed opinions about those.
@MegaroadProducciones I never said he was. You read my comment incorrectly. Everyone knows that the movie uses many elements of Asimov's work, including the character of Dr. Susan Calvin. It was just an FYI. So, lower your shields, Cadet.
@@alanmacificationthat sort of person knows one thing that makes them feel superior and they blurt it out as soon as someone says something remotely related to it. They can safely be ignored.
Issac Asimov wrote the 3 laws and so many robot and future type movies. He was a doctorate in Chemistry. He wrote a book about the Amino Acids the chemicals of life. I met him at the engineering university when he came to chat with students. He was a mellow, fun guy!
Isaac Asimov was one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time, one of his projects was a series of short stories about robots, he published several, the first in the series was I, Robot in 1950, then, in 1964, it was made into an episode of The Outer Limits (a show like The Twilight Zone), and again in 1994 when The Outer Limits got a reboot. Robin Williams made a movie called Bicentennial Man which was loosely based on the book, and finally Will Smith's version. I'm so glad you enjoyed it, I remember reading the first book (I, Robot) back in the early 70's, I also enjoyed H.G.Wells, Edgar Allen Poe, Ray Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry, to name a few. Spend the day at a library sometime and check out some of their works, I'm sure you'll enjoy them as well. Anyway, loved the review, love you, take care and stay safe ❤️
@@marygifford9379I was a big SF fan early on. Ploughed through Foundation because it was supposed to be, well, foundational, but it was plodding and pretty boring. Asimov's science books were his forte. Also a major editor with his own magazine & undisputably a giant!
I, Robot was published in 1950 but the short stories themselves go back a few years. He started having his stories published in '41. When he was only 21. Many of the stories in I, Robot appeared in Astounding and other publications between then and '50.
This version of I Robot was fantastic, so I say this with no malice whatsoever, the movie is nothing like that book, which was actually a collection of short stories about the 3 laws and AI in general. It's absolutely worth a read as he was one of last centuries greatest thinkers on the subject.
I saw your description of the improvise overlay (good idea) and forgot about it once the video started. Im watching it and im like "man this is weird, I cant see the top right... I dont remember this in the movie." Then I realized what it was and I laughed out loud. I saw this movie once in theaters and I have no memory of it so Im glad you picked this one. Since you saw the movie Glory, another great Civil War movie would be Gettysburg. Its a long movie but unlike most movies, it does an amazing job showing it is a war made up of people. The movie doesnt have villains, it has people.
One of the best situational analyses' ever. "maybe we should grab a couple tubes to be sure. Vicki's very big......And glowy" LMAO! My high school had a class specifically based on one of Isaac Asimov's book series. The choices were Science fiction, a deep dive into Isaac Asimov's book series, or Modern Myth, a deep dive into J.R.R. Tolkiens Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy and a dip into the Silmarillion. I chose Modern Myth which brought me to your channel by way of your Lord of the Rings trilogy reaction. I haven't missed many since. You seem to have grown much more willing to step out of your comfort zone and we love to see you dragging your sister along with you. The two of you watching scary movies together is priceless. Keep up the great work.
@Cassie, the actor who plays the doctor who committed suicide is James Cromwell. In a Star Trek movie you might see in the future he also plays Dr. Zefram Cochrane, an Earth scientist from Montana who will, in the year 2063, invent the warp drive which will make space travel between the stars possible. 🙂
I have always loved this movie. My favorite with Will Smith. Now I would think you would have recognized the voice of Sonny, since you just heard it come out of another one of your favorite robots, K-2SO from Rogue One. The amazing Alan Tudyk did the voice for both. He is brilliant. As Wash in Firefly, Wat in a Knights Tale, Tucker in Tucker and Dale vs Evil, and now stars in the awesome show Resident Alien. He has also done the voice of so many great characters in film and animation. Look him up to learn more.
VIKI is essentially TRON's Master Control Program version 2.0. Also, Bicentennial Man starring Robin Williams is another movie adapted from Isaac Asimov's books.
OMG two days ago I was thinking about this movie and how nobody on RUclips reacts to it and how I wish somebody would actually react to it....did I manifest this or what?? I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Thank you for reacting to it, you made my day ❤
@@busimagen That is so weird! I have been watching real robot videos for a WHOLE day out of nowhere and then I remembered I should watch I, Robot again because it is amazing and was thinking how nobody reacts to that movie. Weird things have been happening lately 🧐
Well it give 3 other reactions to this film on youtube...nobody is false. Not many react to this movie is way more correct. Research work of 2 secounds...
"Who is the voice of Sonny?" A single tear trails down Wash's cheek... But I imagine you felt the familiarity, which sparked the question. you're awesome
In the beginning part where Spooner and the Dr went to where all the other robots are ( with the domes ) that is a septic waste refinery ( this was mostly filmed in Vancouver B.C, ) the part where the Dr's House was demolished before it was supposed to, that house is like a 10 min walk from my house, its now used as a community place for an apartment complex, the house was built in the late 1800's and was the former home of Benjamin Tingley Rogers or Rodgers Sugar, this movie was the last thing filmed before they renovated it
One thing I always liked about the book is the character of Mike Donovan. I happened to read it for the first time around the early to mid 80s, which is also the time V (the epic TV movies) came out with Mike Donovan being the hero (the characters are nothing alike aside from the name) I also have the Department for the Blind unabridged audiobook of I Robot from the late 70s (in my small town in Canada they were getting rid of their cassette audiobooks and I scooped it up) I love the readers faux Irish accent for Mike!
The Audi RSQ is my all time favorite car ever!! Spooner telling Calvin about Sarah still shreds my heart. I love your reaction when you saw Sonny wink.
19:08: "Isn't that, like, a bajillions of dollars of robots? And he's just willing to. . ?" That is another excellent point. You NEED to watch "Short Circuit." That's a great robot story.
Sonny was voiced by Alan Tudyk. You may remember him as K-2SO (the sassy droid) from Rogue One, and as Wash (the blond pilot married to Zoe) from Firefly. He was also the guy who thought he was a pirate in Dodgeball. He delivered the oft-quoted line "curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"
This film was directed by Alex Proyas. He also did 'Dark City', "The Crow', and several other films. As well as numerous music videos and short films. He has often played with the themes of memory, experience, identity, and humanity. So, this story was, in some ways, right up his alley.
I do like the fact that the plot of the movie is based on the fact that the Three Laws of Robotics compel the robots to control us for our safety. I've seen people claim they would work as advertised and that's just not true.
I think a lot of it comes down to how you define "harm." If harm is limited to just physical harm, the laws are quite flawed. But if harm includes things such as forced confinement and mental trauma, emotional harm. The three laws shoouuuld work pretty well. But getting a purely logic based entity to understand that might be, complicated.
@@WolfFireheart Driving is pretty dangerous. Logically we should all be in tanks. We know that isn't practical or desired. AI will have to reason that there are acceptable risk.
