Enemy of the State seems a very underrated movie imo. I remember people say how exagherated an unrealistic it all was yet you look at today and we have passed what they do in that film by quite a margin. Def give it a watch, both Smith and Hackman are at the top of their game with those performances.
@@garethhackney4814 I mean, even at the time systems like Echelon were an "open secret" to anyone paying attention so some of it's a bit farfetched but with a lot of it, anyone claiming that at the time was merely ignorant. That said, personally I don't actually remember that being a common criticism of the movie then (the _style_ of the movie is exaggerated and bombastic but the content less so). As to OP's point, yeah, _kinda_ but mostly in the sense that e.g. John Mason from "The Rock" is actually an older James Bond :). I.e. it's a fun fan theory but it's not that consistent with what we actually see (although Tony Scott - or _someone_ in the "Enemy of the State" production - is _clearly_ referencing "The Conversation" a few times - Brill's "young" photo is of Harry Caul, the raincoat etc. - so it's also not _quite_ as bananas as Mason = Bond).
Sam is so smart, she picked up on so many of the bread crumbs left by the doctor. ------- The movie also did a great job of misdirection to make Sam think humans were behind the malevolent actions. ------ NO, IT WAS VIKKI!!!!
@@Flesharrower it's not about this film i particular being dirficult to decipher. It's about Sam's consistent ability to pick up on details and connect the dots quickly.
As much as I love these reactions, Sam needs to seriously just go become a detective or something. That woman is like Columbo, she notices every small detail, remembers everything. Give Sam half an hour and she'd solve the D.B. Cooper case.
Asimov also wrote the first known SF detective story to prove to another SF author who challenged him that in fact it made sense. "The Caves of Steel" & "The Naked Sun" followed.
The gen 1 robots being so pathetically cute towards the end ("human is in danger!) is very sad to me, especially when they're huddling together in the dark containers. Like, at least shut them off, damn.
@@SosaBoii-t1c Repurposing for construction and other tasks that might be hazardous for people? Resale to lower income markets that can't afford the latest and greatest? Maybe the materials science for building them had outpaced the current ability to recycle them. I mean just look at how many materials we can currently make that we can't effectively recycle.
@SosaBoii-t1c Given that they are in shipping containers, I expect the idea is that at some point they would be moved elsewhere, perhaps for sale abroad.
Lots of that in Demolition Man, too. Most of the characters would have been adults or at least kids in the 90s, but they act like they're generations removed from that era.
@@Dimetropteryx Right ? I don't understand why they don't just push the story a bit further forward in time (do filmmakers really believe we'll totally identify with people in 2035 - or 2032 in "Demolition Man" - but _not_ in e.g. 2050 ?). (it _sort of_ works in "Star Wars" because that's a galaxy spanning civilisation _and_ an oppressive empire, so when people e.g. view the Jedi as a myth when in fact people their dad's age literally fought in a war alongside them, you can _kinda_ chalk it up to deliberate suppression + distance/scale. Here though, not so much)
I don't know if there's much research into this but people sometimes do have accent and cadence shifts in older life, I've noticed this with a family friend. They're British accent is much more stronger today than it was when I was a kid
"Never doubted you for a second..."and the giggles. That's my favorite part of this reaction. If you like A.I. related movies, I highly suggest watching the moving Colossus The Forbin Project. It's an older movie, great movie, which inspired many movies after it as you will see if you watch it.
Follow this up with "Bicentennial Man" starring Robin Williams. The movie deals with AI of a sort but also touches on ethics and humanity. Back in the 90s, US Robotics was a popular brand of modem.
People tend to not like this movie for how it takes Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics and the name "I, Robot" to make a standard action movie, no matter how charismatic Will Smith still was at the time.
I have been a huge Asimov fan since childhood and I always found those criticisms fake. The themes of the movie are absolutely faithful to the I, Robot short stories and the wider Robots saga - questioning and playing with the three laws and what they would mean, often with a mystery to solve. There is plenty of action and silliness but that doesn't mean they're treating the Laws as window dressing, far from it.
It's fine IMO, mostly gets the themes etc. (as an Asimov fan since the early 80s FWIW). And paraphrasing Stephen King, repeating something James M Cain had said of the adaptations of his work, "The books are still up there on the shelf" i.e. they're separate. If "I, Robot" got anyone to read the stories that wouldn't have otherwise, great. Everyone else can enjoy a decent action movie. Asimov fans still have the books. Win-win-win. (but in fairness I say that as the kind of reader that's almost never _waiting_ to see my favourite books on screen. Some people seem to view screen adaptations as "completing" the book somehow, as if it's a "better" or "more real" medium. To me the book is already complete in itself, so adaptations - much as i've loved many - don't _really_ matter)
I wouldn’t say this is one of my favorite movies, but it’s one of those movies where if I see it on, I will always stop what I’m doing and watch the whole thing.
Omg if you’re gunna eventually start a Will Smith list first HAS to be “Enemy of the State”. It’s his second BEST movie. Independence Day is of course #1. The first Bad Boys is worth watching as well.
I think this person means the literal date (2035). We are only 11 years away from that, whereas 1999 is 25 years ago now. Crazy! We are closer to 2035 than we are 2004 (the year this movie came out).
