Greenaway.

Phtui! We won't speak of him any more.

Didn't know he had a dissension contingent.

I detest him enough to declare myself a single-person dissension contingent. Even naked full-Montied Ewan couldn't obviate my dislike, which is saying a lot for me.

De-Lovely isn't getting the de-lovliest reviews. Still, I'm going to see it Sunday afternoon.

What's wrong with "inspired by," I wonder?

[eta: For I, Robot, I mean.]

"suggested by," rather than "adapted from,"

I think this is even a flimsier connection than "inspired by", which is the absolute kiss of death for an adaptation.

I've never even heard of the other guy.

Ah yes. Peter Greenaway. The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and Her Lover, and Murder By Numbers are the two I've seen, and he definitely has an overt style that intrudes onto the film in both of those cases.

You'll either love him, or he'll make you want to stab his brain out with a knitting needle.

A "suggestion" is even more weak than an "inspiration."

It's as if the screenwriter and Asimov just bumped into each other on their way to the bathroom and had a ten-second conversation.

Murder By Numbers are the two I've seen, and he definitely has an overt style that intrudes onto the film in both of those cases.

Oh, wait, I've seen that one. It had, like, no reason to exist.

Wait, that was Barbet Schroeder. You're thinking of maybe Drowning by Numbers.

You'll either love him, or he'll make you want to stab his brain out with a knitting needle.

Knitting needle's too good for him.

Can't be more reviled than Joel Schumacher.

I think this is even a flimsier connection than "inspired by", which is the absolute kiss of death for an adaptation.

It's not an adaptation, though. It's a completely original story, backfitted into being a quasi-tenth robot story.

Love Greenaway.