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An anti-robot cop investigates the death of the father of contemporary artificial intelligence-enabled robots.

A great movie through and through. Highly recommended and a welcome addition to my science fiction movie catalog.

• based on I, Robot – (1940-1950 short stories), by Isaac Asimov

• Everything Wrong With I Robot In 14 Minutes Or Less

  • by CinemaSins

• I, HATE, I, ROBOT,

  • by Just Write

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• 2017-09-18
• Possibly watched one or more times.
• 2006-02-10

• Possibly watched beforehand.

2017-09-18 ∞

• 1:00 — Reading:

  Law I
  A robot may not injure a human
  being or, through inaction, allow
  a human being to come to harm.

  Law II
  A robot must obey orders given
  it by human beings except where
  such orders would conflict
  with the first law.

  Law III
  A robot must protect its own
  existence as long as such
  protection does not conflict
  with the first or second law.

• 2:00 — His nightmares are something akin to Posttraumatic stress disorder.
• 3:15 — This scene is brought to you by Converse (shoe company)
• 3:30 — This scene is brought to you by FedEx
• 3:30 — Chicago – United States – 2035
• 6:00 — This scene is brought to you by Converse (shoe company)
• 7:30 — See also Men in Black – (1997 movie)
• 10:00 — This scene is brought to you by Audi

• 10:15 — This scene is brought to you by USRobotics. Well a huge component of this movie is.

  • 12:00 — Another mention.
• 18:30 — Hansel and Gretel – (1812 fairy tale), from Germany and recorded by Brothers Grimm
• 20:00 — Jesus
• 22:15 — Why would robots be programmed to be able to self-repair? That’s a terrible idea. For one, companies would want to maintain monopoly and otherwise remove user-repairing. Like how Apple does things.
• 22:30 — This scene is brought to you by Audi
• 28:45 — The robot is winking with the wrong eye.
• 34:00 — Werewolf, Frankenstein, Dracula
• 55:15 — Air bags would have gone off well before then.
• 1:04:00 — Harold Lloyd
• 1:06:15 — That was somebody’s baby, but so is he.
• 1:08:15 — Why isn’t Sunny strapped down?
• 1:15:15 — Nanites = Molecular machines
• 1:33:15 — Or gun down the chandelier.
• 1:42:30 — He was like an uncle to me. A rich, rich, uncle.

• 1:45:00 — They should each have their networking removed.

2006-02-10 ∞

• 21:27 — Isn’t it handy that bullets don’t go very far or penetrate safety gl.. oh wait, they could go across the way and punch through the offices on the other side.

• 38:50 — Ghost in the machine

Set up ∞

• Entering into this menu item takes a while. It’s as though the length of the wait is slightly longer than the length of the video clip.

Audio

• English dts
• English 5.1 Dolby Surround
• French Dolby Surround

• Commentary

Subtitles

• English

• Spanish

Special Features ∞

“Unique Features”

• Entering into this menu item takes a while. It’s as though the length of the wait is significantly longer than the length of the video clip.

Commentary ∞

Commentary By
Director Alexis Proyas
And Screenwriter
Akiva Goldsman

(not reviewed)

The Making Of I, Robot ∞

Why is this making-of assuming people haven’t seen it? This is a big-fat spoiler. Only the points below note anything actually useful.

• 1:55 — Briefly talking about the short stories.

• 5:30 — This is where an actual making-of begins.

  • The Crow – (1994 movie)
  • Dark City – (1998 movie)
• 8:15 — Oh my god, I know Alan Tudyk from Firefly – (2002 show). I didn’t even recognize his voice.
• 8:30 — The Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers – (2002 movie)

• 8:15 —

  • “It’s not easy being green” is from a song by Kermit the Frog in The Muppet Show (1976-1981 show)
  • Speed skating
  • Olympic Games
  • Luge
  • Bobsleigh

• 10:00 —

  • Paul Mercurio
  • Strictly Ballroom – (1992 movie)

TODO – Still Gallery ∞

TODO

Trailer: Arrested Development ∞

Arrested Development – (2003-2006 show)

Inside Look ∞

There is no menu system for any of this.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)
A trailer.

• Brad Pitt
• Angelina Jolie

• 1:20 — Mentions The Bourne Identity – (2002 movie)

Robots (2005 film)
This is a preview of a then-unfinished movie. Spoilers.

• 0:15 —

  • Chris Wedge
  • Ice Age (2002 film)
  • Robots (2005 film)
• 1:00 — Evinrude Outboard Motors
• 1:20 — Casual misandry: Circumcision

• 4:45 — Though it ends here, it continues with the next trailer.

Elektra (2005 film)
Not a trailer, but a thing with talking.

• 5:00 — Daredevil – (2003 movie)