I, Robot - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[mathew]

Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal wrote a draft of I, Robot after Fox fired Vintar for the first time. One line of their dialogue remains in the final film: "Lead by example. It says that right on your badge." With the script in shambles, the studio brought Vintar back on, but he was expressly told he "could not fix everything." Some of the bad ideas in the latest script belonged to studio head Tom Rothman, executives said, and of course those bad ideas had to stay.

[russell]

VIKI's intent to take over the world in order to keep all humans safe is in fact known as the "zeroth" law of robotics: A robot may not harm humanity, or through inaction allow humanity to come to harm.

[russell]

Sonny's eyes are blue, while nearly all the other NS-5 robots eyes are green. Susan Calvin's NS-5 features green eyes.

[jessie]

According to the newscast, Dr. Alfred Lanning was born in 1971 and was 64 when he was murdered, the same age at the time as the actor who played him, James Cromwell.