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My Respect for Will Smith is Restored.

Posted by John on January 15th, 2009 at 12:20 pm · 4 Comments

His achievement, depicted in the following clip, just about makes up for his starring in movies that mocked the literary works on which they were allegedly based (I, Robot and I am Legend come to mind).

FWIW, my fastest time (in the sixth grade) was 1:17 (that’s one minute, 17 seconds). I could say that I figured out the solution on my own, but I could also say that I’m having tea with Cate Blanchett this Tuesday.

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4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Shelly // Jan 15, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    They must practice at their Scientologist meetings :)

  • 2 John // Jan 15, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    And it’s gone again. [sarcasm] Thanks, a lot, Shelly. [/sarcasm] :P

  • 3 chosha // Jan 15, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    If you want to be impressed by him, see Seven Pounds. Wow.

    I didn’t think either of those movies mocked the books…I’m curious now to understand why you think that. I will say though that the cinematic ending of I am Legend, to me, was a poor choice. I felt like there was sign-posting all the way through for a different end and then all we got was a crappy Hollywood hero moment. I felt quite vindicated when I saw the alternate ending on the DVD. It was a braver and more poignant ending to a movie that explored humanity and what it means to be human the way this did. :)

  • 4 John // Jan 15, 2009 at 8:48 pm

    Hi chosa!

    Maybe “mocked” is a bit harsh. And you’re right–the alternate ending is much closer to Matheson’s vision. There’s also an old version (1964?) with Vincent Price in the lead role that’s a pretty faithful adaptation.

    I think that Asimov would be pretty sad to see what they did to his Robot stories. His robots rarely, rarely broke the three laws of robotics, and violence is almost non-existent in Asimov’s works.

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