first law-robots must not hurt people, nor should they stand by while seeing people being hurt; the
second law-robots should obey all human commands, but must not violate the first law;
third law-robots should Protect your own safety, but must not violate the first and second laws.
I, the robot
, didn't have much hope for the movie "Me, Robot" at the beginning, and even a little bit of waiting to see a joke. The reason is very simple. I am also considered half of Asimov's fans (in junior high school, I lied to the library that I lost "Me, Robot" and kept it shamelessly with money three times the price of the book. This book), and his old man’s "Me, Robot" is actually a collection of short stories that includes 8 short stories. If you put it in a movie, how can you make it well?
Now it seems that I really underestimated the Hollywood screenwriters and the director Proyas. I can't help but say that this is a very good movie. Although the film inherits the director's preference for dark tones in "The Crow" and "Dark City", the rhythm is very smooth and comfortable. Except for a little dull at the beginning, there is no cold scene in the whole film. In the movie, New York in 2035 looks a bit heavier in CG, but that super cool Audi sports car and several "human-machine wars" can definitely satisfy your visual desires. It is neither as heavy and depressing as "Blade Runner" and "Artificial Intelligence", nor as boring as "Terminator 3". The actions, scenes, actors, including the depth of the script, all give people a just right feeling.
Of course, the unsatisfactory part is also here. After watching the movie, you may feel that there are too many things to show: people’s fear of robots; the friendship between robots and people; robots’ rebellion, awakening and freedom; the hero’s treatment of the shadow of the soul... the theme is not so good. Clearly, it was overwhelmed. In the final analysis, it is still a Hollywood commercial blockbuster with a moderate to mid-range. Good-looking, not lacking in warmth, produce some thinking to the extent that it will not make you tired, slightly morphological, and simple. If you expect it to be as unique and extraordinary as Proyas's previous "Dark City", I am afraid you will be disappointed.
Asimov, robot
"Me, Robot" has been shrouded in the aura of "Asimov" from the beginning of filming to its release. Foreign magazines commented that just those fans of "Me, Robot" can fill up the theater. But these sci-fi fans are not easy to serve. Before the movie came out, many Asimov's loyal fans were scolded and said that this film was a slap on Asimov. In fact, the film just used Asimov’s "Three Laws" to build a shelf and borrowed the title of Asimov’s book as a banner. This is called suggested by book (influenced by the novel), not based on Novel adaptation).
Who on earth is Asimov worthy of such a sci-fi fan's defense? This guy has published more than 500 books in his lifetime, including popular science works in almost all fields of science, as well as magnificent, rigorous and ingenious science fiction novels. The most interesting thing is that this fantasy home, whose thinking tentacles extend to countless light-years away, never travels by plane, never travels, and only writes and writes on a typewriter for more than 8 hours a day-at a rate of 90 words per minute!
Asimov's most famous works have two series: the robot series and the base series. "Me, Robot" is the masterpiece of the former. 8 interesting short stories are full of wonderful logical reasoning. For example, in "Catch the Robot", the protagonist faces the problem of how to find a flawed guy out of 63 intelligent robots that look exactly the same. This story is cleverly used in the film, but the process of Will Smith's battle with the robot is far less exciting than the book. The "Inference" article is more interesting: the assembled intelligent robot thinks that it is the messenger of God. In his opinion, the "Three Laws" are laws proposed by God to let robots help the weak—human beings. How to convince this crazy stubborn guy on a space station with only two people? Every time, Asimov pushes the protagonist of the story into a dilemma, and there is always a dangerous situation where the three laws of robotics seem to fail. Then you will find that it turns out that people have a deviation in understanding of the three laws, not the three laws. There is a problem. At this point, the movie selling point follows Asimov’s thinking. Unfortunately, the assumptions are more of a Hollywood stereotype, not as unexpected as A’s own novels-probably this is Asimov’s reluctance to cooperate with Hollywood during his lifetime. The reason for adapting your own work into a movie.
The box office success of the film laid a good foundation for the adaptation of the next Asimov's masterpiece "The Base" into a movie. It is reported that Fox will put "The Base" on the screen, and the director is interested in the filming of "Elizabeth" and "Four Feathers" Xiejia Kepur-in my opinion, this guy has to control the big scene. He has the ability, but not enough expressiveness, and lacks a charming style. It may not be a good thing for "Base" to fall into his hands.
People and robots in the
movie, the central computer viki controls the robots for the "overall benefit" of humans, and wants to keep all humans away, not allowing them to go out, and not allowing them to do anything. This idea is actually beyond the scope of the "Three Laws" story, and its inspiration obviously comes from Jack Williamson, another master of science fiction. He has depicted scenes very similar to the film in his series of robot novels (such as "Helpless", "Robot Servants"). The "excessive protection" of people will result in the demise of mankind. There is a double distrust of robots (advanced technology) and people (bad roots). Some people say that Jack Williamson goes deeper than Asimov when it comes to exploring the relationship between humans and robots.
But in terms of scientific facts, the topic of the relationship between robots and humans is an untenable false proposition. In the visible future, the robot threat theory is a kind of nonsense, a gimmick that the movie needs. Those robot killers replaced the roles of former murderers, vampires and monsters. And describing the friendship between robots and people is just another expression of the relationship between people. Asimov's Three Laws are just a basis for writing my own reasoning story, and it is by no means set for scientists who study robots or manufacturers who make robots. It doesn't mean that he has any worries about robots (maybe the opposite)-it's like writing Sherlock Holmes does not mean worries about social security, but just an environmental setting.
A Polish science fiction master and a well-known scientist, Stanislav Lem, the original author of Tarkovsky’s business card "Solalis", once said that in the future, it is unlikely that there will be robots with personalities that resemble humans. . What we need is a mechanical tool with different divisions of labor like a manipulator, not a "humanoid machine" that has two legs and chats with other robots after get off work, and then finds their electronic wife.
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