I, Robot characters

[LuxorV]

Finally, thanks to the Prince of Perisa line, I could get my hands on a brown minifigure with the perfect facial espression for most of Will Smith's recent interpretations!

So, let's start with the actio-packed film rendition of one of the milestones in science fiction narrative: Isaac Asimov's short stories collection I, Robot.

[Note - some spoilers may be present in the following paragraphs. I tried to keep as vague as possible, but if you do not want to be spoiled, you may choose to see the film before reading what follows. It is quite worth it, if not for anything else, at least for the special effects ]

First off, we have Det. Del Spooner (will Smith himself) in his tough cop leather coat

Then, following the film's flow, we meet young Farber (played by Shia Labeouf) - I'm not sure which part he had in the original stories, if any; in the film he's just a sort of comic relief character Spooner has to deal with and sort of take care of

The first robot techie we meet (even if in holographic form only) is Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), the brain at the base of the Us Robots and Mechanical Men, and an old 'friend' of Spooner

(just ignore the Japanise logo on the lab coat...)

And not to the most reworked chacarter when compared with Asimov's original concept: Dr. Susan Calvin (Bridget Moynahan)

(From Wikipedia: 'Asimov portrays Dr. Calvin as a highly driven woman, focused on her work and divorced from normal emotions, almost more "robotic" than her mechanical characters'; moreover, she should be hard faced and quite masculine in appearance... Not just quite her in the film, huh?)

Finally, we have the robot Sonny (Alan Tudyk)

(Not much to add here; I just used a standard Exploriens robot since it's the nearest LEGO rendition I could come up with while still conveying it its deep human-like nature).

Comments and critics are welcome

[ADHO15]

Very nice figs, LuxorV!

I liked the film, and though I haven't seen it for a while, your minifig representations helped remember the characters perfectly.

I'm a big fan of purist solutions to making real characters and yours are excellent.

Good work!

[NewRight]

These purist figures work great as representations from the movie.

I love the movie and these figs do it justice.

[JeagerEX]

Where did you get that Black-skin toned part?

[LuxorV]

Thanks for the positive feedback. I'm always happy when I can make some purist figs which convey the feeling of some of my favourite film and general media characters

  JeagerEX said:

Where did you get that Black-skin toned part?

It's the Seso minifigure from the Prince of Persia Battle of Alamut set.

It's very dark and quite difficult to photograph, especially when you put headgear on it.

[The Penguin]

Very well done, LuxorV! )

i don't remember the film very well, but you deginitely maneged to find the best purist solution for the characters. Any other films on the way? )

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

[LuxorV]

  The Penguin said:

Very well done, LuxorV! )

i don't remember the film very well, but you deginitely maneged to find the best purist solution for the characters. Any other films on the way? )

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )

I don't have anything planned right now, so we'll see. On the other hand, untill I throw them together 5 minutes before taking the pics, neither these were 'planned'

I may post some older ones based off a fantasy/sci-fi novel I made some time ago, though. Keep an eye for them!

[The Penguin]

Of course, I shall. )

You've said a magical word "fantasy"!

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! )