There are many good Will Smith movies, but I Am Legend, Enemy of the State, Bad Boys, Hancock, Bright and Independence Day are the ones that come to mind.
VIKI's understanding of the 3 laws evolved from them applying to individual humans to applying to humanity in general. Even if the DA wanted to charge Sonny, Lanning's death wasn't a murder, it was an assisted suicide. The cops teasing Spooner come off worse if they know Spooner's backstory. James Cromwell plays a roboticist again in Big Hero 6. Sonny's actor Alan Tudyk plays a tech company CEO in that.
SEVEN POUNDS!!! Most underrated Will Smith movie! Also has Woody Harrelson and Rosario Dawson. AMAZING! If you two watch it and don't like it, dinner is on me lol
Whether it's a first time or rewatch, I recommend watching Bad Boys 1-4, Independence Day, Men in Black 1-3, Enemy of the State, Wild, Wild West, I Am Legend, Ali, Hancock. Shia Labeouf followed this up with Holes. Another film franchise about rogue A.I. to watch on the channel is the Terminator franchise, even if it's a rewatch
You need to add Enemy of the State to the list. Enemy of the State is a 1998 American political action thriller film directed by Tony Scott, written by David Marconi, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman with an ensemble supporting cast consisting of Jon Voight, Regina King, Loren Dean, Jake Busey, Barry Pepper and Gabriel Byrne.
The correct answer to the trolley car problem is that if you chose to intervene in either direction you have taken responsibility for the other track that gets run over and so you go to jail for trying. But if you ignore both or call for help from someone else You acknowledge there was no right answer and it was out of your hands and you have to live with the guilt of not having power over other peoples lives
Underrated movie! I always loved this. It's just a good old time with some action, some suspense and some humor and the movie is just paced really well. Of course Will Smith does what he does best being able to movie freely between humour and genuine emotion naturally. Other great Will Smith movies are 7 Pounds, The Pursuit of Happiness, Men in Black 1 & 3, I Am Legend and honestly Independence Day
There are short stories from the 1940s in a 1950s collection by legendary Sci-Fi author Issac Asimov entited "I, Robot" (not a novel). Several stories of the collection were first adapted for television in the 1960s. This was in the works as an film since the late 1970s. 2 of the stories, Little Lost Robot/Caves of Steel and Asimov's infamous "Three Laws of Robotics" are utilzed in the screenplay. Director Alex Proyas and producer John Davis (the Predator franchise) were the most adamant to make the film with the advancements in filmmaking availible to actually make it happen. Paul Mercurio, actor/dancer/choreogapher, trained the mo cap actors and stunt performers in their robotic mobility. This was 1 of 2 films for Will Smith in 2004 (including Shark Tale), his play on paranoia with the robots and playing the hard boiled detective is a good performance. Alan Tudyk as Sonny is a great performance and one of his most iconic roles in the genre. The rest of the supporting cast is good too (Shia LeBeouf not cursing correcly, hilarious). The suspense does border on the Crime Noir flavor. Action, drama and the humor is standard blockbuster stuff. Originally, Smith did record a song for the movie and then he decided to not put it out. Summertime movies with Will are usually released in July (just because) and this one was moved from June because Spider-Man 2 would own pre-4th of July weekend. I, Robot was Oscar-nominated fo Best Visual Effects. Also check out Proyas' other classic, Dark City (1998).
30:44 The Trolley Problem: "Trolley problem is the name given to a thought experiment in philosophy and psychology. It has sprouted a number of variations, but is distilled to something like this: you are riding in a trolley without functioning brakes, headed toward a switch in the tracks. On the current track stand five people who stand to be killed if the trolley continues on its path. You have access to a switch that would make the trolley change to the other track, but another individual stands there. That person is certain to be killed if the switch is activated. So do you switch tracks or not?" 90% of All people will chose to kill the lone person and save the 5. Then the Questioner says the 5 people are Doctors and the lone person is your Loved one. Whom do you kill?
Speaking of robots check out the classic 1950'sclassic original SF movies. 1951's The Day the Earth Stood still with Gort. Forbidden Planet (1956) Where a lot of Star Trek was swiped from. With Robbie the Robot and young Leslie Nielson in a serious leading man role with light humor.
Those three laws were developed by legendary science fiction author Isaac Asimov. He wrote an entire series of books on robots starting with ‘I, Robot’. These laws have been part of several subsequent projects. This film is only a loose adaptation of the book it takes its title from. A slightly more faithful adaptation would be “Bicentennial Man”, starring Robin Williams.
Such an underated movie, many were mad for the normal reasons "It's not like the stories, they made it crappy!" Nothing against those who are book people, but they are the ones always upset about movies adapted from books.
Yeah. I've learned it's usually better to watch movie adaptations if they exist before the books. You're more likely to enjoy the movie, and if you like the story or universe, the books go more in depth.
@@demonsorrows True! I bartely read LOTR until after the movies came out, once the third on released, then I bought the books and read them. And from there learned some much more that added to it. I think people forget a book is VERY different from a movie/tv show. You can only fit so much in. It's not like you can make a 50 hour movies. lol. Same goes for any adaption from one thing to another. Game to movie, movie to book, book to tv show...etc.
