Spielberg...Robopocalypse...

Would be great if it was more of a Westworld style treatment, rather than another Terminator or iRobot.
 
David Jimerson said:
Meh. It's been a LONG time since "Steven Spielberg directs" has gotten me all anticipation-y.
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+1. The Sci-fi genre lately has become much less interesting to me. Perhaps because I am getting de-sensitized to it as I get older? I remember the utter fascination I had when I saw Close Encounters when I was younger. I don't know if it is Hollywood or me, but it seems that as special effects get more better, the stories get weaker - propped up with over-the-top sensational cgi.
 
azharrison said:
+1. The Sci-fi genre lately has become much less interesting to me. Perhaps because I am getting de-sensitized to it as I get older? I remember the utter fascination I had when I saw Close Encounters when I was younger. I don't know if it is Hollywood or me, but it seems that as special effects get more better, the stories get weaker - propped up with over-the-top sensational cgi.
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There are still some gems along the way. Children of Men was a great one that was more about the ideas and characters than spectacle or effects.

As for Robopocalypse, that is a stupid title first of all, unless it is gonna be a satire or comedy.

Batutta said:
And about a million other science fiction stories...But I'll always hold out hope for another Spielberg classic, even after Indy 4.
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I also think the killer robot sub-genre has been done to death. I guess it goes hand-in-hand with the man-eating alien invader story. It is something people will always gravitate towards. I'd like to see other types of sci-fi explored in film, now that Avatar and District 9 have helped open the floodgates for sci-fi again. Time travel still has lots of possibilities for cinematic stories. Same with cyberpunk/post cyberpunk, non-hostile alien contact stories, alternate universes (this one hasn't been used much at all), military sci-fi, virtual reality. Oh, and it would be nice to get a new and really unique epic space opera on film that isn't part of the Star Wars or Star Trek canon.
 
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Nektonic said:
I also think the killer robot sub-genre has been done to death. I guess it goes hand-in-hand with the man-eating alien invader story. It is something people will always gravitate towards. I'd like to see other types of sci-fi explored in film, now that Avatar and District 9 have helped open the floodgates for sci-fi again. Time travel still has lots of possibilities for cinematic stories. Same with cyberpunk/post cyberpunk, non-hostile alien contact stories, alternate universes (this one hasn't been used much at all), military sci-fi, virtual reality. Oh, and it would be nice to get a new and really unique epic space opera on film that isn't part of the Star Wars or Star Trek canon.
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Robot uprisings have been around since the word Robot had been coined. R.U.R. the play coined the term robots, and was about a robot uprising. So the idea is oooold...

I agree, some subjects have hardly been touched upon. I think people are just too afraid to try something different, and maybe in turn people find it difficult to take.

Though one thing we should be seeing more, is the idea of a the virtual world. With games like WoW and Second Life starting to find a place in today's society, we're going to start seeing more stories. Just looking at the bookshelves there's already a floodgate of new stories coming out about these new virtual games. Plus they can mean a lot more than what the Matrix did with it. It doesn't have to always put into question as to what is real or not. It can be a metaphor for many great things. I'm actually writing a story about Virtual Reality, hopefully produce it into a film.
 
I suppose if anyone can pull off a movie concept like this with a bizarre name, it's Spielberg.

If he made it more Kubrick-like in style like A.I. or Minority Report, then it may just work. Both of these films represent some of Spielberg's best work in years and if he can apply the same techniques and vision to this film, well, maybe he has another classic on his resume despite the horrible name (which could be changed at a later date).
 
Last night I just read the first couple of chapters of the novel this movie will be based on, and so far it's VERY GOOD. Definitely looks like something Spielberg will be making a quite exciting movie out of.
 
dalethompson said:
I suppose if anyone can pull off a movie concept like this with a bizarre name, it's Spielberg.

If he made it more Kubrick-like in style like A.I. or Minority Report, then it may just work. Both of these films represent some of Spielberg's best work in years and if he can apply the same techniques and vision to this film, well, maybe he has another classic on his resume despite the horrible name (which could be changed at a later date).
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Steve has the genre nailed I think

CEot3K, War of the Worlds (despite the bad ending with the son), Minority Report, A.I. ....

This is in good hands.
 
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