Review: I, Robot. From the Robot's Point of View
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2013
From what I have heard this is a lot like Downton Abbey with I, Robot servants. I have never seen Downton Abbey so I will take their word for it. I will probably never watch Downton Abbey because after reading this story the show will be sure to come up short and disappoint me.The story starts out with the robot servants preparing for a dinner party. Talk among the servants is about how some of the human characters are basically nasty and mean. The robots are forced to constantly worry about being discarded like a used toaster and replaced with a newer model.One character in particular really pulls you into the story. His name is BRN7, but everyone calls him Barney. This is the first time I have ever felt sympathy for a robot, be it in a movie, book or television show. Barney is an old model robot and seems to be quite clumsy. It is worried that he will mess something up during this important dinner party and make their owners quite mad. If he does there is no doubt they will shut him down and send him to the recycler.This is an incredible take on the "robot uprising" genre. This type of story has never been told from a robot's perspective and it really shows that every villain is a hero. And let me tell you that Platt and Truant do an incredible job in making you take the side of the new heroes in this story, the robots.I can not wait for the rest of this story.