Robot Stories

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Cast

Tamlyn Tomita
as Marcia

James Saito
as Roy

Vin Knight
as Doug

Wai Ching Ho
as Bernice

Greg Pak
as Archie

Sab Shimono
as John

Cindy Cheung
as Grace

Louis Ozawa Changchien
as Wilson

Bill Coelius
as Bob

Geena Quintos
as Young Marcia

Karen Tse Lee
as Mrs. Ito

Glenn Kubota
as Mr. Ito

Norma Fire
as Caseworker

Olivia Oguma
as Young Wilson

Tanisha Eanes
as Assistant

Joshua Spafford
as Technician

Catherine Carota
as Nurse

Angel Desai
as Amanda

Rea Tajiri
as Doctor

Oliver Oguma
as Young Wilson

John Cariani
as Salesman

Tim Kang
as Young John

Julienne Hanzelka Kim
as Lydia

Vivian Bang
as Receptionist

Julie Atlas Muz
as Janet

Brian Nishii
as Larry

Jai Latimer
as Groper

Eisa Davis
as Helen

Ron Domingo
as Tommy

James Hannaham
as John's Doctor

Terrence Archie
as Executive No.1

Johanna Lee
as Executive No.2

Gail Quintos
as Little Girl

Antonia Roman
as Hospital Announcer

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Critic Reviews for Robot Stories

Audience Reviews for Robot Stories

• Dec 04, 2011

  Rather than making one really good short film, director Greg Pak decided to film all four of his robot-themed short stories and compile them into one film. The first story, My Robot Baby, follows a couple as they take home a robot baby to show they are responsible enough to handle a real one. It's not a bad concept for a robot-themed film, and is a plausible scenario that will be familiar to anyone who had to take care of an egg for a sex ed class. As it turns out, the robot baby looks quite a bit like a football-sized egg with cardboard eyes stuck onto it. Despite the cheesy props the story does contain some interesting ideas, like when the robot's "mother" reprograms the bot so that it automatically takes care of itself. Unfortunately the concept was better explored and in much greater detail in Steven Spielberg's A.I., and it quickly dissolves into a silly suspense film when the baby robot runs amok late at night. The second story, The Robot Fixer, isn't really about robots at all. A distraught mother is visiting her comatose son, who has been hit by a car. While cleaning up his apartment, she and her daughter find his collection of robot toys. The mother decides to complete her son's collection in a symbolic bid to put her son back together. By the time this one was over I was ready to stop watching this turd, so I did. This review is a repost from my website: www.plasticpals.com
  Robotbling - Super Reviewer
• Oct 29, 2011

  A collection of 4 short stories all revolving around robots (as the title implies). The stories have a kind of Twilight Zone feel to them but none are very good. My favorite was the third story, a tale of two robots who seek love. Definitely not the most original story but it was interesting. Each story is about the length of a TV Show minus the commercials. Acting: 6/10 Story: 6/10 Originalality: 7/10 Soundtrack: 4/10 Characters: 4/10 Overall Rating: 5.4/10
  Professor W Super Reviewer
• Jan 18, 2011

  Robot Stories is an indie film that apparently had a budget of about five dollars. As the title indicates, there are four short stories, dealing with artificial intelligence in one form or another. There is very little heavy lifting on display here; no deep sci-fi ala Philip K. Dick or even pondering the ethics of Robotic Code, or, except for the last tale, any pondering of morality or the soul, as one gets with Asimov. Belying the title, these series of stories are concerned more with simple human elements, and really, robotics, or AI have very little to do with it. For example: the first story, entitled Robot Baby, deals with parenting more than anything. A young, successful career couple decides to have a child - only in this future scenario the couple must first tend and nurture a robot baby. There is a nice twist at the end of this story, which makes the viewing viable, but really, without the twist the story is very "been there, seen that". The second story is so very "so what" that I'm not even going to give it a second thought, while the third has only a "cute" factor going for it, along with one of two decent performance in the film (oddly by the writer/director himself - hmmm, perhaps the entire project was merely a way for him to show off his robotic shtick). The fourth story has a bit of gravitas to it, containing the other bright performance, in a tale dealing with questions of the soul and the definition of humanity. Here there is a bit of artistry in the filmmaking, but otherwise the stories are all very straight forward, and the direction and cinematography echo that. Overall, nothing to write home about, or even truly recommend.
  paul s Super Reviewer
• Jun 23, 2010

  The stories could have been a little more developed,with some twist endings, but still, not bad.
  Pamela D Super Reviewer

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