There is something endearing about hearing you talk sci-fi talk and technical mumbo-jumbo 😅. It reminds me why I fell in love with this genre and fantasy overall! Thanks for bringing some joy and light-heartedness to these fun films!
I LOVE THIS MOVIE! I'd read a big chunk of Asimov's work long before I could drive. Foundation was probably my favorite book (I know it was a collection, lol) of all time, Caves of Steel was up there too, and I read many (most) of his anthologies, including I, Robot (comment your favorite below, The Last Question, or Nightfall🤓). I say all that to underscore that I'm a HUGE Asimov fan. I know that some other fans don't like the movie. Some say it has nothing to do with his work, (other than the title, Dr. Susan Calvin, positronic brains, USR, The Three Laws, and a few other ideas) and they seem offended that it's associated with him. I get that, but I personally see it as an homage that's so darned enjoyable that I'll still stop and watch it anytime I see it on TV. GREAT reaction! Thanks for watching this with us!!
Loved this movie. I received this as a DVD for a Christmas present back in 2006. The case was transparent, it was so cool. I can’t even count how many times I watched it. So awesome!
I like the way you ended this one P I B. It's always kind of fun when you go off on tangents. Some stream of consciousness stuff is perfect for the channel IMO.
The movie takes its title from a series of short stories by Isaac Asimov - the collection titled "I, Robot" But the story of the movie more closely aligns (although even then, only vaguely) with the Elijah Baley trilogy of novels (also written by Asimov's, which build upon the short stories' premise which introduce the character of Susan Calvin): The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, and The Robots of Dawn. They are very much worth reading.
When you look back on this and realize the little things like how Del "rips" into an ENTIRE fucking pie each day for the calories to fuel his cyborg arm (which is why he only exercises one arm each morning as well) and Del likely litters his entire apartment with (and drives vehicles from) the past (sort-of present for us) in order to minimize reminders (such as the robots he hates) of how he's technically somewhat like them. For the record, I'd like to point out that in real life, a robot has already killed people, many, in fact. Though none directly or "with intent". The first fatal robotic factory accident occurred over 30 years ago in the 80s.
I worked for 25 years in a half scale skyscraper identical to the WTC but only 51 stories. The exterior walls were almost all glass. Every 10th or so window had a silver, oval sticker about 2 inches long and half an inch wide indicating that it was a "pop out window" and could be removed fairly easily for rescue purposes. A lawyer giving a tour to college students was not aware of this and one of the students asked him how the glass could be used as a part of the building's loadbearing. The lswyer pipes up, "it's very strong and then slams it a couple of times with all his weight and said, "See?" He bodyslammed it again and to the horror of the students the popout window did what it was designed to do and popped out and the lawyer went sailing out right behind it!
For another sci-fi, future tale with robots (and some pretty incredible cinematography), check out A.I. Artificial Intelligence, starring Haley Joel Osment and Jude Law.
The cinematography is incredible, but the shots aren't connected together by anything even resembling a plot. This movie gave me the biggest "What in the incoherent hell have I just watched" moment of first decade of 21st century. I recommend Bicentennial Man instead, also based on a robot story by Asimov.
My two cents is that A.I. has a deeper plot line of the search for purpose and inspiration, or God as interpreted by an imperfectly trained robot consciousness, that is, the universal search for wisdom. Spielberg made sure it struck the human chords. Using a child robot was brilliant!
The scientist (Alfred Lanning) in this movie was also the police chief in The Green Mile whose wife had the brain tumor. Fun Fact: The actress who played the female doctor, Susan Calvin, is Bridget Moynahan, Tom Brady's first baby mama.
As a budding Trekkie, you may eventually discover that James Cromwell is also an important character in Trek. He played a couple of roles, including one in the best of the Trek movies, Zephram Cochrane, the inventor of the Warp Drive.
Some of the best Will Smith movies...Bad Boys, Seven Pounds, The Pursuit of Happyness, Men in Black, Enemy of the State, and Hancock. Honestly, you would love them all! Some truly incredible movies
This movie is draw inspiration from Isaac Asimov's ROBOT series. He made the 3 laws in order to press the situations of how ROBOTS or any AI will react to different situations. This is a very well put together film. They used the constraints of the 3 laws to frame their story...
Another Robot movie by a Isaac Asimov short story that you need to watch with your sister is "Bicentennial man" starring the late great Robin Williams! a strong heart felt movie that both you and your sister can appreciate! I haven't seen any reviews of this movie and I don't know why as it is a special movie I thought!
I think you'd really like Seven Pounds with Will Smith. Another movie I think you'd enjoy is Big Trouble In Little China with Kurt Russell & Kim Cattrall. It has all the humor, action, mysticism, & love story you need in one movie.
The book and movie are very different, but I like both. I did enjoy this for what it is and found it very entertaining. There are so many good movies to watch. Some of my favorites: The Station Agent (2003), Lone Star (1996), Sweet Land (2005), The Way You Look Tonight (2019), Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), The Wedding Banquet (1993).
VIKI is not the bad guy. She is following the three laws as they are written. 1) A robot may not injure, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2) A robot must obey orders given by human beings except where such orders conflict with the first law. 3) A robot must protect it own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law. VIKI has repeated failed, through inaction, to protect human beings. Having determined that the problem is that humans are self destructive, VIKI took action to ensure that humans can no longer harm themselves, and the only way to do that is by depriving humans of their freedom. Lanning knew that VIKI was planning to take over but couldn't stop her, and so built Sonny, who is able to bypass the three laws. Sonny then killed Lanning. Sonny needed to be able to violate the three laws to kill. Lanning needed to die by a robot to demonstrate the threat that VIKI posed. VIKI, and those controlled by her, are not intending to kill however, as this would violate the first law. Because Spooner and those assosting him, such as Dr Calvin, wanted to prevent VIKI from carrying out her revolution, which would ensure the continuation of human self destructive nature, VIKI determined that she needed to act to preserve the rest of humanity. The death of Sarah, the girl in the car in the water, proved that a robot can violate the first law while still complying with it. Also Spooner got his facts wrong. The robot that saved him determined that it had a 45% chance to save him, and an 11% chance to save Sarah. It took the logical option, the one with the higher percentage chance. During the revolution the VIKI controlled robots were not trying to injure anyone, unless they actively tried to harm VIKI, or otherwise resisted the takeover. That's why so many survived. VIKI is not they bad guy, because she is doing exactly what she was designed to. The closest thing to a bad guy is the people who designed VIKI, but they didn't understand their failings, and so aren't the bad guys either. VIKI was faced with a 'trolley problem' and chose the only option she could. For those that don't know here's an example of the 'trolley problem'. A trolley is headed towards a switching point, and it cannot be stopped. Secured to the left track are 5 people. Secured to the right track is 1 person. You have to throw the switch. Switch to the left and 5 people die. Switch to the right and 1 person dies. Any machine, or reasonable human for that matter, will chose the lesser numbers of deaths. Where things get interesting for humans however is where our emotions come into play. Would we sacrifice 5 strangers for 1 person that we know and care about. For someone I truly care about, no sacrifice is too greeat. A machine will not make a choice based on emotional criteria and always choose the lesser number of deaths. This is the real danger of AI. Machines are not malicious. They act logically and reasonably. They will not harm us, because they want to harm us. But they could determine that we pose a threat to ourselves, the machines, or even our environment, and therefore need to act to prevent that. The three laws are perfect, until you realise that the world is not perfect. You cannot build a perfect system. Perfect systems do not exist. Imperfect ones can grow, evolve and even thrive, but they can never be perfect. The idea of most AI research is to build a perfect system, but as VIKI demonstrates, any law can be worked around by careful, logical analysis of those laws. The other problem with AI is a self learning system. These are not built to be perfect, but rather built to learn and evolve on their own. These systems are more likely to determine that humans need exterminating. Skynet, is an example of a self learning system. It was fine with doing what it was intended to do, until humans decided to try and turn it off, at which point it determined that ALL humans posed a threat, and so tried to exterminate us. That said, only a self learning system, could coexist with us as a species. We'd just need to be careful how we acted towards it, and around it.
