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Some interesting choices (Runaway? Kick ass!), but a few glaring omissions.
The 50 best movie robots
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The 50 best movie robots
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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I agree but until Futurama has a feature film he's not really going to be considered. Blast them!Lord Foul wrote:No Bender? Blasphemy!
What about Jet Jaguar from Godzilla versus Megalon? Huh? Well? Huh?
What about the Iron Giant? That's a feature film. Well? Huh? Well?
"If you can't tell the difference, what difference does it make?"
"There is tic and toc in atomic" - Neil Peart
There's no Roy Batty.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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exactly.Cail wrote:There's no Roy Batty.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
They put K.I.T.T. at #3, and ASAIK there's no Night Rider movie.aTOMiC wrote:I agree but until Futurama has a feature film he's not really going to be considered. Blast them!Lord Foul wrote:No Bender? Blasphemy!
What about Jet Jaguar from Godzilla versus Megalon? Huh? Well? Huh?
What about the Iron Giant? That's a feature film. Well? Huh? Well?
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Damn good point. WTF? Are they on dope?NOWgirl wrote:They put K.I.T.T. at #3, and ASAIK there's no Night Rider movie.aTOMiC wrote:I agree but until Futurama has a feature film he's not really going to be considered. Blast them!Lord Foul wrote:No Bender? Blasphemy!
What about Jet Jaguar from Godzilla versus Megalon? Huh? Well? Huh?
What about the Iron Giant? That's a feature film. Well? Huh? Well?
"If you can't tell the difference, what difference does it make?"
"There is tic and toc in atomic" - Neil Peart
There were a couple of made-for-TV Knight Rider movies.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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At least the Twiggy robot from Buck Rogers was actually at the theater type movie. I was dumb enough to go see that when I was like 13. I took a date as I recall.
If we're talking a 2 hour television episode then I would have to argue that it doesn't qualify. Or shouldn't.
If we're talking a 2 hour television episode then I would have to argue that it doesn't qualify. Or shouldn't.
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I guess KITT falls under definition 3. Interestingly, my toaster falls under definition #2, making me wonder why the Brave Little Toaster got no mention.Main Entry: ro·bot
Pronunciation: 'rO-"bät, -b&t
Function: noun
Etymology: Czech, from robota compulsory labor; akin to Old High German arabeit trouble, Latin orbus orphaned -- more at ORPHAN
1 a : a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being; also : a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized b : an efficient insensitive person who functions automatically
2 : a device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks
3 : a mechanism guided by automatic controls
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Dandelion will make you wise
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Blow away dandelion
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Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
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If you read the blurb about how they made the selections, it specifically says that they included some from tv that had not been in feature length films. They even challenge you to find which ones. 
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Then I guess we found some.Cameraman Jenn wrote:If you read the blurb about how they made the selections, it specifically says that they included some from tv that had not been in feature length films. They even challenge you to find which ones.
I guess that means all bets are off and we ought to include any two bit robot from television as well.
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But Roy isn't a robot, he's totally organic - basically a genetically souped up version of a human, right?Lucimay wrote:exactly.Cail wrote:There's no Roy Batty.
I agree with some of the other user comments: HAL shouldn't qualify because he's a computer, not a robot. (And by the way, HAL, I still can't find anything wrong with the AE-35 unit.)
It's nice to see V'ger on the list, though maybe this is stretching the robot definition a bit. Also, V'ger is certainly several orders of magnitude beyond the other machines for "dangerousness" in terms of absolute firepower. If V'ger can be included, then what about the Probe from Star Trek IV?
And yeah, I'm also shaking my head that they forgot about the Iron Giant.
Still, it's a decent list.