I, Robot (Two-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/ Blu-ray + DVD)

I watched this movie about the time it first came out in theatres. I gave it a 5/5 stars mainly because of the message that it gets across. How 'racism should dissolve among any differences' whether it'd be from present-day white and black people to the future's people and robots. It's a great classic and did a pretty good job worldwide when I studied up on it. The action scenes are almost hypnotizing and they chose a great cast for the movie too. I'm sure we all notice the corrosion in today's movie world unfortunately. Get it if you're just tired of all that!

This is a great release, especially if you have a 3D setup. The 3D Blu-ray looks sharp, clean, and surprisingly immersive for a movie that wasn’t originally shot in 3D. Depth is well done without being distracting, and the image holds up very well on a large screen. The regular Blu-ray also looks excellent with strong detail, good contrast, and solid colors. Audio is powerful and clear, especially during action scenes. Having the Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, and DVD all in one combo makes this a great value. If you’re a fan of the movie or want to add a strong 3D title to your collection, this is absolutely worth it.

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I ROBOT, starring Will Smith, was a fine four star movie having an interesting plot, good acting, fine direction and lots of action. I think the film was almost too ambitious from the point of view of special effects. Will Smith stated that I ROBOT had more special effects than any film he has made to date, including INDEPENDANCE DAY. Although I really appreciate good effects, I would have preferred some more of Will Smith's entertaining acting, something he was permitted to deliver in I AM LEGEND. He was too much of a stunt man in this film. I also found the full scale mechanical effects to be much more credibly done than the abundant computer graphics which though beautiful, looked a bit too stylish giving certain portions of the film the appearance of anime. In the literary sense, the original laws of robotics were invented by Isaac Asimov, one of the most prolific science fiction writers of the 20th century and certainly the most influential on the many recent films concerning robots. Many Hollywood science fiction films have been based on Asimov's three laws and find it helpful to quote them. Other films refer to another of Asimov's inventions, the positronic brain. Bicentennial Man directly quoted the Three Laws of Robotics and Star Trek's android robot, DATA, was often said to have a positronic brain. The Three Laws of Robotics hold up very well with time and appear to be an inescapably logical way to define the important features of behavior in civilian robots. The laws, which are quoted numerous times in the film, are: 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 the orders given it by human beings, so long as this does not conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not interfere with the First or Second Law. This is not the first film to predict that the outcome of the three laws will be a computer or robot revolution intended to dominate man. This is based on the idea that man needs to be protected from his own warlike nature. COLLOSUS, The Forbin Project made a very similar prediction, and the concept of a robot police state was also visited in THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, though not attributed to the three laws. 2001 and 2010 made a similar projection but for entirely different reasons. Since the days of Frankenstein and probably before that a constant theme of sci-fi and horror is the artificially created turning on their creator. I believe that Asimov would defend his laws of robotics as being effective in assuring safety, while granting this film the artistic license to use this speculation. I also think that the idea of a robot being able to rebel in violation of the specific wording of the first law is more far fetched than a sentient robot itself. It is sad that we have not witnessed more humanoid robotic developments in the United States, the country of Asimov's fictional US ROBOTS AND MECHANICAL MEN. It is HONDA's ASIMO which appears to be the most highly developed commercial robot. Because of the fear and suspicion that people might harbor against robots, HONDA chose to build their latest version of humanoid robot child sized. The big lumbering HONDA robots preceding it were a bit too intimidating and "Gort" like. HONDA is to be congratulated for their pioneering work and will probably see some return on their investment when variations of ASIMO are actually used in science fiction films, as museum guides, and as a general purpose domestic robot initially used to assist disabled or elderly people and ultimately perform all forms of household work. Although not yet fulley autonomous, ASIMO can currently walk and run on two legs, climb up and down stairs, play a decent game of soccer, recognize people and objects, speak, hear, recognize voices and react to speech appropriately. I would speculate that full autonomy for ASIMO will come within the next 15 years at most, only being limited by the number of calculations per second performed by the supporting computer hardware and software. For more info about ASIMO search the web using GOOGLE. I sometimes wonder how much public interest there would be in sending another robot to Mars if the next lander were based on an ASIMO type design? People might relate to seeing a bipedal humanoid robot walking on the surface of Mars, testing mineral samples for signs of water while occasionally looking into the camera and waving. Needless to say, NASA public relations would benefit immensely. The three laws of robotics could not be employed without modification in any military robot which might be under development in some secret government lab which would need to destroy human life in the course of assigned duties. Of course, I wouldn't care to imagine what we may have developed for the military, and just how fantastic such robot technology might be once permitted to trickle down to the circles of commerce. At that time it would be necessary to represent something with the effect of Asimov's three laws in these advanced machines. In the mid 70's (circa 1975) Isaac Asimov made an appearance at New York University, where my wife was attending graduate school. We went to witness his presentation in a packed college audience and he was every bit as impressive as his writings. Based on the questions and answers, the audience included at least a few people who were familiar with and who had been influenced by Asimov's writings.

