What's the Difference between I, Robot the Book and I, Robot the Movie?
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This Character does not appear.
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Det. Del Spooner
Portrayed by: Will Smith
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Dr. Susan Calvin
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Dr. Susan Calvin
Portrayed by: Bridget Moynahan
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In the Movie |
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Dr. Calvin is a plain looking woman. |
Dr. Calvin is played by Bridget Moynahan who is very attractive. |
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The robots are created by US Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. |
The company is US Robotics.
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The book is a collection of short stories as told to a reporter by Susan Calvin. |
The movie has a single main plot about a renegade robot. |
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The zeroth law of robotics was not a part of I,Robot as it first appeared in a much later robot book called Robots and Empire. |
The central robot brain V.I.K.I. appears to be programmed in accordance with the zeroth law of robotics to protect humanity from themselves.
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No robots in the book that lacked the 1st law. There was one story called "Little Lost Robot" in which robots were made with a weaker 1st law which did not require them to render aid to humans in danger. |
Robot Sammy is manufactured without a 1st law which says a robot cannot harm people or allow them to b harmed. Sammy obeys his creator's order to kill him which drives the movie's plot. |
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The robots are good and help humans to the end. |
The robots misunderstood their relation to humans and rule them by overprotecting them.
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