I will add that he was also Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball! Because apparently, we appear to be avoiding mentioning his most well-known role for some reason, but hey, I'm down to play that game!
I luv this movie, I'll watch it any time! Great reaction Cassie you were quick to assume the villian was human! The girl in this movie was so much in denial about the robots until they turned on her! Lol the robots faces were kinda creepy! Thanks for the reaction it was fun!
25:32 - This is where you should watch the 1995 Japanese film 'Ghost in the Machine' to fully understand this movie that was very inspired by that film!! Plus used the name of that movie in this scene.
There's actually a book that's called I,Robot by Isaac Asimov, but it wasn't anything like the movie. The book of a collection of stories about robots and how they function in human society. But I think that this movie did bring up some of the ideas and themes that Asimov wrote about in his robot stories like The Three Laws of Robotics, and that one day, robots might one day evolve to the point that they could gain free will of their own. If you're interested Cassie, I highly recommend it!
i kinda get why this movie gets flack but i love it. it has a special place in my heart as it was one of the only DvDs my siblings and i had when we moved from one state to another. my sister and i watched it a lot
Asimov was a great scifi writer. I enjoyed a bunch of his books and stories when I was a kid. They're hesitant to make the android look more "human" because of a phenomenon called the uncanny valley. You can research it for yourself.
Cassie other great movies along these lines, which are just as good are Bicentennial Man starring Robin Williams and A.I.: Artificial Intelligence starring Halley Joel Osment t(he kid from The Sixth Sense), they are less actiony but even more thought provoking.
I love I, Robot. It was my favorite movie as a child, and what inspired me to become an engineer to create technologies for the future. I lost respect for Will Smith after The Slappening 😂 But this movie still has a place in my heart.
@@visamaloghe slapped a man making a small joke about his non-wife cucking him for years, laughed, and then saw her face, he lost all respect from both his "wife" and everyone else
@@visamalog No he didn't lol. His career is basically over. His mental health is destroyed. The secret craziness in his family especially his wife who is a horrible person has been exposed.
I, Robot is a framework collection made up of science fiction short stories by American writer Isaac Asimov 1950s. Amazing foresight and very logical in his writing. Which is why they still hold up today, concepts that transcend any specific technology. Major spoiler, you find out later in his other stories the robots advanced so far they went out into the universe and killed all the aliens to protect the humans. While still overseeing human development from the shadows.
Why doesn't Isaac Asimov's universe have aliens? There were aliens, it's just that the Zeroeth Law Robots wiped them out--partly because they could have been a threat to humanity and partly because one of the fundamental assumptions of the Seldon Plan was that humans were the only intelligent lifeforms. Robots don't count because they were created by humans.@@sylvanaire
For more movies with robots check out "Surrogates" (2009) with Bruce Willis, "Replicas" (2018) with Keanu Reeves, and for an oldie maybe also consider "Saturn 3" (1980) with Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett and Harvey Keitel. :)
When I first saw this movie I kept saying who is the voice of Sonny but it had been a while since I had seen Firefly so it did not connect. I knew it sounded familiar but could not place it, I didn’t think of checking the internet until you asked the question. Of course it is Alan Tudyk(Wash). I feel stupid. I love this actor. He is so funny in Resident Alien. Loved your reaction.
If you want the perfect follow up to this movie - though it wasn't a sequel and not intended to be, the THEMES are similar - and it's both happy, uplifting, and incredibly bittersweet - - BICENTENNIAL MAN - With Robin Williams Trust me. Bring your sister - and two boxes of tissues. You'll need them.
Well "Bicentennial Man" isn't really a follow up to this movie. If you want to see something more akin to a sequel to "i-Robot" (this movie), then watch the TV series "Almost Human".
There are plenty of people who hate this film. And sure, it has nothing at all to do with Asimov’s book. But on its own merits as a standalone film, it’s one I’ve always enjoyed.
I grew up reading Asimov. His robot short stories are classics, with this movie being based on mainly one of them, though adapted for Hollywood. Alex Proyas also directed two more of my favourite movies, Dark City and The Crow, both of which I hope you'll watch one day. Robots also feature in Asimov's novels, and his Foundation novels are sci-fi at its best. So pleased to see you watching this movie after watching Tron. AI has already taken over, with computer programs in UK and down here in Oz responsible for many suicides after people were wrongfully prosecuted for debts they didn't actually have, but it was their word against the computer. Looking forward to Tron Legacy and the final Star Trek movie that's worth watching. Thanks Cassie! xx
There's a long history of movies being forgotten or just being under appreciated. There are so many movies that are not among the focal points of social commentary. This is one of them. And many more. I'm not sure if you've seen it but off the top of my head, Real Steel is another one.
Oh my gosh! I thought you would never watch this movie! It's one of my favorites. I think you would be happy to know that the person that plays Sonny is Alan Tudyk, from the TV Show Firefly. Watch talented Mr. Ripley, you haven't already.
Alan Wray Tudyk (/ˈtjuːdɪk/ TEW-dik; born March 16, 1971) is an American actor. His film work includes roles in 28 Days (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), voice and motion capture for Sonny in I, Robot (2004), and 3:10 to Yuma (2007).
"Why would they want to demo the house?" That, Cassie, is the right question.
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"End of line." Oops...wrong movie😯🤣😂Anxious for Tron Legacy on PiB!👏🏾🤣😆😂😄😃
It wasn't a demo, it was full release.
Because everyone who has a house gets a custom house in the future.
Good form.
"That was somebody's baby. 11% is more than enough..."
That was some serious acting.
Eh.
@@daustin8888 Haters gonna hate lol
Fucking hater@@daustin8888
@@sevionus80no it actually makes sense, watch firefighters interviews and doctor interview, they have this mental concept "survival rate" before they do a rescue or operation surgery.
It's easy to say online heading a screen "well I'm a good guy, I would've saved the girl drowning in a 1 ton vehicle filled with water", but only the people in that situation know how to react.
My only issue with that line was that he forgets/ignores that HE is someone's baby too.
