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I know, I know, it's just a film. But it still haunts me eyes and ears. It was such a bad film that the advert for the DVD had to sell it on "Jaw-dropping special effe...atures", or something like that. Terrible, terrible, terrible, die, die, die.
Here are a few choice moments:
After the robot first attacks the Fresh Prince, it says to him "what am I?", which could have lead to the interesting conclusion that the robots don't know that they are robots, and can get round the three laws that way. But nope, that would be ripping off Bladerunner too much. Instead they can simply ignore the laws, which means the film-makers can avoid any discussion of what makes a person a person, conscience, y'know, important issues like that for sci-fi...in return for more "mind-blowing" special-effe...atures, including...
...the Fresh Prince riding a motorbike up the back of a car, it flies into the air (last time I saw a motorbike hit the back of a car we dialled 999), he jumps off it in mid-air, pulls out two guns, and nails 2 robots in the head, avoiding the person sandwiched between them. He lands on his feet on the bonnet, the motorbike takes out about two-hundred robots as it skids down the street. Big Willy saves the dayyyyyyyerrmuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh... *I begin to feel my brain trying to escape my body at this point* Oh, and it gets worse...
They try to pull off the "But Will Smith is actually a robot!!!! *Kaboom shiny things!!!*" trick, which would have been maybe another interesting twist ripped straight from Bladerunner...but no. A ro-gue-bot hits the Fresh Prince's arm, but he's fine - he has a robot arm, look everyone, HE HAS A ROBOT FRICKING ARM!!! DOES THAT MEANS HE'S A ROBOT!?!?!? No, he had it replaced, and they give it away after about...ooh...a minute?. Another half-decent twist ruined because idiot Americans have short attention spans. At least play it out for a bit!
And now for the finale, perhaps the most retarded part of the whole film, even more retarded than the Fresh Prince taking out loads of robots on his own (lucky he had that robot arm, eh? *winks at camera*). I'd compare this to a special needs kid beating Linford Christie at 100m hurdles, only to stop at the finishing line to try and eat his shoes. The worst line in any film, which Will Smith delivers before somehow "killing" the super-computery-AI type thing that was running the whole show, with an injection (don't ask how, it's nonsense)...
"Oh, you've soooo gotta die!"
I'll leave it at that, I can't go on typing any longer knowing that this film is in existance.
Here are a few choice moments:
After the robot first attacks the Fresh Prince, it says to him "what am I?", which could have lead to the interesting conclusion that the robots don't know that they are robots, and can get round the three laws that way. But nope, that would be ripping off Bladerunner too much. Instead they can simply ignore the laws, which means the film-makers can avoid any discussion of what makes a person a person, conscience, y'know, important issues like that for sci-fi...in return for more "mind-blowing" special-effe...atures, including...
...the Fresh Prince riding a motorbike up the back of a car, it flies into the air (last time I saw a motorbike hit the back of a car we dialled 999), he jumps off it in mid-air, pulls out two guns, and nails 2 robots in the head, avoiding the person sandwiched between them. He lands on his feet on the bonnet, the motorbike takes out about two-hundred robots as it skids down the street. Big Willy saves the dayyyyyyyerrmuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh... *I begin to feel my brain trying to escape my body at this point* Oh, and it gets worse...
They try to pull off the "But Will Smith is actually a robot!!!! *Kaboom shiny things!!!*" trick, which would have been maybe another interesting twist ripped straight from Bladerunner...but no. A ro-gue-bot hits the Fresh Prince's arm, but he's fine - he has a robot arm, look everyone, HE HAS A ROBOT FRICKING ARM!!! DOES THAT MEANS HE'S A ROBOT!?!?!? No, he had it replaced, and they give it away after about...ooh...a minute?. Another half-decent twist ruined because idiot Americans have short attention spans. At least play it out for a bit!
