Show 1 k B J i. i I J R Robot 0 b 0 t i- i TYpical Summer Fluff I I Allen Johnson Staff Writer Hooray Will Smith saved the world again aJain again In a film that may have well been Independence Day with robots pasted over the me aliens Smith does what he always does and we pay for it like we always do The real interesting story will be to see who gets tired of it first Smith from doing it over and over or us from watching it over and over Now theres there's a plot lot With so many fans of Isaac Asimov's work expectations were higher given the fact that they had good original source material to n. n n. n w work o 0 r k from The f i I 1 m resembled some of the major plot points from the book but missed a alot alot alot lot of the soul of the story W What hat was on onscreen onscreen onscreen screen however was fairly well done and didn't leave people people people peo peo- confused confused confused con con- fused if they had no experience experience experience ence with t h e book book book- take that Potter Will W i 1 1 Smith does his regular thing andin andin and andin in this case it fit ok For what he lacks in talent and versatility he makes up in knowing what kind of films people like to see him in The film opens in Chicago in in 2035 Detective Del Spooner Smith gets a call from a former acquaintance who apparently apparent apparent- ly just committed suicide This acquaintance acquaintance acquaintance tance is none other than Dr Alfred Lanning the man responsible for the creation creation creation cre cre- cre- cre and world distribution of millions of assisting robots As Spooner investigates he discovers that Lannings Lanning's death may have been a murder murder mur mur- der and all the clues point to a renegade robot that appears to be developing by itself Spooners Spooner's prejudice against robots propel him through discoveries that lead to toa toa a plot th that l 1 LJ RI JI Q t- t 4 JF A I M I J JI I N rs WU Smith as Det Del Spooner in Century Foxs Fox's I I Robot 2004 threatens atens all humanity blah blah blab blah blab If only he had blue tights and anda a bright red cape Theres There's nothing really terr ter- ter r rib i b 1 I e about this movie but there is nothing great to sink your teeth into Its It's cotton candy candy- its it's tasty ti w 2 for the 23 seconds B G c cl I its it's in inu l 0 u y you o u r 5 mouth N and then it ito o dissolves y as if it was wase z e never o g there in inthe c y the first 9 place a g Such are summer block block- busters 10 55 |