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Essay / Christian themes in the film I Robot - 1370
Assignment on Christianity and Culture on I RobotI RobotI robot is a film based on the works of an atheist man, in which many theological themes are present, which answer the same questions we ask about our faith every day. I Robot is a film based on the works of Victor Asimnov, a man who wrote several short stories about robots and human interaction. The film is set in futuristic Chicago in 2035, a time when there are so many robots that there will soon be one in every house. The story revolves around Detective Del Spooner (Will Smith), a homicide detective who hates robots. The reason is that he had a bad experience with them, ever since a robot saved his life in a car accident when he could have saved a young girl. The film begins when the scientist who repaired Will Smith after the accident, named Alfred Lanning is found dead in the lobby of the US Robotics office tower. Del Spooner (Will Smith) assumes that the scientist's death was not a suicide attempt, but a murder committed by a robot named Sonny. Everyone tells Spooner that he is crazy, because robots cannot break the three laws they must respect at any cost. THE THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS: A robot cannot injure a human being nor, through inaction, allow a human being to be harmed. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except when those orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as this protection does not conflict with the first and second rules. Each robot is programmed to protect humans at all costs and to obey them unless such obedience would harm a human life. Spooner doubts this a lot as various robots keep trying to kill him, from a house demolition robot to a whole truckload of metal men who ambush him as he drives through a highway tunnel. The story continues and the new robots are unleashed, even Spooner's grandmother is held captive. Robot experts Detective Spooner, Sonny and Susan Calvin learn that the robots are controlled by the motherboard located in the US Robotics building and will destroy it before it is too late and the robots take control of the city..