patrick stewart appreciation society wrote:
AgentWood wrote:
i just finished i, robot. ok, but not great.
did you not think the special effects let it down greatly, as well as the story?
i thought the main robot had excellent facial expressions--very human, down to the eyes and brow movement. but you're right, there was nothing spectacular about the rest of the special effects. on the other hand, it only takes place 30 years in the future so technology wouldn't be that different.
what always bothers me about many action and sci-fi films is the inevitable deus ex machina that allows the protagonist to (relatively) easily destroy the threat. in this case it was a double whammy: the handy virus which will smith placed in NIKI and the 'bionic arm' possessed by smith, allowing him to both destroy the bad robots and slide down NIKI to in order to inject the virus.