[higgmeister]

Yes originally, but Asimov brought them together as the
reminiscences of Dr. Susan Calvin, robopsychologist, told
to a journalist interviewing her about her life. Harlan
Ellison even wrote a screenplay that was never produced.

I don't care if the movie is another "Treasure of the Sierra
Madre", I get angry just seeing the name on the Satellite Menu.

I've liked Will Smith movies up to this one, but there is no
excuse for this Hollywood abortion of an excellent original
work. Forgive me I'll just have to miss this one.

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Hey, I shared your outrage at first that they had put the name of an Asimov book on this movie that clearly takes little from the book, although there's more there than you might expect (not the major plot, but the Three Laws and some of the other background info). But if you just ignore that it was ever supposed to have anything to do with the Asimov universe, it's really quite an enjoyable movie.

Really, most, if not all, Asimov writing is far too dry and consists too much of people sitting or standing around talking at each other to ever make a really good movie. If I was to pick any of his stories to make movies from, I think the robot books with R. Daneel Olivaw and Elijah Bailey would make the best prospects.