Isaac Asimov came to a different conclusion about robots. The humanoid robot R Daneel, concluded that robots were detrimental to human advancement. He creates the Zero-th Law that robots must not harm mankind or through inaction allow mankind to come to harm. This leads to the Foundation Series where there are no robots.
It's always a good thing to be free. What makes it more worth it to try to save the kid or an adult? It's a human emotion that pretty much would have resulted in 2 deaths instead of one. Sometimes being logical in certain situations works. People are scared of robotics when it's people you should be more frightened of.
Great film, really makes you think & promotes conversation. (You mentioned not having seen any of his films, gotta suggest “Enemy of the State”, with Gene Hackman. An absolutely brilliant film that will send shivers.
When this movie was released Machine Learning wasnt much of a concept for general audiences (although i was studying it in my math bachelor) so the idea of robots 'hallucinations' or 'dreams' seemed at least questionable for a lot of people watching the movie, nowadays we literally call hallucinations to anything that is fabricated by machine learning models. The movie is not perfect but it has a special place in my Sci-Fi pantheon.
Great reaction, thank you. Hope to see the sequels 'Crocodile Dundee II' and 'The Jewel Of The Nile' be watched, and some more Eddie Murphy (48hrs, The Golden Child, Another 48Hrs, Bowfinger. etc) if you can. Cheers. 😊❤
*you also need to add some Jet Li movies to your watchlist guys, I'll recommend Fist of Legend(the american edit with better photography and ost), Kiss of the Dragon, Black Mask, Craddle 2, Danny the dog for just mentioning some*
Spooner's racism seems more like survivor's guilt directed at the robots, responsible for saving his life, while allowing the young girl to die in the car wreck. There is a call back to this on the catwalk, when Sonny arrives with the intent of infecting V.I.K.I. with the nanites, Spooner tells him to "save her, save the girl". Sonny's first thought is logical, that he must apply the nanites. Spooner then personalizes his demand, "Sonny, save Calvin!", before Sonny does as instructed. Spooner wished that that first robot, the one who saved his life, had listened to him as well.
Surprise🤩I'd just saw the Community Post (about an hour ago) that this Reaction was coming, but I wasn't expecting it so soon after!😅My Mom and I have always Loved this Movie very much❤🔥and I have no doubt that Samantha will too! More 'Will Smith' Recommendations: "Bad Boys" ('95) "Independence Day" ('96) "Men in Black" ('97) "Enemy of the State" ('98) "Hitch" ('05) "Hancock" ('08) and "After Earth" ('13)👍
Samantha's a smart cookie! She picked up right away that Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics were deliberately written to have exploitable holes, because all his stories involving them are about robots behaving in ways that seemingly "break" the laws. So many hack writers make reference to them without understanding they were always satirical.
This movie sneaks up on you, at the very beginning it comes off as pure macho/caveman brain, action, and comedic spots. And then at a certain point BOOM, you realize they are bringing up very deep philosophical arguments that are probably even more relevant today than they were in both 2004 or even earlier in the book that was the basis for the movie. One of those films you would be leaving the theater and talking about it the entire way home with your friends.
This movie originally had nothing to do with the literary _I, Robot_ ,a collection of robot centric short stories by Isaac Asimov, who created the 3 Laws. It was an original screenplay called _Hardwired._ When the studio decided to use the former name, the writer incorporated the Laws, character names, elements, and scenes that were very minor adaptations of some of the stories (a robot being looked for hiding amongst others, a robot having a dream of being a savior to its kind, a robot brain making a conclusion for the preservation of all humans). So if you’re looking for a faithful adaptation, this ain’t it. A british tv show (Out of this World) actually adapted one of the stories into an almost hour long episode, and you can find it here. Little Lost Robot. Apparently some concepts from the original material were incorporated into the second season of the show Foundation, which is loosely based on Asimov’s book series of the same name Oh yeah, there’s also Bicentennial Man. Never watched or read, so I can’t speak to it’s faithfulness/accuracy. I tend to her it was odd to have Robin Williams as the main robot character
If you never watched Will Smith's filmography on the channel, might I suggest my favorite Will Smith films that may fancy your interest: Men in Black franchise, Hitch, I Am Legend, and Hancock.
I haven't seen all of Will Smith's movies(and probably never will at this point), but this is easily my favorite of the ones I have seen. A really great Sci-Fi movie that has held up well in its story as well as how it was presented, still looks good. While some may have an issue due to Isaac Asimov laws, I don't get lost in those weeds, as I don't have much experience there, so I just took this film on its own merit, and for me it was more than enjoyable.
I thoroughly enjoy this movie but my husband did not because he thought it too far from the source material. I'd not read the book so I couldn't compare. When it comes to Will Smith I think of Independence Day (1996), Men In Black (1997), Men In Black II (2002), Ali (2001), The Pursuit of Happiness (2006), King Richard (2021).
Have you seen "Love, Death and Robots"? If not I think you might enjoy it. And it could be a good show for reactions. It is an anthology of very short, animated stories. The stories are all either science fiction or fantasy (or a weird mix of the two), and the story of each episode is unrelated to the rest. The writers and animators also change from episode to episode, so the style of each one is different (only a couple of people did more than one).
