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Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by Apocryphon on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @11:35AM (#29082818)
I, Robot is significantly harder to adapt than Foundation. The former is like a book of little logic mysteries. The film turned the setting concept into one big murder mystery to appeal to modern audiences. It was a drastic tonal change, but preserves some of the concepts of Asimov, even including the Zeroth Law at the end.
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Re:When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’... by Jtsummers on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @11:57AM (#29083118)
The movie was an already written script paired with the title and some characters renamed. It was not made (the script) with the intention of adapting the book (which is a series of short stories with a common framing story). I, Robot, like World War Z, needs an anthology or serial format to be properly presented as a show or film.
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