It was to my understanding they’d already had a movie written and only brought in “I, Robot” because it was familiar to some of the audience and they could pick the corpse of the book for buzzwords. Even the ending credits say the movie was “inspired by” the collection of short stories.
I never watched it until people started saying it was taking place in the Warhammer universe, then I saw it and in that context I liked it.
I’ll have to remember that; I only saw it just after its release and don’t remember being anything other than indifferent. I’ve never read the comic though; the author/artist of the comic is part of the duo of the Gorillas, correct?
I think Constantine got some redemption in past few years; a lot of people were initially angry with Keanu’s casting and the divergence from the comic book character. A little over a decade after its release I started seeing articles saying that it was much better than everyone’s initial knee-jerk reactions. I’ve always liked it and bought the DVD for it as soon as it was available.
I’m surprised at Hellboy and Robocop though as I don’t know anyone who disliked either of them. My only complaint about the Robocop reboot was it just didn’t seem … “tight” enough. Like there was wasted screen time but I’m not director and wouldn’t know what to cut.
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Yellowbeard (1983) sort of qualifies with 22% tomatometer but 64% audience score.
Critics (and John Cleese) didn’t like the movie at all but my friends and I all love it! Hard to dislike a stupid comedy stuffed with an incredible array of comedians; Cheech and Chong, Most of the cast of Monty Python, Peter Boyle and Marty Feldman, Peter Cook, and many other well known comedians of the 1960s and 70s. We still quote lines from the movie!