I Robot

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Adam Y.

And your mistaken if it's only been used recently. The word robot originated from a very old play where robots take over human kind.

"Rossums Universal Robots", written by Czech playwrite Karel Capek and first performed in 1920 (although there is a competing theory that it was actually written by his brother, and Karel Capek was willingly given credit). Anyway, "pppfffttt!!" from all of us that are old enough to think that 1920 wouldn't make it a "very old play."

-dave

[Adam Y.]

Anyway, "pppfffttt!!" from all of us that are old enough to think that 1920 wouldn't make it a "very old play."

Sorry. I didn't think it was that new. Though it still predates Hal by at least 60 years. Though I am still certain that the concept of a robot has been around since the greeks even though the name was created 80 years ago.

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Adam Y.

Though it still predates Hal by at least 60 years.

2001: A Space Odyssey was published in 1968.

[EddieMcD]

I'll probably nab it on DVD, depending on how the reviews are. Although it does have Alan Tudyk in it... (bonus points if you get this reference of me)

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

2001: A Space Odyssey was published in 1968.

2001: A Space Odyssey was actually based on Clarke's short story The Sentinal, which was published in 1954. Although The Sentinal ends with the discovery of a monolith on the Moon, it does include a reference to an advanced computer system - thus, the case can be made that HAL actually dates all the way back to then. But all that is really just academic, because HAL wasn't a robot and this is just a digression from the original topic anyway...

-dave

[Adam Y.]

2001: A Space Odyssey was published in 1968.

Oppss... Sorry.

because HAL wasn't a robot and this is just a digression from the original topic anyway...

I'll try and get this back on topic or at least talking about the book I Robot. How is HAL not a robot? He reminds me of the giant talking robot in I Robot. The one that thought it was fun to play practical jokes by feeding people milk and beans. The more I think about it them more I feel that this movie may actually follow the whole premise of the book since most of the stories mention a fear of robots.

[Steve Horn]

I want to go see the movie, the preview I saw looks good.