Product Details

• Actors: Vic Perrin, Bob Johnson, Ben Wright, Robert Culp, Robert Duvall
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 51 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302048907
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,424 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a memorable and moving second-season episode, June 6, 2001

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brian akers (Atlanta formerly) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outer Limits: I Robot [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"I, Robot" is an engrossing, hard-hitting OL drama in the tradition of "Inherit the Wind", but featuring a robot wrongly framed for murdering its inventor, rather than a schoolteacher accused of teaching evolution. The robot itself is effectively portrayed, a bit like C3PO from "Star Wars", but with a less "non-threatening" persona. The opening scene shows him being hunted down by a posse of locals who have concluded his guilt before any facts have been determined. The robot pauses to help a bratty little girl whom he has stumbled upon and accidentally frightened; but alas, she perceives only that he meant to harm her, and points the way he fled to the posse. When he is finally rounded up and jailed, marked for the junkyard, the dead scientist's sweet-tempered daughter (Marianna Hill, of Star Trek's "Dagger of the Mind") tries to save him, with the help of a cynical, opportunistic reporter played by Leonard Nimoy (the H.L. Mencken-like role), and a crotchety but lovable lawyer (a Clarence Darrow type) whom he refers her to. The lawyer has had a life-long, quixotic antagonism toward "philistines" and demands due process for the mechanical man; and the reporter has a sharp nose for a sensational story, so both have their own motives for taking the up the daughter's cause. In a flashback sequence, we learn the robot is innocent and even child-like. But the cards are stacked against him because of the narrow-mindedness of the human community that tries him and can't see past its own fear and craven prejudices. The ending is cathartic, deeply moving, and unflinchingly true to the story. It recalls a scene from an old "Twilight Zone" episode ("I Sing the Body Electric"), but puts it to shame for sheer dramatic impact. This second-season OL episode packs a full punch, and illustrates how the vision and sensibilities of the show's creators continued to inform the better episodes of the second season even after their departure at the end of the first season. This show seems to say that despite our human failings, there is enough to justify hope that we can rise above our flaws, based on the emotion and sympathy we come to feel for the persecuted robot--its a human affair and within our reach, a persistent theme of classic OL. This is a tragic yet uplifting powerhouse episode that builds inexorably to an unflinchingly honest conclusion. Fans of intelligent, humane, and thoughtful science fiction will not be disappointed. This is stirring and unforgettable stuff with a solid moral perspective and a sharp bite.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Artificial Intelligence On Trial!, February 15, 2000

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"james_m_b" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outer Limits: I Robot [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Assume a robot, created in the approximate image of man, is accused of murdering his creator. What laws apply in this situation? Is he to be treated as a mindless mechanical weapon, or as a sentient being with constitutional rights entitled to a fair trial under the law? These questions and others are addressed in this curious episode where basic morality and computational accuracy are intertwined in the robot/being Adam Link. Leonard Nimoy stars as a newspaper reporter who enlists the help of Thurman Culter, a retired maverick Attorney played by Howard Da Silva, to defend Adam Link. Although lacking illustrious special effects, "I Robot" serves as a true fable of the 20th century striking disturbingly close to home.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stupid is as Stupid does, July 17, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Outer Limits: I Robot [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I felt I had to say something since the last reveiwer just made a complete ass out of himself. Yes Lenard nimoy did play the lawyer IN THE REMAKE that is not being discussed here. In this one he played the reporter. So looks like someone else needs to straighten their facts before posting.