| I have been writing reviews and expressing morals for | | | | death was not suicide. When Detective Spooner |
| a few of my favorite movies, which as it turns out, are | | | | examines Dr. Lanning's office an NS-5 robot bursts |
| mostly dramas and animations. Just to even things out, | | | | from hiding and flees. |
| I want to mention a sci-fi movie this time. I particularly | | | | When Spooner interrogates the robot from Dr. |
| liked I, Robot because it had action, it had thought, it | | | | Lanning's Office, he finds out that this robot is quite |
| had a point, it was extremely funny in parts, it was not | | | | unique; he even has a name, Sonny. During the |
| overly violent and guess what, there was no love | | | | interview Sonny displays emotions such as anger and |
| scene. While sometimes I think no movie is complete | | | | fear, qualities that robots do not possess. Before |
| without a love scene, because I am a hopeless | | | | Sonny can say anything incriminating, he is taken to be |
| romantic, sometimes, it really is not necessary and it | | | | decommissioned by the CEO of USR. |
| gets overly used. | | | | After careful consideration and a search of Dr. |
| The film is set in Chicago in the year 2035, where | | | | Lanning's house which nearly gets him killed, Detective |
| robots have been developed to the point where they | | | | Spooner begins to think that something was |
| are used in nearly every household. The only person in | | | | threatening Lanning and that Lanning was trying to tell |
| all of Chicago who does not have a robot is homicide | | | | him that something is wrong with the robots. |
| detective Del Spooner (Will Smith), who has an intense | | | | There have long been debates about whether the |
| dislike for robots due to a personal experience with | | | | development of technology is a positive step for |
| their lack of humanity. | | | | humanity or if indeed we are fuelling our own laziness |
| The movie starts to gather momentum with the | | | | and destruction. I guess the thing to remember is that |
| beginning of an investigation that lands in Detective | | | | we as humans do not always think rationally and |
| Spooner's lap. A Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell) | | | | logically like computers, that weigh up pro's and con's, |
| appears to have committed suicide by jumping from | | | | fastest routes, best results. We usually base decisions |
| his office window. Dr. Lanning was the inventor of the | | | | on feelings and past experiences. If we were to |
| Three Laws of Robotics, the laws by which all robots | | | | consider things like a computer, it would probably be |
| are bound in order to protect humans, and co-founder | | | | better to have studied something different at university |
| of U.S. Robotics (USR), a highly successful company | | | | because it is worth more money, or it is probably |
| that specializes in robotic technology. | | | | better to buy only white cars because they are more |
| USR have just released a new line of robots called | | | | practical, or there would not be any other food except |
| the NS-5. Each robot is outfitted with an uplink to | | | | meat and vegetables. I think it all comes down to the |
| URS's central positronic brain V.I.K.I (Virtual Interactive | | | | importance of finding the perfect balance between |
| Kinetic Intelligence). The more Detective Spooner | | | | evolving to make lives better and creating machines to |
| investigates, the more he believes that Dr. Lanning's | | | | feed our inability to control our own lives. |