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{{quote|''Somehow, "I told you so" just doesn't quite say it.''|'''Spooner''', after [[Zeroth Law Rebellion|all hell breaks loose]]}}
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His first day back on the job, Spooner receives a call from the scene of what appears to be an open-and-shut suicide case; the victim had been holding a holographic transmitter programmed to call Spooner in the event of his death. The victim is Dr. Alfred Lanning, pioneer of the robotics industry and the man who wrote the [["Three Laws"-Compliant|Three Laws Of Robotics]]. Convinced that there is more to the case than meets the eye, Spooner investigates further, and finds a robot in the room Lanning fell from. Only there's something strange about this robot. It threatens his life. It disobeys orders. In short, it has free will, is unrestricted by the Three Laws, and Spooner becomes convinced that this robot "Sonny" is the key to the mystery behind Lanning's death.
As mentioned above, the plot bears almost no connection at all to that of the book, though it deals with themes similar to those presented by the book and much of Asimov's work in general. It should be noted that I, Robot began life as a script called ''Hardwired'' -- its connections to the work of Isaac Asimov are the results of heavy [[Executive Meddling]] to turn it into a [[Dolled-Up Installment]]. It was never intended as an adaptation of Asimov's work, [[MST3K Mantra|and you'll enjoy it much more if you keep that in mind]].
Apparently, there is going to be [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1083849/ a sequel] in 2015.
Has nothing to do with the arcade game ''[[I Robot (video game)|I, Robot]]''.
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▲* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]: NS 5s, especially their waists.
* [[Action Hero]]: Spooner.
* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: Susan Calvin is turned from a plain older woman into an attractive younger woman, which was one of the many things Asimov purists criticized the movie for. It even got its own [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1968996/1/I_Robot_The_Death_of_bSusan_b_bCalvin_b fanfic].
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