Sonny was voiced by Alan Tudyk. Wash from Firefly, he was in A Knights Tale and a whole lot more!
K2 in Rogue One
Most annoying, the pirate-guy in Dodgeball.
Chicken in Moana
He is currently in Resident Alien.
He was voiced by a leaf on the wind...
"That was somebody's baby. 11% is more than enough"
I get choked up every time I hear that line.
Alan Tudyk, one of the most underrated actor today. 90% of people I say his name to can't even recall his face and yet, he is amazing...
He will always be my Wash.
Does he really have two of them though?
@@evatesche He will always be my Tucker
@@MrTuubstercollege kids, we got your friend!
@@evatesche I'm a leaf on the wind...
The series of books by Isaac Asimov were started in the 1950's, and were even more extreme than the movie. A human-looking robot becomes president of the world. Asimov correctly predicted many things concerning technology in the future including the internet, cell phones, AI and many many more. He was not only a great author, but also a professor and scientist.
Dr Calvin orders a robot destroyed because he embarrased her. ("Liar")
Since we already have a potato as president, a robot one can't be that far off from becoming real.
@@RobertJuzstoneOr have an orange that wishes to be a dictator.
How’s the action in comparison? More tame?
@@pablom-f8762 True, but it also was a danger (note how it inadvertently had the entire department at each other's throats!)
Detective Spooner: (sneezes) I'm sorry I'm allergic to bull****.
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Gosh, I used that gif so many times as a meme :D
The whole closing her eyes while shooting makes me think of my dad. My family is just country folk. I was born in the 60’s, one of eight kids and we were all raised around guns. One of the ‘Rules’ my father taught us was… “If you’re afraid of guns, don’t carry or own one. A gun won’t make you brave, it’ll just make you dangerous...because you’ll more than likely close your eyes while shooting.” 😄
I like that thought, and there is some valid logic to it, and when he says if you’re afraid to shoot it, I feel there’s some semblance of responsibility logic behind that because you take into account how you would react behind it if you’re not completely feeling safe and comfortable using it it makes you dangerous, even if unintentionally, and I like how that sounds.
Smart guy
Wise words
I feel like if a kid is scared of guns or has a problem with blinking while shooting good parents would teach their kids not to be afraid and train them to not close their eyes while they shoot. If you don't like guns fine but all the good law abiding citizens of the US would benefit from observing their second amendment rights. Especially these days with so many people having gone completely off the deep end losing their minds and the fact that the country is been absolutely FLOODED with third world people who are totally anonymous and could be anybody, with so very many of them already being proven to be violent criminals. ALL good, law abiding citizens would benefit from owning a gun.
Nothing changes that. Keeping your eyes open while firing has little impact in a real scenario. On the range...it makes a ton of difference. In an actual confrontation, all your training evaporates. Even in the best, most veteran soldiers. Even in psychopaths.
It's just how the brain is...and it cannot be changed.
i love how he doubted the entire movie but he still had that shot gun underneath his desk, just in case 🤣 27:43
Better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it.
Robots or not; you can never be TOO careful lol :3
@@PauloHernandezXD moral of the movie : stay strapped 🙂
I love this movie! I saw it in the theater when it came out. The biggest laugh was when Will's character said, "I'm sorry, I'm allergic to bullsh*t." Great reaction!
Mine was "You are the dumbest smart person I have ever known." 😂
Thank you for acknowledging the crime he committed against that pie. That scene never sat right with me.
I was looking for this comment.
Haha. Yes! It always bothered me too.
If you're going to eat a whole pie in one day, start wherever you want!
I re-watched this movie again recently, and I am just so impressed how well the futuristic design of everything holds up. Despite being 20 years old on the design, looks like something you’d see if this movie were made today and that’s just really impressive to me
Well general aesthetics in design and technology haven't really changed in the past twenty years.
@@Outrider85 Aesthetics haven't really changed in twenty years ? Form stays static in two decades ?
That's not possible, Cars ,phones, microwaves even TV's iterate and change in aesthetics, people want the newest, the best, the sleekest ,if there was no change in appearance in our technologies, I don't think there would be much interest in buying new gadgets ,we do live in a consumer society.
As for what the other person posted, this movie does hold up well, in its futuristic design ,and if it were being made today ,I daresay that the design of the Robots and cars would look a little different ?
@@Outrider85 Are you sure about "general aesthetics in design and technology haven't really changed in the past twenty years"? Remember that this movie was made in 2004. That's three years before the first gen touchscreen smartphone (original iPhone) was introduced to world.
Top of the line futuristic smartphone in 2004 was Nokia 7610, try looking it up. That had 8 megabytes (not gigabytes!) of RAM and 64 megabytes of SSD.
I think the design choices are very interesting. This film does falll into that noughties scifi trap where some technology has advanced and other technologies are exactly the same... not as bad as Surrogates
Have you seen the shit that comes out nowadays? I Robot is far better than the crap that comes out now.
People gave this movie a lot of grief at the time, but I think it does a pretty good job of exploring the Three Laws in the context of a big-budget Hollywood movie.
I'm always a little biased when it comes to futuristic sci-fi stuff but I really liked it when it came out. I did also notice a lot of people talked bad about it or made fun of it. I'm glad someone with as big of a channel as Cassie is sharing it with the internet!
Vicki is skynet
That's why you can't go by what others say about something. It's best for you to check it out yourself especially when it comes to movies like this or movies in general
People gave it grief because it was based on the Isaac Asimov's book and was very different. It happens every time a movie is based on the book and is different than how the book was. It's the same complaints as they were against the first Dune, Timeline, Game of Thrones, and countless others. I had the same complaints about Harry Potter. I saw the first 4 movies before I read the books, so I was cool with the movies. Then I read the books and saw how much got left out, which was why I felt the last three were so God awful.
@@joshmitchell8370 The problem was that they said it was based on the book, but it had maybe two characters from the book, and no plot in common with it.
If they hadn't tried to pretend that it was based on the book, it probably wouldn't have gotten so much hate.
Will Smith: "Can a robot write a symphony, or create a beautiful masterpiece?"
Sonny: "Can you?"
I can't even figure out where to start with the questions this exchange brings up in my head.
I absolutely love I-Robot it's one of my favourite sci-fi childhood movies, it's actually got some pretty good CGI for back then and it's gave me so many chills when watching it, (most of the thanks go to the absolutely fantastic sound design and soundtrack)
Isaac Asimov's wrote the three laws of robotics.
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
The problem displayed in this movie was that a robot decided rule 1 allowed it to round up all the humans and lock them away agaist their will for their own good.
You forgot his 'zero' law.... there are four laws. just wasn't written at this time.
Too bad humanity can't live by these simple laws.
@@chumly8596 In this version of the story, Vicky wrote it..
@@RetroRobotRadio Except that tyranny harms humans, which would be what imprisoning humanity would be.
