Robin Williams Support Group Forming

Is it just me, or does the voice of Robin Williams drive anyone else to excruciating pain and discomfort?

Now I watched Mork and Mindy back in the day, and the missus has the vinyl of Throbbing Python of Love in a cardboard box in the basement. I don't dislike the man. But every time the ad for Robots comes on I want to sue somebody.

But the tearing point was AI. I don't see many movies in the theater anymore, but I was intrigued by the idea of Spielberg "doing" Kubrick. It didn't help that the movie sucked* -- when the holographic Einstein appeared and Robin Williams' voice came out of its mouth ... well, let's just say there are very, very few ways to kill onself in a movie theater if you didn't bring the tools with you.

*Yes, it sucked. They made a big deal out of the point that Haley Joel Osment (the robot) never blinked his eyes on camera. Now, this is a robot so real it can actually love ... but the genius who built it couldn't figure out how to make it blink? Even those little $3 "pocket pets" blink. And for "old-style" robots without feelings, the "old-style robots" sure did display a lot of feelings. And you can't clone someone from hair. And Ministry and the Flesh Fair and ...