One of Will Smith's most interesting movies was a very early one, Six Degrees of Separation. My favorite movie by this director, Alex Proyas, is Dark City. Another movie about heavy reliance on robots -- though not as good as this one -- is 2009's Surrogates starring Bruce Willis. One of my favorites from the recent robot movies is 2012's Robot and Frank starring Frank Langella.
Now, I recommend Will Smith again in Bad Boys 1-4, Men in Black trilogy & Hancock & Shia LaBeouf again in Transformers series 😀. Awesome movies of them.
Good to see Will Smith on the channel and although this is a fun watch I've never watched the movie again since it was released. Bad boys, men in black and independence day are what I grew up with after the fresh prince but I really love his slightly more serious roles. The pursuit of happyness is incredible and I really liked enemy of the state and six degrees of separation is great. Hancock was an excellent balance of his funny and serious side. I still need to watch king richard. A.I movies are great with Ex Machina sitting firmly at the top of my list with Spielberg's Artificial intelligence a close second. Robin Williams' bicentennial man is criminally underrated.
It always seems weird to me when I think this was directed by Alex Proyas. Of his big films - The Crow, Dark City, I, Robot, then Knowing and unfortunately Gods of Egypt [which we turned off after about 15 minutes]. The Crow [as you know] is a classic but I, Robot showed what he could do with a big budget and then the Egypt debacle. It's a shame because he had so much potential.
Did you see the story where the robot vacuum (which uses a camera to navigate the household) was filming the people in the house and the footage wound up on the internet?
I'm surprised that you haven't seen more Will Smith movies for the channel. Will had a good ten-year filmography run where he was a top three movie star
*Enemy of the State* (1998) with _Will Smith_ and _Gene Hackman._ Sort of an unofficial sequel to the 1974 _Gene Hackman_ film, *"The Conversation."*
Enemy of the State seems a very underrated movie imo. I remember people say how exagherated an unrealistic it all was yet you look at today and we have passed what they do in that film by quite a margin. Def give it a watch, both Smith and Hackman are at the top of their game with those performances.
@@garethhackney4814 I mean, even at the time systems like Echelon were an "open secret" to anyone paying attention so some of it's a bit farfetched but with a lot of it, anyone claiming that at the time was merely ignorant. That said, personally I don't actually remember that being a common criticism of the movie then (the _style_ of the movie is exaggerated and bombastic but the content less so).
As to OP's point, yeah, _kinda_ but mostly in the sense that e.g. John Mason from "The Rock" is actually an older James Bond :). I.e. it's a fun fan theory but it's not that consistent with what we actually see (although Tony Scott - or _someone_ in the "Enemy of the State" production - is _clearly_ referencing "The Conversation" a few times - Brill's "young" photo is of Harry Caul, the raincoat etc. - so it's also not _quite_ as bananas as Mason = Bond).
Enemy of the state has my boy Jason Lee #MyNameIsEarl
YES YES YES!!! I second Enemy of the State!! One of my favorites. And its one of those movies that like nobody has reacted to.
You guys should watch Enemy of The State (Will Smith movie). I don’t think there’s any reactions of it around. It’s one of his most underrated movies
Sam is so smart, she picked up on so many of the bread crumbs left by the doctor. ------- The movie also did a great job of misdirection to make Sam think humans were behind the malevolent actions. ------ NO, IT WAS VIKKI!!!!
Sam's always so perceptive! :D
Lol indeed, she is very clever
And she's gorgeous!
Get outta here! This film isn't in any way difficult to decipher. It's a literal paint by numbers film.
@@Flesharrower it's not about this film i particular being dirficult to decipher. It's about Sam's consistent ability to pick up on details and connect the dots quickly.
9:50 "Oh, Viki's here?" -- not gonna lie; I'm kind of impressed that Sam picked up on that.
As much as I love these reactions, Sam needs to seriously just go become a detective or something. That woman is like Columbo, she notices every small detail, remembers everything. Give Sam half an hour and she'd solve the D.B. Cooper case.
@shinrapresident7010 She could probably even out-do Inspector Gadget with just a Swiss Army knife.
Sonny was voiced by Alan Tudyk.
Speaking of Shia Lebeouf, he's in "Eagle Eye" which has similar AI premise as this but on a governmental scale. You should check that out.
Eagle Eye is underrated and it wasn’t promoted much because of how they portrayed government surveillance
Yes, please! 🙂
Yes...please if you haven't watched it yet...very underated movie..👍👍
OMG Eagle Eye is hilarious 🤣
This movie slaps, just like WIll Smith.
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Have a thumbs up, dammit.
Enemy of the state is a must watch for you guys.
i always liked how the one robot says "you are EXPERIENCING a car accident" not HAVING a car accident, EXPERIENCING a car accident lol
The Three Laws lead logically to the Zeroth Law - Asimov loved setting up logical puzzles like this for the reader to work out. Good reaction!
It is not logical. The Zero Law overrides all others. Comes from Foundation series.
A shame the movie just ignores or plays too loosely with the laws.