And now for the finale, perhaps the most retarded part of the whole film, even more retarded than the Fresh Prince taking out loads of robots on his own (lucky he had that robot arm, eh? *winks at camera*). I'd compare this to a special needs kid beating Linford Christie at 100m hurdles, only to stop at the finishing line to try and eat his shoes. The worst line in any film, which Will Smith delivers before somehow "killing" the super-computery-AI type thing that was running the whole show, with an injection (don't ask how, it's nonsense)...
"Oh, you've soooo gotta die!"
I'll leave it at that, I can't go on typing any longer knowing that this film is in existance.
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I know, I know, it's just a film. But it still haunts me eyes and ears. It was such a bad film that the advert for the DVD had to sell it on "Jaw-dropping special effe...atures", or something like that. Terrible, terrible, terrible, die, die, die.
Here are a few choice moments:
After the robot first attacks the Fresh Prince, it says to him "what am I?", which could have lead to the interesting conclusion that the robots don't know that they are robots, and can get round the three laws that way. But nope, that would be ripping off Bladerunner too much. Instead they can simply ignore the laws, which means the film-makers can avoid any discussion of what makes a person a person, conscience, y'know, important issues like that for sci-fi...in return for more "mind-blowing" special-effe...atures, including...
...the Fresh Prince riding a motorbike up the back of a car, it flies into the air (last time I saw a motorbike hit the back of a car we dialled 999), he jumps off it in mid-air, pulls out two guns, and nails 2 robots in the head, avoiding the person sandwiched between them. He lands on his feet on the bonnet, the motorbike takes out about two-hundred robots as it skids down the street. Big Willy saves the dayyyyyyyerrmuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh... *I begin to feel my brain trying to escape my body at this point* Oh, and it gets worse...
They try to pull off the "But Will Smith is actually a robot!!!! *Kaboom shiny things!!!*" trick, which would have been maybe another interesting twist ripped straight from Bladerunner...but no. A ro-gue-bot hits the Fresh Prince's arm, but he's fine - he has a robot arm, look everyone, HE HAS A ROBOT FRICKING ARM!!! DOES THAT MEANS HE'S A ROBOT!?!?!? No, he had it replaced, and they give it away after about...ooh...a minute?. Another half-decent twist ruined because idiot Americans have short attention spans. At least play it out for a bit!
And now for the finale, perhaps the most retarded part of the whole film, even more retarded than the Fresh Prince taking out loads of robots on his own (lucky he had that robot arm, eh? *winks at camera*). I'd compare this to a special needs kid beating Linford Christie at 100m hurdles, only to stop at the finishing line to try and eat his shoes. The worst line in any film, which Will Smith delivers before somehow "killing" the super-computery-AI type thing that was running the whole show, with an injection (don't ask how, it's nonsense)...
"Oh, you've soooo gotta die!"
I'll leave it at that, I can't go on typing any longer knowing that this film is in existance.
Here are a few choice moments:
After the robot first attacks the Fresh Prince, it says to him "what am I?", which could have lead to the interesting conclusion that the robots don't know that they are robots, and can get round the three laws that way. But nope, that would be ripping off Bladerunner too much. Instead they can simply ignore the laws, which means the film-makers can avoid any discussion of what makes a person a person, conscience, y'know, important issues like that for sci-fi...in return for more "mind-blowing" special-effe...atures, including...
...the Fresh Prince riding a motorbike up the back of a car, it flies into the air (last time I saw a motorbike hit the back of a car we dialled 999), he jumps off it in mid-air, pulls out two guns, and nails 2 robots in the head, avoiding the person sandwiched between them. He lands on his feet on the bonnet, the motorbike takes out about two-hundred robots as it skids down the street. Big Willy saves the dayyyyyyyerrmuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh... *I begin to feel my brain trying to escape my body at this point* Oh, and it gets worse...
They try to pull off the "But Will Smith is actually a robot!!!! *Kaboom shiny things!!!*" trick, which would have been maybe another interesting twist ripped straight from Bladerunner...but no. A ro-gue-bot hits the Fresh Prince's arm, but he's fine - he has a robot arm, look everyone, HE HAS A ROBOT FRICKING ARM!!! DOES THAT MEANS HE'S A ROBOT!?!?!? No, he had it replaced, and they give it away after about...ooh...a minute?. Another half-decent twist ruined because idiot Americans have short attention spans. At least play it out for a bit!
