Crow, Dark City Director at "I, Robot" Helm
Until a few minutes ago, I
had absolutely
no intention of seeing I,
Robot in theaters. Taking Asimov's forward thinking, intellectual
stories which have already seen 2 Hollywood adaptations (A.I.*
and
Bicentennial man) and
giving them the "T2/Matrix" plot didn't really appeal to me.
There's a new variable in the equation that has my curiosity peaked though. The director of The Crow and Dark City, two movies which at least evoke special feelings for me even if they aren't technically superb, is behind this new mega-budget behemoth.
I'm very curious to see the direction the film takes now. Alex Proyas (The Director) has a very distinct comic-booky style, and I can see a great portion of this movie being devoted to discussion of sentience and what makes something "alive," where as before I had assumed it would just be a robot/murder/chase movie.
I don't know if I'll go opening night, but between Proya's cool visual style and the possibility of a *smart* sci-fi movie, my hopes are certainly a bit higher now than they were after seeing the ads around NYC.
*AI was not directly based on an Asimov tale, but was heavily influenced by his stories and echos many of Asimov's themes.
Stolen from Wired, boingboing, and Cory Doctorow, who wrote the article.