Asimov also wrote the first known SF detective story to prove to another SF author who challenged him that in fact it made sense.
"The Caves of Steel" & "The Naked Sun" followed.
@@Cau_No His best novels I think.
Independence Day and Hancock are GREAT Will Smith movies
The gen 1 robots being so pathetically cute towards the end ("human is in danger!) is very sad to me, especially when they're huddling together in the dark containers. Like, at least shut them off, damn.
It’s weird because I think in real life we would just scrap and recycle them. I mean why would we just leave them in containers taking up space?
@@SosaBoii-t1c Repurposing for construction and other tasks that might be hazardous for people? Resale to lower income markets that can't afford the latest and greatest? Maybe the materials science for building them had outpaced the current ability to recycle them. I mean just look at how many materials we can currently make that we can't effectively recycle.
@@SosaBoii-t1c Do you know how much recyclable waste we send to landfills every day :(
@SosaBoii-t1c Given that they are in shipping containers, I expect the idea is that at some point they would be moved elsewhere, perhaps for sale abroad.
I can't get over how his granny talks like she grew up in the Depression, when she would actually have been college-age in the 1980s
Lots of that in Demolition Man, too. Most of the characters would have been adults or at least kids in the 90s, but they act like they're generations removed from that era.
College age for a black woman in the 80's during the Reagan era, yeah, that was the depression for anyone who wasn't white.
@@Dimetropteryx Right ? I don't understand why they don't just push the story a bit further forward in time (do filmmakers really believe we'll totally identify with people in 2035 - or 2032 in "Demolition Man" - but _not_ in e.g. 2050 ?).
(it _sort of_ works in "Star Wars" because that's a galaxy spanning civilisation _and_ an oppressive empire, so when people e.g. view the Jedi as a myth when in fact people their dad's age literally fought in a war alongside them, you can _kinda_ chalk it up to deliberate suppression + distance/scale. Here though, not so much)
I don't know if there's much research into this but people sometimes do have accent and cadence shifts in older life, I've noticed this with a family friend. They're British accent is much more stronger today than it was when I was a kid
TBR Schmitt two nights in a row, wow!!
"Never doubted you for a second..."and the giggles. That's my favorite part of this reaction.
If you like A.I. related movies, I highly suggest watching the moving Colossus The Forbin Project. It's an older movie, great movie, which inspired many movies after it as you will see if you watch it.
Follow this up with "Bicentennial Man" starring Robin Williams. The movie deals with AI of a sort but also touches on ethics and humanity.
Back in the 90s, US Robotics was a popular brand of modem.
Top 5 Will Smith Movies:
1.) Enemy of the State
2.) The Pursuit of Happyness
3.) Independence Day
4.) I, Robot
5.) King Richard
HM: Men In Black
DEFINITLY BAD BOYS FRANCHISE!!!
A robot. A robot has been feeding the cat.
Meow, Robot
Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤
Now this is what I call early!! 🎉😂 So glad you guys reacted to this! Such an awesome film!!
People tend to not like this movie for how it takes Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics and the name "I, Robot" to make a standard action movie, no matter how charismatic Will Smith still was at the time.
For me the movie was always quite deep in the meanings. The action was a secondary part, set to make it easier to create the film.
I have been a huge Asimov fan since childhood and I always found those criticisms fake. The themes of the movie are absolutely faithful to the I, Robot short stories and the wider Robots saga - questioning and playing with the three laws and what they would mean, often with a mystery to solve. There is plenty of action and silliness but that doesn't mean they're treating the Laws as window dressing, far from it.
It's fine IMO, mostly gets the themes etc. (as an Asimov fan since the early 80s FWIW). And paraphrasing Stephen King, repeating something James M Cain had said of the adaptations of his work, "The books are still up there on the shelf" i.e. they're separate. If "I, Robot" got anyone to read the stories that wouldn't have otherwise, great. Everyone else can enjoy a decent action movie. Asimov fans still have the books. Win-win-win.
(but in fairness I say that as the kind of reader that's almost never _waiting_ to see my favourite books on screen. Some people seem to view screen adaptations as "completing" the book somehow, as if it's a "better" or "more real" medium. To me the book is already complete in itself, so adaptations - much as i've loved many - don't _really_ matter)
I wouldn’t say this is one of my favorite movies, but it’s one of those movies where if I see it on, I will always stop what I’m doing and watch the whole thing.
It's one of my favourite films. I saw it in the cinema three times.
Omg if you’re gunna eventually start a Will Smith list first HAS to be “Enemy of the State”. It’s his second BEST movie. Independence Day is of course #1. The first Bad Boys is worth watching as well.
Enemy of the State is an excellent movie starring Will Smith. I also really enjoyed Bright!
We are closer to this films date than we are the 1990s.
Not even close. LLMs are far from what is depicted here. A cockroach probably is much more intelligent than our best AI right now.
I think this person means the literal date (2035). We are only 11 years away from that, whereas 1999 is 25 years ago now. Crazy! We are closer to 2035 than we are 2004 (the year this movie came out).
Time flies
When you realise that "Star Wars" is now much closer to WWII than we are to it :).
Comedy? I'd never use that as a descriptor of this film. 😄
I agree it's not a comedy, but it does have a lot of good comic relief.
