Isaac Asimov I Robot Analysis

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Depiction of “I, Robot” in Cinema Isaac Asimov’s work has been portrayed in the movie “I, Robot”, that was released in 2004, the director having been Alex Proyas. The movie was a great success according to many reviewers, although it did not comply fully to the works of Asimov. Cast (main): 1. Del Spooner – Will Smith 2. Susan Calvin – Bridget Moynahan 3. Sonny – Alan Tudyk 4. Dr. Alfred Lanning – James Cromwell 5. Lawrence Robertson – Bruce Greenwood 6. VIKI – Fiona Hogan Comparing the movie and the book, the main character of the movie, Del Spooner, played by actor Will Smith, does not exist in the stories of Asimov at all. In the books each story would have its own main characters, while the movie needed just one main person to portray …show more content…

The NS-5 were the USR’s current humanoid robots that had strength, speed and flexible faces unlike their predecessors. Why sonny hiding. Likewise, the robot in the beginning of the movie, that brings the woman her medicine in her bag, has similar aspects like Robbie from the story. In the story and movie, both of them try to take care of the people but their actions are conceived and understood wrongly. This showed that people are somewhere kind of afraid of the robots. While Robbie was treating the Gloria well by being there for her, playing with her and taking care of her, Gloria’s mother still had this fear that Robbie was a bad influence on her daughter, because she did not have any friends and was too attached to her robot baby-sitter. In the same case, the robot in the beginning of the movie was only trying to provide his owner her medicine. It was only later that the people around them realized that they are good robots and that they are merely trying to help them. Here is seen that the First Law of Robotics by Asimov is followed completely by the robots. This First Law includes the following: “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to

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