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I remember back when the movie came out; the commercials, the merchandise...I, Robot was everywhere. Of course, I too wanted to see it. I never saw it in theater, and just didn't feel like renting it either. Almost didn't feel like clicking on it, but there was nothing else to watch and it was going to leave the free section in a few more days. I knew once it was gone, I probably would never watch this movie -- so I gave it a shot. Glad I did! The robot takeover plot has been done before, but this took on an interesting twist. Plot was mostly predictable, but perhaps that wouldn't have been the case had I seen it back in '04. Still, it was enjoyable -- Sunny's lifelike emotions makes the viewer dwell on the philosophical dilemma on whether artificial life is "real" life. The humor such as in the cat situation was well placed. Also, Shia Labeouf's character was a subtle humor that almost seemed like it was directed towards me. When I was growing up it always irked me when Disney/Nickelodeon kids use swear words or act hard. It always seemed so out of place. Will Smith's character calling him out on this was a golden moment! While I wouldn't call this movie a masterpiece, it was definitely a worthy, memorable watch!

All time favorite. Very closely predicts the future. Look at how tech has evolved. A.I. Robots, Self Driving Cars etc.......

This is a timeless classic full of action and suspense. Undoubtedly one of Will Smith's best performances.

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Accompagnato all'uscita in America da critiche feroci ma graziato da ottimi incassi, il film di Proyas, a dispetto di pregiudizi e valutazioni frettolose, si propone come tassello piccolo ma significativo nella cinematografia robotica, dimostra di essere un film dotato di una certa fantasia nella messa in scena e meno caotico e baraccone di quanto potrebbe sembrare ad una prima fugace occhiata. Molti temi importanti purtroppo, vengono appena accennati: che ne sarà della forza lavoro operante nei settori ad alto tasso di rischio o fatica una volta che la stessa sarà sostituita da macchine? Cosa potrebbe succedere se le macchine acquistassero autocoscienza? Fino a che punto può e deve spingersi l'innovazione tecnologica? Gli effetti speciali, curati dalla Weta, assurta agli onori della cronaca per lo splendido lavoro fatto con la trilogia dell'Anello, sono curati e spettacolari anche se in alcune scene (per esempio quella che vede la ricerca da parte di Smith del robot senziente tra file e file di suoi comprimari "normali"), si nota un po' troppo l'uso di computer grafica con conseguenze visibili anche ad occhi non particolarmente esperti. Eccellente invece l'animazione facciale di Sonny, robotico co-protagonista, drammaticamente più espressivo dei suoi compagni in carne ed ossa. Sicuramente si poteva fare di meglio e magari, con un altro sceneggiatore e regista, il film avrebbe potuto diventare un caposaldo della fantascienza moderna ma, tutto sommato, per una serata di puro disimpegno, Io robot, resta una scelta valida.

Director Alex Proyas production "I Robot" (based on the book by Isaac Asimov) from 2004 starring global star Will Smith (Men in Black and Enemy of the Sate) and in the female lead the excellent Bridget Moynahan (Lord of War and The Sum of all Fears) set in the year 2035 came to Blu-ray in 2008 on a 50GB region free disc encoded using MPEG4 AVC in full 1080p resolution with the aspect ratio is 2.39.1 which is a slight change from the original theatrical presentation which was 2.34.1 this does not affect the transfer to the HD format in the slightest. The soundtrack is in English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 along with a French and German DTS 5.1 audio as well as the following subtitles: - English for the hard of hearing French, German, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish. The music composed by Marco Beltrami adds greatly to the pulse pounding action such as the tunnel scene which includes such effects as the metallic grinding and crunching of the robots as they are crushed under the wheels of the transport vehicles this comes across with a great deal of conviction there is a great rumble from the sub woofer channel during these scenes and the dialogue is clear and easy to understand in fact the DTS Master Audio track delivers all the sound elements of this movie with a great deal of clarity and satisfying oomph. The transfer of the title is so good in my option it's of reference standard the colour saturation and field of blacks are just superb and I use it as a test disc for both players and testing different quality of HDMI cables and found to be a reliable source disc for that purpose. The special features are as follows: - commentary from the director and the screen writer Akiva Goldsman, trivia track, "I Robot" production diaries, special featurettes on CGI and design, visual effects, Stunts and Robotics, Extended and deleted scenes including two alternative endings; it also lists five Easter eggs which I haven't found yet. The back of the box has a misprint it lists the running time as being 109 minutes the actual running time is the full un-cut running time of 114 minutes and 44 seconds..

Parfait. Merci :)