And now for the finale, perhaps the most retarded part of the whole film, even more retarded than the Fresh Prince taking out loads of robots on his own (lucky he had that robot arm, eh? *winks at camera*). I'd compare this to a special needs kid beating Linford Christie at 100m hurdles, only to stop at the finishing line to try and eat his shoes. The worst line in any film, which Will Smith delivers before somehow "killing" the super-computery-AI type thing that was running the whole show, with an injection (don't ask how, it's nonsense)...
"Oh, you've soooo gotta die!"
I'll leave it at that, I can't go on typing any longer knowing that this film is in existance.
I read the book beforehand, and didnt find the film too bad overall. So it did seem over-zealous and strangely exagerrated at times, but it kept me entertained for the two hours (or however long) it lasted and thats what I want films for...
monkey_man wrote:
> After the robot first attacks the Fresh Prince, it says to him
> "what am I?", which could have lead to the interesting
> conclusion that the robots don't know that they are robots, and can
> get round the three laws that way. But nope, that would be ripping
> off Bladerunner too much. Instead they can simply ignore the laws,
> which means the film-makers can avoid any discussion of what makes a
> person a person, conscience.
The whole point is that the robots are not "Three Laws Safe" as every one thought. In the book many developed what you call a conscience, as the laws started taking more priority. In the film the point is that the one robot that contadicted the laws, had been designed to contradict the laws. In effect he had been built 'with' a conscience, "one of a kind" as too often was said. The other robots were effected by the the super computer VIKI, who 'herself' had been designed to 'think' outside of the Three Laws as well. Leading to unforseen consequences, in changing the way every other robot worked. I think it made a darn good film.
> After the robot first attacks the Fresh Prince, it says to him
> "what am I?", which could have lead to the interesting
> conclusion that the robots don't know that they are robots, and can
> get round the three laws that way. But nope, that would be ripping
> off Bladerunner too much. Instead they can simply ignore the laws,
> which means the film-makers can avoid any discussion of what makes a
> person a person, conscience.
The whole point is that the robots are not "Three Laws Safe" as every one thought. In the book many developed what you call a conscience, as the laws started taking more priority. In the film the point is that the one robot that contadicted the laws, had been designed to contradict the laws. In effect he had been built 'with' a conscience, "one of a kind" as too often was said. The other robots were effected by the the super computer VIKI, who 'herself' had been designed to 'think' outside of the Three Laws as well. Leading to unforseen consequences, in changing the way every other robot worked. I think it made a darn good film.
I "got" the film....then I wished the missus had never got the film.
I thought it was a pretty good flick, got it for Christmas too on DVD. A very interesting concept.
Reefer wrote:
> I thought it was a pretty good flick, got it for Christmas too on DVD.
> A very interesting concept.
You lot are doing this to me on purpose now.
> I thought it was a pretty good flick, got it for Christmas too on DVD.
> A very interesting concept.
You lot are doing this to me on purpose now.
The bit that cracked me up was when he was running through the hallway of that house (as it's being destroyed), whips out his gun, shoots the hinges off the front door, then jumps and surfs the door back to his car as the house explodes behind him.
I robot was really good! How come you dont like it? If I were to give it a rating.
4 STARS
4 STARS
It was horribly dumbed down so that ridiculous Americans could grasp the concept ("row-bahts?"). The twist was pretty rubbish, and when you think over it, it could have been so much better. Just wait for the sequel! i enjoyed it anyway, even though it was stupid.
It was just a big dumb Will Smith blockbuster.
What were you honestly expecting?
It's just popcorn munching nonsense with a lot of explosions, it was never meant to make you think.
I enjoyed it because I took it for what it was.
What were you honestly expecting?
It's just popcorn munching nonsense with a lot of explosions, it was never meant to make you think.
I enjoyed it because I took it for what it was.
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