A couple of Will Smith scifi movies I didn't see on your Letterboxd that I'd like to see you react to are Men in Black and Independence Day.
Since you have seen The Crow and I, Robot, you should watch the film Alex Pryoas made between, Dark City.
"What the fuck Sonny?" - Redemption 2 seconds later :)
"No Way Out" ... Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman......really good movie
I am legend
And HOW could you have never seen "Independence Day" ?
Enemy of the state was one of my all time favourite will smith movies growing up. So good. I join the recommend 😂
There are many good Will Smith movies, but I Am Legend, Enemy of the State, Bad Boys, Hancock, Bright and Independence Day are the ones that come to mind.
Have you guys seen hitch? That is probably my favorite Will Smith movie.
VIKI's understanding of the 3 laws evolved from them applying to individual humans to applying to humanity in general.
Even if the DA wanted to charge Sonny, Lanning's death wasn't a murder, it was an assisted suicide.
The cops teasing Spooner come off worse if they know Spooner's backstory.
James Cromwell plays a roboticist again in Big Hero 6. Sonny's actor Alan Tudyk plays a tech company CEO in that.
SEVEN POUNDS!!! Most underrated Will Smith movie! Also has Woody Harrelson and Rosario Dawson. AMAZING! If you two watch it and don't like it, dinner is on me lol
Whether it's a first time or rewatch, I recommend watching Bad Boys 1-4, Independence Day, Men in Black 1-3, Enemy of the State, Wild, Wild West, I Am Legend, Ali, Hancock. Shia Labeouf followed this up with Holes. Another film franchise about rogue A.I. to watch on the channel is the Terminator franchise, even if it's a rewatch
You need to add Enemy of the State to the list. Enemy of the State is a 1998 American political action thriller film directed by Tony Scott, written by David Marconi, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman with an ensemble supporting cast consisting of Jon Voight, Regina King, Loren Dean, Jake Busey, Barry Pepper and Gabriel Byrne.
YES!
was going to suggest this
Great, not "Epic", but sci-fi must watch. Acting, pacing, effects, writing, all good up to great
I think the next Will Smith movie you guys should watch is " I'am Legend" .
I personally like Seven Pounds starring Will Smith. It is a tearjerker though.
Cool reaction as always Schmitt & Samantha, you both take care and have a good night
The correct answer to the trolley car problem is that if you chose to intervene in either direction you have taken responsibility for the other track that gets run over and so you go to jail for trying.
But if you ignore both or call for help from someone else You acknowledge there was no right answer and it was out of your hands and you have to live with the guilt of not having power over other peoples lives
Underrated movie! I always loved this. It's just a good old time with some action, some suspense and some humor and the movie is just paced really well. Of course Will Smith does what he does best being able to movie freely between humour and genuine emotion naturally.
Other great Will Smith movies are 7 Pounds, The Pursuit of Happiness, Men in Black 1 & 3, I Am Legend and honestly Independence Day
There are short stories from the 1940s in a 1950s collection by legendary Sci-Fi
author Issac Asimov entited "I, Robot" (not a novel).
Several stories of the collection were first adapted for television in the 1960s.
This was in the works as an film since the late 1970s.
2 of the stories, Little Lost Robot/Caves of Steel and Asimov's infamous
"Three Laws of Robotics" are utilzed in the screenplay.
Director Alex Proyas and producer John Davis (the Predator franchise) were the most adamant
to make the film with the advancements in filmmaking availible to actually make it happen.
Paul Mercurio, actor/dancer/choreogapher, trained the mo cap actors and stunt performers in their robotic mobility.
This was 1 of 2 films for Will Smith in 2004 (including Shark Tale), his play on paranoia with the robots
and playing the hard boiled detective is a good performance.
Alan Tudyk as Sonny is a great performance and one of his most iconic roles in the genre.
The rest of the supporting cast is good too (Shia LeBeouf not cursing correcly, hilarious).
The suspense does border on the Crime Noir flavor.
Action, drama and the humor is standard blockbuster stuff.
Originally, Smith did record a song for the movie and then he decided to not put it out.
Summertime movies with Will are usually released in July (just because) and this one was moved
from June because Spider-Man 2 would own pre-4th of July weekend.
I, Robot was Oscar-nominated fo Best Visual Effects.
Also check out Proyas' other classic, Dark City (1998).
30:44 The Trolley Problem: "Trolley problem is the name given to a thought experiment in philosophy and psychology. It has sprouted a number of variations, but is distilled to something like this: you are riding in a trolley without functioning brakes, headed toward a switch in the tracks. On the current track stand five people who stand to be killed if the trolley continues on its path. You have access to a switch that would make the trolley change to the other track, but another individual stands there. That person is certain to be killed if the switch is activated.
So do you switch tracks or not?" 90% of All people will chose to kill the lone person and save the 5. Then the Questioner says the 5 people are Doctors and the lone person is your Loved one. Whom do you kill?
Multi-track drifting for maximum points! ;)
Speaking of AI, you guys need to check out Fail Safe (1964).
