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Short Circuit is a 1986 American science fiction comedy film directed by John Badham and written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock.The film centers on an experimental military robot that is struck by lightning and gains a human-like intelligence, prompting it to escape its facility to learn more about the world.
Short Circuit 2 is a 1988 American science fiction comedy film, the sequel to the 1986 film Short Circuit.It was directed by Kenneth Johnson and starred Fisher Stevens as Ben Jahveri, Michael McKean as Fred Ritter, Cynthia Gibb as Sandy Banatoni, and Tim Blaney as the voice of Johnny 5 (the main character – a friendly, naive, self-aware robot).
Act of Love is a 1980 American made-for-television film adaptation of the book Act of Love: The Killing of George Zygmanik by Judith Paige Mitchell. It is based on a true story. [1] It was directed by Jud Taylor and written for screen by Michael De Guzman. It stars Ron Howard, [2] Robert Foxworth, Mickey Rourke, David Spielberg and Jacqueline ...
Dr. Susan Calvin is a fictional character appearing in Isaac Asimov's Robot series of science fiction short stories. According to I, Robot, Susan Calvin was born in the year 1982 and died at the age of 82, either in 2064 or 2065.
Act of Love (politics) a political statement by Jeb Bush that became an important part of the 2016 Republican Presidential Primary campaign; Act of Love, a 1953 American romantic drama film; Act of Love, a 1980 American made-for-TV film; Act of Love, 1981 novel by Joe R. Lansdale "Act of Love", a song by Neil Young and Pearl Jam from Mirrorball ...
The story was broadcast as the final episode of a five-part 15 Minute Drama "radio adaptation" of Asimov's I, Robot on BBC Radio 4 in February 2017. [2] The 2004 film adaptation of I, Robot also includes major elements of the Evitable Conflict with the computer system V.I.K.I. taking the part of the Machine. [3] [4]
The Robot Series is a series of thirty-seven science fiction short stories and six novels created by American writer Isaac Asimov, from 1940 to 1995.The series is set in a world where sentient positronic robots serve a number of purposes in society.
This cover of I, Robot illustrates the story "Runaround", the first to list all Three Laws of Robotics.. The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, which were to be followed by robots in several of his stories.