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[SquiddyCracker]

It's not like Asimov books haven't been successfully adapted before, so there's still a chance of us getting an Elijah and Daneel trilogy.

My dream line-up:

Dominic West as Elijah Baley

Fassbender as R Daneel Olivaw

Philip Seymour Hoffman as Commissioner Julius Enderby

Daniel Craig as Dr Han Fastolfe

Who would you pick?

 

[SquiddyCracker]

Oh, and for comparison, the line-up from the 1984 BBC2 adaptation:

Peter Cushing as Elijah Baley
John Carson as R Daneel Olivaw
Kenneth J Warren as Commissioner Julius Enderby
John Wentworth as Dr Han Fastolfe
Ellen McIntosh as Jessie Baley
Ian Trigger as R Sammy
Stanley Walsh as Simpson
John Boyd-Brent as Francis Cloussar
Naomi Chance as Dr Gerrigel
Hennie Scott as Bentley Baley
Richard Beale as Controller
Richard Beint as Shop Manager
Patsy Smart as Customer

 

[B.K.]

Fassbender as R Daneel Olivaw

That's what I was going to say. I don't know who else I would cast, but after Prometheus, he would be perfect for R. Daneel.

 

[Solo]

Nathan Fillion
Idris Elba

 

[gdt]

Good cast, but no real reason to talk about it.

It will never happen after I, Robot .

 

[- J - D -]

Ryan Gosling as Olivaw
Hugh Jackman as Baley.

Need to pick up the third book. Finished Naked Sun a while back.

 

[strafer]

Tom Hardy
Christian Bale
Bruce Willis

 

[B.K.]

It will never happen after I, Robot .

Fox announced The Caves of Steel last September. They haven't said anything since though. It's either been cancelled or it's stuck in development hell.

 

[gdt]

Fox announced The Caves of Steel last September. They haven't said anything since though. It's either been cancelled or it's stuck in development hell.

Had no idea about this, sounds like shit though.

 

[SquiddyCracker]

That's what I was going to say. I don't know who else I would cast, but after Prometheus, he would be perfect for R. Daneel.

David is pretty much Daneel.
I'd love to see more of that character, and it looks like we might

Fox announced The Caves of Steel last September. They haven't said anything since though. It's either been cancelled or it's stuck in development hell.

 

[SapientWolf]

Good cast, but no real reason to talk about it.

It will never happen after I, Robot .

Ironically, I, Robot was a lot closer to Caves of Steel than its namesake.

 

[gdt]

Ironically, I, Robot was a lot closer to Caves of Steel than its namesake.

Can you clarify? I know I, Robot took some elements from Caves, but thats all I got.


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I also forgot to add, in my last post, that that will never happen.

 

[DOBERMAN INC]

Fox announced The Caves of Steel last September. They haven't said anything since though. It's either been cancelled or it's stuck in development hell.

I hope this doesn't go through, I love the book too much for it to be sullied.

 

[SquiddyCracker]

I hope this doesn't go through, I love the book too much for it to be sullied.

I think it's worth a shot, if only for the chance of Fassbender playing Daneel.

 

[Slime]

David was so similar to how I pictured Daneel, it kind of creeped me out.

 

[DOBERMAN INC]

I think it's worth a shot, if only for the chance of Fassbender playing Daneel.

I suppose a strong cast and writer could change my mind but I feel the book has so many old intricacies that they would change too many aspects of it and ruin any semblance to the original in adapting to modern equivalents.

 

[gdt]

I suppose a strong cast and writer could change my mind but I feel the book has so many old intricacies that they would change too many aspects of it and ruin any semblance to the original in adapting to modern equivalents.

I dunno, Caves (all the Robot novels actually) are oddly modern. Bailey is funny, has a good buddy relationship with Daneel, he's flawed as all hell, ditches his family every other second, has a lot of heart to it, etc etc.

Aside from putting some action sequences in it, I'm not sure that they have to change the tone or storyline all that much.

 

[DOBERMAN INC]

I dunno, Caves (all the Robot novels actually) are oddly modern. Bailey is funny, has a good buddy relationship with Daneel, he's flawed as all hell, ditches his family every other second, has a lot of heart to it, etc etc.

Aside from putting some action sequences in it, I'm not sure that they have to change the tone or storyline all that much.

I guess I'm thinking more of quirks in mannerisms and technology that now would seem outright bad decisions.(Fuzzy or glitchy tech,running the strips and so on)
Plus the slight slave master overtones to some of the treatment of robots could be removed or risk being seen as agendas of the writer being pushed.

 

[gdt]

I guess I'm thinking more of quirks in mannerisms and technology that now would seem outright bad decisions.(Fuzzy or glitchy tech,running the strips and so on)
Plus the slight slave master overtones to some of the treatment of robots could be removed or risk being seen as agendas of the writer being pushed.

What could be the agenda? Slaves are bad?

lol

I think the general public is certainly used to/comfortable with the robots=slaves trope.

 

[BertramCooper]

Fred Savage

 

[SquiddyCracker]

Fox announced The Caves of Steel last September. They haven't said anything since though. It's either been cancelled or it's stuck in development hell.

So there's a chance?