Speaking of robots check out the classic 1950'sclassic original SF movies. 1951's The Day the Earth Stood still with Gort. Forbidden Planet (1956) Where a lot of Star Trek was swiped from. With Robbie the Robot and young Leslie Nielson in a serious leading man role with light humor.
I cry EVERY time at this beautiful movie❤❤❤❤ 🤖
As you were introing, I was confusing myself with I Am Legend, which I was like "that is not a comedy, and I don't recall a sidekick". :D
Those three laws were developed by legendary science fiction author Isaac Asimov. He wrote an entire series of books on robots starting with ‘I, Robot’.
These laws have been part of several subsequent projects. This film is only a loose adaptation of the book it takes its title from. A slightly more faithful adaptation would be “Bicentennial Man”, starring Robin Williams.
Such an underated movie, many were mad for the normal reasons "It's not like the stories, they made it crappy!" Nothing against those who are book people, but they are the ones always upset about movies adapted from books.
Mid at best. Imo.
Yeah. I've learned it's usually better to watch movie adaptations if they exist before the books. You're more likely to enjoy the movie, and if you like the story or universe, the books go more in depth.
@@demonsorrows True! I bartely read LOTR until after the movies came out, once the third on released, then I bought the books and read them. And from there learned some much more that added to it.
I think people forget a book is VERY different from a movie/tv show. You can only fit so much in. It's not like you can make a 50 hour movies. lol.
Same goes for any adaption from one thing to another. Game to movie, movie to book, book to tv show...etc.
I like the books and I like the movie. They are different stories with the same message.
Books?
Isaac Asimov came to a different conclusion about robots. The humanoid robot R Daneel, concluded that robots were detrimental to human advancement. He creates the Zero-th Law that robots must not harm mankind or through inaction allow mankind to come to harm. This leads to the Foundation Series where there are no robots.
It's always a good thing to be free.
What makes it more worth it to try to save the kid or an adult? It's a human emotion that pretty much would have resulted in 2 deaths instead of one. Sometimes being logical in certain situations works.
People are scared of robotics when it's people you should be more frightened of.
Great film, really makes you think & promotes conversation. (You mentioned not having seen any of his films, gotta suggest “Enemy of the State”, with Gene Hackman. An absolutely brilliant film that will send shivers.
When this movie was released Machine Learning wasnt much of a concept for general audiences (although i was studying it in my math bachelor) so the idea of robots 'hallucinations' or 'dreams' seemed at least questionable for a lot of people watching the movie, nowadays we literally call hallucinations to anything that is fabricated by machine learning models. The movie is not perfect but it has a special place in my Sci-Fi pantheon.
Great reaction, thank you. Hope to see the sequels 'Crocodile Dundee II' and 'The Jewel Of The Nile' be watched, and some more Eddie Murphy (48hrs, The Golden Child, Another 48Hrs, Bowfinger. etc) if you can. Cheers. 😊❤
*you also need to add some Jet Li movies to your watchlist guys, I'll recommend Fist of Legend(the american edit with better photography and ost), Kiss of the Dragon, Black Mask, Craddle 2, Danny the dog for just mentioning some*
Hancock (2008) is a good Will Smith movie choice as well.
Spooner's racism seems more like survivor's guilt directed at the robots, responsible for saving his life, while allowing the young girl to die in the car wreck. There is a call back to this on the catwalk, when Sonny arrives with the intent of infecting V.I.K.I. with the nanites, Spooner tells him to "save her, save the girl". Sonny's first thought is logical, that he must apply the nanites. Spooner then personalizes his demand, "Sonny, save Calvin!", before Sonny does as instructed. Spooner wished that that first robot, the one who saved his life, had listened to him as well.
Racism? Prejudice, yes. But not racism.
Surprise🤩I'd just saw the Community Post (about an hour ago) that this Reaction was coming, but I wasn't expecting it
so soon after!😅My Mom and I have always Loved this Movie very much❤🔥and I have no doubt that Samantha will too!
More 'Will Smith' Recommendations: "Bad Boys" ('95) "Independence Day" ('96) "Men in Black" ('97) "Enemy of the State"
('98) "Hitch" ('05) "Hancock" ('08) and "After Earth" ('13)👍
You didn't like 7 Pounds ?
@@parker469a 🤷♂Never seen the whole movie...
Samantha's a smart cookie! She picked up right away that Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics were deliberately written to have exploitable holes, because all his stories involving them are about robots behaving in ways that seemingly "break" the laws. So many hack writers make reference to them without understanding they were always satirical.
Seven Pounds is a great WS movie.
This movie sneaks up on you, at the very beginning it comes off as pure macho/caveman brain, action, and comedic spots. And then at a certain point BOOM, you realize they are bringing up very deep philosophical arguments that are probably even more relevant today than they were in both 2004 or even earlier in the book that was the basis for the movie. One of those films you would be leaving the theater and talking about it the entire way home with your friends.
The movie started as an original script called Hardwired. It would have been an Agatha Christie style murder mystery set on a spaceship.