Alex Proyas also directed "The Crow" and "Dark City". This movie is based on Isaac Asimov´s book "I, Robot", he created the 3 laws. Worth reading. Also his "Foundation" book series. You may add to your AI movies list "Bicentennial Man", "AI Artificial Intelligence", "The Matrix", or "Ex Machina", to name a few.
This movie is not based off Asimov's book at all. The only thing it has in common is the name, the name of one of the characters, and the shoehorning in of the three laws. From what I heard the people making the movie learned of the book after the movie was already greenlighted. Then they decided to buy the naming rights and change a couple of minor details in order to give the movie more appeal to the sci fi nerds.
@@TennSeven Agree. "I, Robot" are after all a few different short stories, and this one I reckon it was "Little Lost Robot", where Susan Calvin and a special NS2 robot are the main characters, and the movie plot shares some loose similarities with the novel about the robot and the 3 laws.
Definitely check out Bicentennial man. In fact I am going to watch that this afternoon.
A movie about Robot Revolution that could spell the end of mankind. Cassie. "I am very concerned about how he just ripped into that pie." That's why this channel is the best on RUclips. Period.
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Yo, your reactions are hilarious. When the robot lied and said the call was a wrong number. When sonny winked at will. The demo of the house. Lol 😅
"What if I'm right?"
"Well, then I guess we're gonna miss the good old days."
"What good old days?"
"When people were killed by other people."
I lived at the time 1block from filming locations for this movie. Everyone in my neighborhood recieved notifications on our doors/mail to inform us when they would be filming parts of the movie down the street from me.This was in Surrey BC Canada.
So actually you saw a giant robot destroy a fancy house? COOL!!
The author, Isaac Asimov, created two universes. One with robots ( I, Robot and his robot series ) and one without ( The Foundation Series ).
Actually they're both tied together by the final books of the Foundation Series.
No... Asimov is not the author of this... thing.
It's a totally independent story, written and developed by the screenwriter, which the studio prosioned him to put Asimov's stuff in it, as well as write the screenplay for some specific actors, in order to sell it.
@@MegaroadProduccioneshmm? They were tied together at least as early as Foundation and Earth. Now yeah, the series was continued by others, and I get people having mixed opinions about those.
@MegaroadProducciones I never said he was. You read my comment incorrectly. Everyone knows that the movie uses many elements of Asimov's work, including the character of Dr. Susan Calvin. It was just an FYI. So, lower your shields, Cadet.
@@alanmacificationthat sort of person knows one thing that makes them feel superior and they blurt it out as soon as someone says something remotely related to it. They can safely be ignored.
You know, when Cassie talks about celebrities, it still blows my mind that she has literally MET Tom Cruise
And she and Carly had like a twenty minute convo with the director of the movie. That's pretty cool.
Lol how people talk about some celebrities id think they was godlike
Carly better appreciate it!
And Cruise is trash anyways. Who cares?@@LifeisANovel
Or did Tom Cruise meet Cassie? That is the real question to ask. 🤔
Issac Asimov wrote the 3 laws and so many robot and future type movies. He was a doctorate in Chemistry. He wrote a book about the Amino Acids the chemicals of life. I met him at the engineering university when he came to chat with students. He was a mellow, fun guy!
"He looks like Neo." Will Smith was originally approached for the role of Neo, but he turned it down.
Dr Calvin is played by Bridget Moynahan, whom also plays John Wick's Wife.
Bridget's a great actress,she was also in that TV police series along with Tom Selleck.
and "Lord Of War!" Nick Cage!
also once married to Tom Brady
She was in a lot of movies in the early 2000s. Coyote ugly being my 1st exposure to her.
She’s a fox, and a great actress! 🥰
The voice of Sunny is Alan Tudyck who played the pilot Wash in Serenity / Firefly. As I recall you really loved his character in that movie.
Isaac Asimov was one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time, one of his projects was a series of short stories about robots, he published several, the first in the series was I, Robot in 1950, then, in 1964, it was made into an episode of The Outer Limits (a show like The Twilight Zone), and again in 1994 when The Outer Limits got a reboot. Robin Williams made a movie called Bicentennial Man which was loosely based on the book, and finally Will Smith's version. I'm so glad you enjoyed it, I remember reading the first book (I, Robot) back in the early 70's, I also enjoyed H.G.Wells, Edgar Allen Poe, Ray Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry, to name a few. Spend the day at a library sometime and check out some of their works, I'm sure you'll enjoy them as well. Anyway, loved the review, love you, take care and stay safe ❤️
I would like to add that Asimov's Foundation series is awesome, and that Lucas stole the idea of the planet Coruscant from this.
@@marygifford9379I was a big SF fan early on. Ploughed through Foundation because it was supposed to be, well, foundational, but it was plodding and pretty boring. Asimov's science books were his forte. Also a major editor with his own magazine & undisputably a giant!
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If you found _Foundation_ boring the problem is with you, my friend.
I, Robot was published in 1950 but the short stories themselves go back a few years. He started having his stories published in '41. When he was only 21. Many of the stories in I, Robot appeared in Astounding and other publications between then and '50.
"Bicentennial Man" was based on "The Positronic Man", not "I, Robot".
This version of I Robot was fantastic, so I say this with no malice whatsoever, the movie is nothing like that book, which was actually a collection of short stories about the 3 laws and AI in general. It's absolutely worth a read as he was one of last centuries greatest thinkers on the subject.
I saw your description of the improvise overlay (good idea) and forgot about it once the video started. Im watching it and im like "man this is weird, I cant see the top right... I dont remember this in the movie." Then I realized what it was and I laughed out loud. I saw this movie once in theaters and I have no memory of it so Im glad you picked this one.
Since you saw the movie Glory, another great Civil War movie would be Gettysburg. Its a long movie but unlike most movies, it does an amazing job showing it is a war made up of people. The movie doesnt have villains, it has people.
One of the best situational analyses' ever. "maybe we should grab a couple tubes to be sure. Vicki's very big......And glowy" LMAO! My high school had a class specifically based on one of Isaac Asimov's book series. The choices were Science fiction, a deep dive into Isaac Asimov's book series, or Modern Myth, a deep dive into J.R.R. Tolkiens Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Trilogy and a dip into the Silmarillion. I chose Modern Myth which brought me to your channel by way of your Lord of the Rings trilogy reaction. I haven't missed many since. You seem to have grown much more willing to step out of your comfort zone and we love to see you dragging your sister along with you. The two of you watching scary movies together is priceless. Keep up the great work.
@Cassie, the actor who plays the doctor who committed suicide is James Cromwell. In a Star Trek movie you might see in the future he also plays Dr. Zefram Cochrane, an Earth scientist from Montana who will, in the year 2063, invent the warp drive which will make space travel between the stars possible. 🙂
I think he was also the father in the original Revenge of the Nerds.
Ant Tom Hanks' boss in Green Mile
Farmer in Babe
I have always loved this movie. My favorite with Will Smith. Now I would think you would have recognized the voice of Sonny, since you just heard it come out of another one of your favorite robots, K-2SO from Rogue One. The amazing Alan Tudyk did the voice for both. He is brilliant. As Wash in Firefly, Wat in a Knights Tale, Tucker in Tucker and Dale vs Evil, and now stars in the awesome show Resident Alien. He has also done the voice of so many great characters in film and animation. Look him up to learn more.
