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Why do all stories based on Asimov stories suck so badly? Just in case you were tempted to see the latest hollywood blockbuster film based on an one of his stories, please be warned that “I Robot” is just as you would expect; the suckiest suckfest of 2004. I did not pay to watch it in a cinema, I downloaded it for free… but I still want my money back.

If I had actually paid to see this film I would have been profoundly upset; This film is every bit as unrewarding as Bicentennial man (with Robin Williams as the soppy robot who wants to be a man), however it trades Robin’s shcmaltsy emotion for Will Smith’s childish action oriented bravado.

According to IMDB, this script was in development for more than 5 years before it got optioned by a big studio and I suspect that this task was handed over to a team of teenagers who decided to develop it by striping out any hint of intelligence from the original story; adding a series of robot-themed yet James Bond style action sequences and then peppering it with stale-sounding sci-fi jargon and abundant product placement. In summary, if you want to see Will Smith fight robots, watch this film. If like me, you would much rather see Smith be brutally maimed by robots you will most likely be dissapointed.