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.
You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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§ ita § - Jul 16, 2004 11:38:33 am PDT #703 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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
Sean K - Jul 16, 2004 11:45:12 am PDT #709 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Wait, that was Barbet Schroeder. You're thinking of maybe Drowning by Numbers.
Yeah, that's the one.
Also, for no reason at all, I happened to be reading Clancy Brown's bio, and I stumbled across this little factoid that made me smile:
Although his character Rawhide dies in "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" (1984), Brown is still under contract to appear in a sequel to the film.
I wonder if it's true. I'd really love to see a sequel get off the ground, and I'd love to see him in it.
evil jimi - Jul 16, 2004 11:47:33 am PDT #710 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Sean ... there has been talk of a sequel for years. There was even talk of a tv series 2 or 3 years ago but nothing has come of it ... yet.
DXMachina - Jul 16, 2004 11:48:14 am PDT #711 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
By story you mean the conglomeration of the nine?
Any combination you want. There's more than nine anyway. Asimov wrote a lot of robot stories. The Bicentennial Man was also one of his robot stories. In all of them the three laws worked the same way.
Sean K - Jul 16, 2004 11:48:32 am PDT #712 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I thought the original screenplay was just basically Asimov-verse fanfic.
There's also a screenplay that was written by Harlan Ellison that was under consideration for a while, but never produced. He eventually released it in book form. I have a copy of it, but have never got around to reading it.