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.
You all gonna be here when I wake up?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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tommyrot - Jul 16, 2004 11:37:53 am PDT #699 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2004 11:38:05 am PDT #700 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Jessica - Jul 16, 2004 11:38:20 am PDT #701 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
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.
bon bon - Jul 16, 2004 11:38:28 am PDT #702 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Can't be more reviled than Joel Schumacher.
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2004 11:38:33 am PDT #703 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
DXMachina - Jul 16, 2004 11:40:06 am PDT #704 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I think this is even a flimsier connection than "inspired by", which is the absolute kiss of death for an adaptation.
Well, "inspired by" usually refers to a true story. I, Robot isn't even true to the story, much less a true story.
Jessica - Jul 16, 2004 11:42:25 am PDT #705 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
It's a completely original story, backfitted into being a quasi-tenth robot story.
I thought the original screenplay was just basically Asimov-verse fanfic.
Lyra Jane - Jul 16, 2004 11:43:12 am PDT #706 of 10001
Up with the sun
Is Murder by Numbers the Sandra Bullock thing? Saw it. Didn't hate it.
We saw Swimming Poolk last night, which is very European and very much about Ludivine Sagnier's breasts, but not a bad movie.
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2004 11:44:24 am PDT #707 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I, Robot isn't even true to the story, much less a true story.
By story you mean the conglomeration of the nine?
I thought the original screenplay was just basically Asimov-verse fanfic.
I read it was completely unrelated.
evil jimi - Jul 16, 2004 11:45:03 am PDT #708 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Yeah, Peter Greenaway and Stanley Kubrick both suck mightily. Give me a Michael Bay or McG movie anytime. They rawk!
t /Removing tongue from cheek