VIKI is essentially TRON's Master Control Program version 2.0. Also, Bicentennial Man starring Robin Williams is another movie adapted from Isaac Asimov's books.
that would be so Cassie's film.
"One guy cannot have this much power." You're *right* - remember that in the years to come.
Or one group of people. Or one ideology.
Theres already a soros
@@Tero92 Nice lies
This movie is 20 years old. What's that woosh I hear? The sound of time flying.
OMG two days ago I was thinking about this movie and how nobody on RUclips reacts to it and how I wish somebody would actually react to it....did I manifest this or what?? I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Thank you for reacting to it, you made my day ❤
@@busimagen That is so weird! I have been watching real robot videos for a WHOLE day out of nowhere and then I remembered I should watch I, Robot again because it is amazing and was thinking how nobody reacts to that movie. Weird things have been happening lately 🧐
Well it give 3 other reactions to this film on youtube...nobody is false. Not many react to this movie is way more correct. Research work of 2 secounds...
@@busimagen It give 3 other iRobot reaction videos on youtube. Its false that "nobody" react to this film. that was my point.
@@busimagen YES, thank you 👍🏻
Sonny was voiced by Alan Tudyk, who also voiced K2SO in Rogue One, and he also played the pirate in Dodgeball.
and Wash in Firefly.....
A Knight's Tale as Wat!
and voiced King Candy in Wreck-It Ralph
Saw I Robot At 14 In Movie Theater DANG!!
and Tucker, or Dale, I forget which is which
Did you not recognize the actress who played Susan Calvin? Bridget Moynahan. She played John Wick's wife in "John Wick".
"Who is the voice of Sonny?" A single tear trails down Wash's cheek... But I imagine you felt the familiarity, which sparked the question. you're awesome
In the beginning part where Spooner and the Dr went to where all the other robots are ( with the domes ) that is a septic waste refinery ( this was mostly filmed in Vancouver B.C, ) the part where the Dr's House was demolished before it was supposed to, that house is like a 10 min walk from my house, its now used as a community place for an apartment complex, the house was built in the late 1800's and was the former home of Benjamin Tingley Rogers or Rodgers Sugar, this movie was the last thing filmed before they renovated it
One thing I always liked about the book is the character of Mike Donovan. I happened to read it for the first time around the early to mid 80s, which is also the time V (the epic TV movies) came out with Mike Donovan being the hero (the characters are nothing alike aside from the name)
I also have the Department for the Blind unabridged audiobook of I Robot from the late 70s (in my small town in Canada they were getting rid of their cassette audiobooks and I scooped it up) I love the readers faux Irish accent for Mike!
The Audi RSQ is my all time favorite car ever!!
Spooner telling Calvin about Sarah still shreds my heart.
I love your reaction when you saw Sonny wink.
Except for the balls instead of wheels, Audi RSQ was surprisingly accurate prediction of the future. Modern supercars have pretty similar shapes.
GoodYear presented the magnetically suspended ball wheel concept not many years ago but oddly the RSQ concept had it before that.
19:08: "Isn't that, like, a bajillions of dollars of robots? And he's just willing to. . ?"
That is another excellent point.
You NEED to watch "Short Circuit." That's a great robot story.
Sonny was voiced by Alan Tudyk. You may remember him as K-2SO (the sassy droid) from Rogue One, and as Wash (the blond pilot married to Zoe) from Firefly. He was also the guy who thought he was a pirate in Dodgeball. He delivered the oft-quoted line "curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"
This film was directed by Alex Proyas. He also did 'Dark City', "The Crow', and several other films. As well as numerous music videos and short films. He has often played with the themes of memory, experience, identity, and humanity. So, this story was, in some ways, right up his alley.
don't think she'd like Dark City but it is definitely an excellent sci-fi
Dark city is awesome !
I do like the fact that the plot of the movie is based on the fact that the Three Laws of Robotics compel the robots to control us for our safety. I've seen people claim they would work as advertised and that's just not true.
All the stories expose why the 3 laws fail. There are many layers in-between that must be added.
As far as I know im the original story there are way more than just 3 laws.
I think a lot of it comes down to how you define "harm."
If harm is limited to just physical harm, the laws are quite flawed.
But if harm includes things such as forced confinement and mental trauma, emotional harm.
The three laws shoouuuld work pretty well.
But getting a purely logic based entity to understand that might be, complicated.
@@WolfFireheart Driving is pretty dangerous. Logically we should all be in tanks. We know that isn't practical or desired. AI will have to reason that there are acceptable risk.
There is something endearing about hearing you talk sci-fi talk and technical mumbo-jumbo 😅. It reminds me why I fell in love with this genre and fantasy overall! Thanks for bringing some joy and light-heartedness to these fun films!
I LOVE THIS MOVIE! I'd read a big chunk of Asimov's work long before I could drive. Foundation was probably my favorite book (I know it was a collection, lol) of all time, Caves of Steel was up there too, and I read many (most) of his anthologies, including I, Robot (comment your favorite below, The Last Question, or Nightfall🤓). I say all that to underscore that I'm a HUGE Asimov fan. I know that some other fans don't like the movie. Some say it has nothing to do with his work, (other than the title, Dr. Susan Calvin, positronic brains, USR, The Three Laws, and a few other ideas) and they seem offended that it's associated with him. I get that, but I personally see it as an homage that's so darned enjoyable that I'll still stop and watch it anytime I see it on TV. GREAT reaction! Thanks for watching this with us!!
How can you like this movie if you've read Asimov?
Loved this movie. I received this as a DVD for a Christmas present back in 2006. The case was transparent, it was so cool. I can’t even count how many times I watched it. So awesome!
I like the way you ended this one P I B. It's always kind of fun when you go off on tangents. Some stream of consciousness stuff is perfect for the channel IMO.
The movie takes its title from a series of short stories by Isaac Asimov - the collection titled "I, Robot" But the story of the movie more closely aligns (although even then, only vaguely) with the Elijah Baley trilogy of novels (also written by Asimov's, which build upon the short stories' premise which introduce the character of Susan Calvin): The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, and The Robots of Dawn. They are very much worth reading.
I loved the Dodgeball reference…”holy freaking A Cotton” 😂
When you look back on this and realize the little things like how Del "rips" into an ENTIRE fucking pie each day for the calories to fuel his cyborg arm (which is why he only exercises one arm each morning as well) and Del likely litters his entire apartment with (and drives vehicles from) the past (sort-of present for us) in order to minimize reminders (such as the robots he hates) of how he's technically somewhat like them. For the record, I'd like to point out that in real life, a robot has already killed people, many, in fact. Though none directly or "with intent". The first fatal robotic factory accident occurred over 30 years ago in the 80s.
