We learn that the commentary was recorded six weeks before I, Robot was released in theaters. Proyas and Goldsman comment less about the individual scenes and more about the philosophy behind the scenes and what they were trying to get the audience to see. They speak often about why the characters and dialog were written the way they were. The director's commentary for I, Robot differs from most DVD commentaries where commentators tell what happened behind the scenes as each scene is shown. But Proyas and Goldsman's commentary was not inferior to the 'normal' commentary style, just different.

The opening credits of I, Robot showed underwater scenes of two people trapped in different cars that had somehow become submerged underwater. Both the humans were drowning as the water level slowly rose inside their cars. One of those drowning humans was rescued by a robot. Each text title that overlayed the underwater imagery dissolved away into bubbles, and was replaced by a different title that dissolved away, and so on, until all the opening credits had been shown. The commentators explain that the opening sequence 'dissolving' titles were used to show how it would look if one could float through the brain of a robot. However, most in the audience must have thought that the dissolving text was merely a fitting thing to do for an underwater scene. Still, no matter how one looks at the opening credits segment, it was a visually stunning, mood-setting introduction to the movie.

The Making of I, Robot

This quick 'making of' video was narrated by the cast & crew, such as Director Alex Proyas, actor Will Smith, and various producers. They explain that Sci-Fi author Isaac Asimov's short stories formed the inspiration for the movie version of I, Robot. Also, they speak about how the robots were made to walk onscreen. First, human actors were dressed in bright green suits and were trained to walk in front of the the film camera in a way that was, well, robotic. Next, the computer animators converted the green men into CGI robot animations that walked with the same mannerisms as the men. A choreographer held a class for many of the human extras who would be walking templates for the CGI robots, and playfully called his class 'Robot School.' The special effects crew computer-animated the face of the robot named Sonny. The face of the robot was designed to flex and bend just like a human face, into smiles, frowns, and neutral looks. The animators did this by first taking an actor's face and modeling how it moved in reaction to certain on-screen events. Then, they added CGI metallic 'flesh' over the face imagery to give the appearance of a robot's face.

The I, Robot still gallery showed many fresh images that were not seen in the movie itself. For example, there were pre-production conceptual sketches of the robots in front and side views.

Extra link #1) "Movie Review of 'I, Robot' (2004)"

Extra link #2) "Trivia About 'I, Robot' (movie)"