Haken: Blog post on I, Robot really by Alan Tudyk?

POSTED BY: makerofpaths
UPDATED: Thursday, July 15, 2004 20:25
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GWYNETHH

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 2:26 PM

Hoban Washburne. WOW. Who woulda guessed it?

Are You Asking me to Dance?

QUICKSAND

Thursday, July 15, 2004 5:41 AM

Jesus, so Alan responding to my blog has become Hot Firefly News now? What the hell?

Hey, I was as blown away as anyone to read that, but look, he worked hard on "I, Robot" for quite a number of months, and is proud of his work. I am proud to be his fan.

But leave the guy alone, he was only speaking from the heart. We'll all have this conversation again come Friday.

Yo,
Qs

MAKEROFPATHS

Thursday, July 15, 2004 6:08 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Quicksand:

But leave the guy alone, he was only speaking from the heart. We'll all have this conversation again come Friday.

I don' t think anyone was questioning anything within "Alan's" post. Except, we're just not 100% diamond sure it was Alan. It's just standard SOP for anonymous posts to hold back full bowing and dirt-kisssing until confirmation. That is all. :-)

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"When one man chases a hare, he finds a hare. But when many men chase a hare, they find a dragon."
--Source: The Darkness That Comes Before, by R. Scott Bakker.

BELLOVESUS

Thursday, July 15, 2004 6:33 AM

I personally don't mind the Jerry Lee name myself. That could be because I'm a big Jerry Lee "The Killer" Lewis fan though.

"Here's a little concept I've been workin' on, uh, why don't we shoot her first?"

"It is her turn."

LEEH

Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:25 PM

You know, I can totally understand why an actor would want people to withhold judgment on a project they haven't seen, rather than making assumptions about its quality in advance. On the other hand, I suspect that negative advance responses to "I, Robot" are due in part to the previews, which pump up the "Will-Smith-Kicks-Ass-Against-Hordes-of-Cool-FX-Bad-Guys" element, and to the experiences of many SF fans, whose beloved SF classics have been tortured by Hollywood in order to become blockbusters.

I haven't seen "I, Robot," of course, and I haven't posted on the subject before now. I will probably go, in part for Alan, and in part because I am curious to see what they've done with Asimov's concepts. But I have to admit to being skeptical in advance. Asimov's stories are so NOT about cranked-up action, superstar actor heroes, and frantic FX, that it seems hard to imagine the movie could properly honor the Asimov universe and still be what it appears to be from the previews. And I'm personally tired to death of Hollywood taking classic literature, borrowing the title, and then deforming the original. My feeling is: if you want to tell your own story, tell it, but give it a new name. If you want to indicate that it was influenced by Asimov, or Hawthorne, or Shakespeare, or whomever, then give the source a credit. But to call such very loose adaptations by the name of the original text, whether it be "I, Robot" (presumably) or "The Scarlet Letter" or "Last of the Mohicans," is really only to try to make money off a familiar and respected name.

Anyway, if Alan it was, then I will try to honor his request that we keep an open mind. But I hope he understands that the negative comments he is hearing are the product of years of being burned by a Hollywood system that puts money before quality. Thank God Joss won't be doing that; and with luck, "I, Robot" will have escaped that as well. But I won't be holding my breath!

"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle. . . ."

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