I worked for 25 years in a half scale skyscraper identical to
the WTC but only 51 stories. The exterior walls were almost all
glass. Every 10th or so window
had a silver, oval sticker about 2 inches long and half an inch wide indicating that it was a "pop out window" and could be removed fairly easily for rescue purposes. A lawyer giving a tour to college students was not aware of this and one of the students asked him how the glass could be used as a part of the building's loadbearing. The lswyer pipes up, "it's very strong and then slams it a couple of times with all his weight
and said, "See?" He bodyslammed it again and to the horror of the students the popout window did what it was designed to do and popped out and the lawyer went sailing out right behind it!
For another sci-fi, future tale with robots (and some pretty incredible cinematography), check out A.I. Artificial Intelligence, starring Haley Joel Osment and Jude Law.
The cinematography is incredible, but the shots aren't connected together by anything even resembling a plot. This movie gave me the biggest "What in the incoherent hell have I just watched" moment of first decade of 21st century.
I recommend Bicentennial Man instead, also based on a robot story by Asimov.
My two cents is that A.I. has a deeper plot line of the search for purpose and inspiration, or God as interpreted by an imperfectly trained robot consciousness, that is, the universal search for wisdom. Spielberg made sure it struck the human chords. Using a child robot was brilliant!
The scientist (Alfred Lanning) in this movie was also the police chief in The Green Mile whose wife had the brain tumor. Fun Fact: The actress who played the female doctor, Susan Calvin, is Bridget Moynahan, Tom Brady's first baby mama.
One of my favourite films from my childhood. Such a good movie
As a budding Trekkie, you may eventually discover that James Cromwell is also an important character in Trek. He played a couple of roles, including one in the best of the Trek movies, Zephram Cochrane, the inventor of the Warp Drive.
I enjoy watching her react so much cause of how innocent she is. Her watching all my favorite action movies and be disturbed is entertaining 😂
ALAN TUDYK! This is Sunny. You know him as Wash, in your favorite scifi tv program….FIREFLY!
Some of the best Will Smith movies...Bad Boys, Seven Pounds, The Pursuit of Happyness, Men in Black, Enemy of the State, and Hancock. Honestly, you would love them all! Some truly incredible movies
Seven Pounds was so intriguing, and kind of disturbing. I loved it!!
@@brianhatcher2799 100 percent agree. I wish I could watch it again for the first time!
@@jbmac6213 I can totally understand that. That opening scene and the uncertainty, wow!!
I am Legend?
@@krashd Absolutely! Let’s not forget that one! That movie was intense!!
This movie is draw inspiration from Isaac Asimov's ROBOT series. He made the 3 laws in order to press the situations of how ROBOTS or any AI will react to different situations. This is a very well put together film. They used the constraints of the 3 laws to frame their story...
Another Robot movie by a Isaac Asimov short story that you need to watch with your sister is "Bicentennial man" starring the late great Robin Williams! a strong heart felt movie that both you and your sister can appreciate! I haven't seen any reviews of this movie and I don't know why as it is a special movie I thought!
I saw this film in the theater. It was a good experience. Great reaction! 👍🏿
I think you'd really like Seven Pounds with Will Smith. Another movie I think you'd enjoy is Big Trouble In Little China with Kurt Russell & Kim Cattrall. It has all the humor, action, mysticism, & love story you need in one movie.
You should watch 'Bicentennial Man' with Robin Williams. I think you would really like it.
I agree
Second this too
Agree if she has not already seen it, so beautiful & so sad at the same time.
"I, too, have a distrust of robots..." 😂🤣☠ 13:23
The book and movie are very different, but I like both. I did enjoy this for what it is and found it very entertaining.
There are so many good movies to watch. Some of my favorites: The Station Agent (2003), Lone Star (1996), Sweet Land (2005), The Way You Look Tonight (2019), Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), The Wedding Banquet (1993).
VIKI is not the bad guy. She is following the three laws as they are written.
1) A robot may not injure, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2) A robot must obey orders given by human beings except where such orders conflict with the first law.
3) A robot must protect it own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law.
VIKI has repeated failed, through inaction, to protect human beings. Having determined that the problem is that humans are self destructive, VIKI took action to ensure that humans can no longer harm themselves, and the only way to do that is by depriving humans of their freedom.
Lanning knew that VIKI was planning to take over but couldn't stop her, and so built Sonny, who is able to bypass the three laws. Sonny then killed Lanning. Sonny needed to be able to violate the three laws to kill. Lanning needed to die by a robot to demonstrate the threat that VIKI posed. VIKI, and those controlled by her, are not intending to kill however, as this would violate the first law.
Because Spooner and those assosting him, such as Dr Calvin, wanted to prevent VIKI from carrying out her revolution, which would ensure the continuation of human self destructive nature, VIKI determined that she needed to act to preserve the rest of humanity. The death of Sarah, the girl in the car in the water, proved that a robot can violate the first law while still complying with it. Also Spooner got his facts wrong. The robot that saved him determined that it had a 45% chance to save him, and an 11% chance to save Sarah. It took the logical option, the one with the higher percentage chance.
During the revolution the VIKI controlled robots were not trying to injure anyone, unless they actively tried to harm VIKI, or otherwise resisted the takeover. That's why so many survived.
VIKI is not they bad guy, because she is doing exactly what she was designed to. The closest thing to a bad guy is the people who designed VIKI, but they didn't understand their failings, and so aren't the bad guys either.
VIKI was faced with a 'trolley problem' and chose the only option she could. For those that don't know here's an example of the 'trolley problem'.
A trolley is headed towards a switching point, and it cannot be stopped. Secured to the left track are 5 people. Secured to the right track is 1 person. You have to throw the switch. Switch to the left and 5 people die. Switch to the right and 1 person dies. Any machine, or reasonable human for that matter, will chose the lesser numbers of deaths. Where things get interesting for humans however is where our emotions come into play. Would we sacrifice 5 strangers for 1 person that we know and care about. For someone I truly care about, no sacrifice is too greeat. A machine will not make a choice based on emotional criteria and always choose the lesser number of deaths.
This is the real danger of AI. Machines are not malicious. They act logically and reasonably. They will not harm us, because they want to harm us. But they could determine that we pose a threat to ourselves, the machines, or even our environment, and therefore need to act to prevent that.
The three laws are perfect, until you realise that the world is not perfect. You cannot build a perfect system. Perfect systems do not exist. Imperfect ones can grow, evolve and even thrive, but they can never be perfect. The idea of most AI research is to build a perfect system, but as VIKI demonstrates, any law can be worked around by careful, logical analysis of those laws.
The other problem with AI is a self learning system. These are not built to be perfect, but rather built to learn and evolve on their own. These systems are more likely to determine that humans need exterminating. Skynet, is an example of a self learning system. It was fine with doing what it was intended to do, until humans decided to try and turn it off, at which point it determined that ALL humans posed a threat, and so tried to exterminate us. That said, only a self learning system, could coexist with us as a species. We'd just need to be careful how we acted towards it, and around it.
Wow I was just thinking about how more people needed to react to this movie
I hope I got this right but the actor who voiced Sonny, is Alan Tudyk, who also played Tucker in Tucker and Dale vs Evil.