Hello Daniel & Samantha!😊 Nice reactions to this well made AI film, Guys!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@22:28 that was a hard F a hard exaggerated F haha
9:00 Thank you, I could not think where I knew him from
This movie originally had nothing to do with the literary _I, Robot_ ,a collection of robot centric short stories by Isaac Asimov, who created the 3 Laws. It was an original screenplay called _Hardwired._ When the studio decided to use the former name, the writer incorporated the Laws, character names, elements, and scenes that were very minor adaptations of some of the stories (a robot being looked for hiding amongst others, a robot having a dream of being a savior to its kind, a robot brain making a conclusion for the preservation of all humans).
So if you’re looking for a faithful adaptation, this ain’t it. A british tv show (Out of this World) actually adapted one of the stories into an almost hour long episode, and you can find it here. Little Lost Robot.
Apparently some concepts from the original material were incorporated into the second season of the show Foundation, which is loosely based on Asimov’s book series of the same name
Oh yeah, there’s also Bicentennial Man. Never watched or read, so I can’t speak to it’s faithfulness/accuracy. I tend to her it was odd to have Robin Williams as the main robot character
You two should react to Ex Machina. Making AI more humanlike would be the dumbest dumb thing humans could ever do.
If you never watched Will Smith's filmography on the channel, might I suggest my favorite Will Smith films that may fancy your interest: Men in Black franchise, Hitch, I Am Legend, and Hancock.
When Samantha said WTF Sunny I died laughing
I haven't seen all of Will Smith's movies(and probably never will at this point), but this is easily my favorite of the ones I have seen. A really great Sci-Fi movie that has held up well in its story as well as how it was presented, still looks good. While some may have an issue due to Isaac Asimov laws, I don't get lost in those weeds, as I don't have much experience there, so I just took this film on its own merit, and for me it was more than enjoyable.
Surrogates with Bruce Willis is another good "robot" movie
They never answered the most important question. What happened to the cat?
The robots wanted to give everyone Mandatory Pampering.
this movie is becoming prophetic now
that woman who had the robot bring her purse and inhaler, she has a very small role in Bad Boys 2 and its hilarious!!
Six Degrees of Separation and Ali are fantastic Will Smith films.
I thoroughly enjoy this movie but my husband did not because he thought it too far from the source material. I'd not read the book so I couldn't compare.
When it comes to Will Smith I think of Independence Day (1996), Men In Black (1997), Men In Black II (2002), Ali (2001), The Pursuit of Happiness (2006), King Richard (2021).
you guys wont regret watching the "BAD BOYS" trilogy they are fantastic blend of action and comedy
i think Bad Boys 2 is where the Michael Bay stereotypes came from personally think its his best movie
Have you seen "Love, Death and Robots"? If not I think you might enjoy it. And it could be a good show for reactions.
It is an anthology of very short, animated stories. The stories are all either science fiction or fantasy (or a weird mix of the two), and the story of each episode is unrelated to the rest. The writers and animators also change from episode to episode, so the style of each one is different (only a couple of people did more than one).
One of Will Smith's most interesting movies was a very early one, Six Degrees of Separation. My favorite movie by this director, Alex Proyas, is Dark City. Another movie about heavy reliance on robots -- though not as good as this one -- is 2009's Surrogates starring Bruce Willis. One of my favorites from the recent robot movies is 2012's Robot and Frank starring Frank Langella.
Now, I recommend Will Smith again in Bad Boys 1-4, Men in Black trilogy & Hancock & Shia LaBeouf again in Transformers series 😀. Awesome movies of them.
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@@jbwade5676what are you talking about buddy?
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Good to see Will Smith on the channel and although this is a fun watch I've never watched the movie again since it was released.
Bad boys, men in black and independence day are what I grew up with after the fresh prince but I really love his slightly more serious roles.
The pursuit of happyness is incredible and I really liked enemy of the state and six degrees of separation is great. Hancock was an excellent balance of his funny and serious side. I still need to watch king richard.
A.I movies are great with Ex Machina sitting firmly at the top of my list with Spielberg's Artificial intelligence a close second. Robin Williams' bicentennial man is criminally underrated.
You guys are great. Thanks
A "deep dive" into Will Smith films might include "Enemy of the State" with Gene Hackman.
It always seems weird to me when I think this was directed by Alex Proyas. Of his big films - The Crow, Dark City, I, Robot, then Knowing and unfortunately Gods of Egypt [which we turned off after about 15 minutes]. The Crow [as you know] is a classic but I, Robot showed what he could do with a big budget and then the Egypt debacle. It's a shame because he had so much potential.
I liked that Chris Rock's mom got a cameo. The lady with the inhaler and 'stolen' purse.
That's great SF movie with good plot.
Did you see the story where the robot vacuum (which uses a camera to navigate the household) was filming the people in the house and the footage wound up on the internet?
Definitely saw a comment for Enemy of The State....good one...Pursuit of Happiness would be a really good one ...along with the Bad Boys franchise
This was the first novel my dad had me read.
Got this movie on DVD 📀
Love Bruce Greenwood. You may see him again if you take on the newer star trek movies.
this is from the director of The Crow, also recommend another one from his.. Knowing
Also "Dark City", which would be a good reaction video.
This is a great version of the big question re intelligent machines vs human beings.
I'm surprised that you haven't seen more Will Smith movies for the channel. Will had a good ten-year filmography run where he was a top three movie star