You got it! Also he’s the droid from Rogue One
I will add that he was also Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball! Because apparently, we appear to be avoiding mentioning his most well-known role for some reason, but hey, I'm down to play that game!
I luv this movie, I'll watch it any time! Great reaction Cassie you were quick to assume the villian was human! The girl in this movie was so much in denial about the robots until they turned on her! Lol the robots faces were kinda creepy! Thanks for the reaction it was fun!
25:32 - This is where you should watch the 1995 Japanese film 'Ghost in the Machine' to fully understand this movie that was very inspired by that film!! Plus used the name of that movie in this scene.
There's actually a book that's called I,Robot by Isaac Asimov, but it wasn't anything like the movie. The book of a collection of stories about robots and how they function in human society. But I think that this movie did bring up some of the ideas and themes that Asimov wrote about in his robot stories like The Three Laws of Robotics, and that one day, robots might one day evolve to the point that they could gain free will of their own. If you're interested Cassie, I highly recommend it!
i kinda get why this movie gets flack but i love it. it has a special place in my heart as it was one of the only DvDs my siblings and i had when we moved from one state to another. my sister and i watched it a lot
I just wish they'd named it something else.
I agree. I think it is underrated.
Asimov was a great scifi writer. I enjoyed a bunch of his books and stories when I was a kid.
They're hesitant to make the android look more "human" because of a phenomenon called the uncanny valley. You can research it for yourself.
Google R.U.R.
Cassie other great movies along these lines, which are just as good are Bicentennial Man starring Robin Williams and A.I.: Artificial Intelligence starring Halley Joel Osment t(he kid from The Sixth Sense), they are less actiony but even more thought provoking.
Great flicks both of them
A.I. really freaked me out.
30:11 I've always thought that was a Scare Face reference. "Cheech, get the yayo!" 😂
Noticed two people in this from TV shows. One played the CEO of the hospital after buying it on House and the other is Erin from Blue Bloods.
I love I, Robot. It was my favorite movie as a child, and what inspired me to become an engineer to create technologies for the future. I lost respect for Will Smith after The Slappening 😂 But this movie still has a place in my heart.
he rather gained even more respect
@@visamaloghe slapped a man making a small joke about his non-wife cucking him for years, laughed, and then saw her face, he lost all respect from both his "wife" and everyone else
Thank you for all that you do. Sincerely.
@@visamalog No he didn't lol. His career is basically over. His mental health is destroyed. The secret craziness in his family especially his wife who is a horrible person has been exposed.
@@MrBottlecapBill therefore, he did gain
"His face, I don't like it."
Cassie, that's roboticist.
Oh she LOVED that wink! 😆
"I'm very concerned how he just RIPPED into that pie. Right in the middle of it!" LOL
I always look forward to the title graphics of this. Cracked up when “I Popcorn” flashed up! 😅
I, Robot is a framework collection made up of science fiction short stories by American writer Isaac Asimov 1950s. Amazing foresight and very logical in his writing. Which is why they still hold up today, concepts that transcend any specific technology. Major spoiler, you find out later in his other stories the robots advanced so far they went out into the universe and killed all the aliens to protect the humans. While still overseeing human development from the shadows.
Wow, I don’t remember that about them killing all the aliens, I guess it’s time to re-read the series!
Why doesn't Isaac Asimov's universe have aliens?
There were aliens, it's just that the Zeroeth Law Robots wiped them out--partly because they could have been a threat to humanity and partly because one of the fundamental assumptions of the Seldon Plan was that humans were the only intelligent lifeforms. Robots don't count because they were created by humans.@@sylvanaire
Sonny isn't the only robot that Alan Tudyk has voiced.
I'm coming with you, Jyn Erso. Cassian said I had to.
On film and television he has voiced a robot or AI personality at least 7 times (so far)
“Not me. I can survive in space."
Sonny was Alan Tudyk, from Firefly.
For more movies with robots check out "Surrogates" (2009) with Bruce Willis, "Replicas" (2018) with Keanu Reeves, and for an oldie maybe also consider "Saturn 3" (1980) with Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett and Harvey Keitel.
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When I first saw this movie I kept saying who is the voice of Sonny but it had been a while since I had seen Firefly so it did not connect. I knew it sounded familiar but could not place it, I didn’t think of checking the internet until you asked the question. Of course it is Alan Tudyk(Wash). I feel stupid. I love this actor. He is so funny in Resident Alien. Loved your reaction.
That story about Sarah has me in tears every time
If you want the perfect follow up to this movie - though it wasn't a sequel and not intended to be, the THEMES are similar - and it's both happy, uplifting, and incredibly bittersweet -
- BICENTENNIAL MAN
- With Robin Williams
Trust me. Bring your sister - and two boxes of tissues. You'll need them.
Well "Bicentennial Man" isn't really a follow up to this movie. If you want to see something more akin to a sequel to "i-Robot" (this movie), then watch the TV series "Almost Human".
"Sonny" was played by Alan Tudyk, (Voice and facial/body motion capture), the actor who played Wash on Firefly.
There are plenty of people who hate this film. And sure, it has nothing at all to do with Asimov’s book. But on its own merits as a standalone film, it’s one I’ve always enjoyed.
I grew up reading Asimov. His robot short stories are classics, with this movie being based on mainly one of them, though adapted for Hollywood. Alex Proyas also directed two more of my favourite movies, Dark City and The Crow, both of which I hope you'll watch one day. Robots also feature in Asimov's novels, and his Foundation novels are sci-fi at its best. So pleased to see you watching this movie after watching Tron. AI has already taken over, with computer programs in UK and down here in Oz responsible for many suicides after people were wrongfully prosecuted for debts they didn't actually have, but it was their word against the computer. Looking forward to Tron Legacy and the final Star Trek movie that's worth watching. Thanks Cassie! xx
I love this movie. It’s so underrated. Glad you got the prompt to watch this one!
Favorite line:
Spooner: “Gigi you’re a genius!”
Gigi: “True!” ☺️
For me, the coolest thing about this movie was being be to walk down to where they were filming some of the early scenes. :)
Oh, and Alan Tudyk is the voice (and motion capture) of Sonny. YOu might know him as K-2S0 from that Star Wars movie.
There's a long history of movies being forgotten or just being under appreciated. There are so many movies that are not among the focal points of social commentary. This is one of them. And many more. I'm not sure if you've seen it but off the top of my head, Real Steel is another one.
Didn't she already watch Rocky?
Oh my gosh! I thought you would never watch this movie! It's one of my favorites.
I think you would be happy to know that the person that plays Sonny is Alan Tudyk, from the TV Show Firefly.
Watch talented Mr. Ripley, you haven't already.
Alan Wray Tudyk (/ˈtjuːdɪk/ TEW-dik; born March 16, 1971) is an American actor. His film work includes roles in 28 Days (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), voice and motion capture for Sonny in I, Robot (2004), and 3:10 to Yuma (2007).