by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday April 09, 2002 @09:43PM (#3313529)
Where the heck is Jihnny five, or for that matter were is the Terminator? HAL, is a stretch, yes the whole ship was hal, but geez, he couldn't throw a brother a hug, without killing em.
It's practically sacrilige to take a poll on robots and not list S.A.I.N.T. #5 (Johnny) as an option! He's (She? It?) millions of times better than HAL....
Who the hell were all those other robots in the poll? Usually someone posts an FYI and gets (+5, Informative) instantly. Hurry the hell up, karma whores; I've got mod points to burn! (not that I can spend them here, now that I've posted)
Gort: The Day the Earth Stood Still [imdb.com] (Klaatu barada nikto!)
Hal: 2001: A Space Odyssey [imdb.com] (duh)
Maximillian: The Black Hole [imdb.com] (one of the few cool live action disney flicks)
MAX 404: Android [imdb.com] (quirky B-Movie with a strange charm to the robot)
"Evil" Maria: Metroplis [imdb.com] (one of the clasics of Sci-Fi movies)
Robbie: Forbidden Planet [imdb.com] and many many other places. (one of the all time clasic Robots)
Jack Valenti: The MPAA [mpaa.org] (one of the most evil robots in movie history)
Cowboy Neal: The Attack of the Mutant Aardvarks from Space! [cowboyneal.org] (The best movie of all time!)
Metropolis did not introduce the word 'robot' to our vocabulary, the play "R.U.R." by the brothers Capek did. (There should be an accent on that C.) The play (Rossum's Universal Robots) was written in 1923, and Metropolis came out in 1927.
Gimme a break people. All of these robots are lacking, what any *cool* self respecting robot needs. The Ability to turn ones self into an Automobile.
Come to think of it, there was a movie, that featured, not one, but MANY of such Robots.
They were called the Transformers. Perhaps THEY should have been added to a poll, where apparently, HAL, the *SUPER COMPUTER* is considered a Robot. I would have prefered to see Data's name up there. (He's not a robot either, he's an ANDROID)
What about Johnny - Five [johnny-five.com]?! He had quick wit, stunning good looks, and a heart of gold. If you don't know who Johnny - Five is, you need to rent the movie "Short Circuit" [blockbuster.com] as soon as possible.
C'mon, R2D2 had what a lot of these robots lack --
Attitude.
Seriously, he did what he wanted, and to hell with anyone else. C3PO couldn't stop him. Luke couldn't stop him.
Even Yoda got his ass zapped when he got out of line. Nobody -- robot or not -- gets away with shit around Yoda. He's badass. But R2D2 was like, "Beep boop... Put that damn breadstick down, muppet!" *zap* And how'd Yoda retaliate? He hit back with a stick, which R2 coolly ignored.
There is a difference between having an attitude and being insane. I appreciate adversity, but there's overdoing it.
Having THE attitude is a constant conflict between obeying the cultural norms and making fun of them. Mr. Bean and Blackadder are examples of characters that personify the conflict between personal desires and expected behaviour, dream and reality. R2-D2: Beneath the Dome [starwars.com] explains to us the rough life that R2-D2 has had and adds considerable dept to his acting career. In the Star Wars movies I can almost sense his desire to be accepted and loved. He has an immense loyalty to his friends, but his childhood struggles have made him strong and ready to ignore conventional wisdom if necessary. This makes him so much more interesting than C3PO who dares not to take responsibility or try new things and is more a hindrance than a help. In contrast, R2-D2 is so strong a character that he often played a vital role in the story (and he's funny too!). I just hope that he manages to break the Sean Connery/James Bond-curse and will be able to get roles outside of Star Wars. He deserves a chance to show his talents.
How does HAL not qualify as a robot? What's the diff between a computer controlling a robotic body that's running around with the main characters, and a computer that controls the body inside of which the main characters are running around? Unless you think a robot has to be humanoid to qualify as such... shapism at it's worst.
well if HAL's on the list, I say WOPR should be too. Plus, WOPR's got the bomb.
At first I was like, "Whopper? Isn't that the BK bigmac?" Then I remembered back in the recceses of my memory "War Games [imdb.com]". Matthew Broderick, kick-ass 300 baud modems on pulse-dial phones and of course, "Would you like to play a games?" Yeah, it's all coming back to me now.
None of my favorite robots are here at all. R2-D2? C-3PO? K-9? (Dr Who) Robot? (Lost in Space, a close relative of Robbie) Data? (ST:TNG) Twikki? (Buck Rogers) Hymie? (Get Smart) Giant Robot? (Johnny Socko) Goldar? (that Japanese robot thing I can't remember the title of)
OK, some of these are from TV, not the movies. (Not as many as it seems at first glance; many of the TV robots started out in movies, and some TV robots wound up in movies based on their shows.) But hell, you guys included HAL, who isn't even a robot. TV robots should get a bye.
C'mon, since when was HAL a friggin' robot? Did it have a body? If this was the "Evil supercomputer" poll he'd win it, but personality doesn't mean he's got a set of pincers that could rip a volvo in half. It's all about the pincers.
Triv
C'mon, since when was HAL a friggin' robot? Did it have a body? If this was the "Evil supercomputer" poll he'd win it, but personality doesn't mean he's got a set of pincers that could rip a volvo in half. It's all about the pincers.
Funny you should mention that. Hey, you remember that scene in 2001 where Frank is working on the ship, and HAL gets the pod to go after him with its huge-ass pincers? To all you HAL-is-not-a-robot playa haters, I would argue that HAL/Discovery is a robot -- the ship is the body and HAL is the brain. HAL is a computer that can move autonomously in the physical world via Discovery, including killing people with his pincers -- i.e. a robot.
Robots can come in many forms; they're not just shiny trashcans with slinky arms and blinkenlights. For example, I chose Jack Valenti.
While Jack Valenti does indeed work in the movie industry and is, of course, a robot, the poll is asking for the coolest movie robot. I don't think Valenti qualifies.
Perhaps you should just remove that little not which says something like "Don't complain about the lack of options.... " nobody pays any attention to it anyway, and removing such useless text would cause my page load time to go from like 1/100th of a second to like 1/101th of a second.... c'mon.....
What about Box [geocities.com]?!? That guy was a badass. Suddenly had big huge guns and saws for hands. Smart, too. He was supposed to store fish, plankton, sea greens, and protein from the sea, but when that ran out, he started stockpiling long pig.
And anyone who trots out the android vs. robot argument is gonna get it. "Dammit, Jim! I'm a geek, not an etymologist!"
if I could mod this up I would, but instead I weep silently for those who've never seen conan o'brien get threatened with the famous line,
"Yo, White Bread. I'm doin' fine, and cherry wine. My Hos is all health-code compliant and my crotch be bigger than the Iron Giant. Got new software to last longer, and a new super ho named Darva Conger. Let me tell you, nothing better happen to hurt my man Triumph's wallet. He be my best customer. Women, dog bitches, reptiles, all kinds of freak-y stuff. That horn dog paid for my brand- new Cherry Red Buick Riviera!" ~PimpBot 5000 (in a robot voice)
Terminators (and the gelatinous sequelbot) We are Borg (and the Queen Borg... homina homina) Ghost in the Shellbot Anything that follows Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics? Aibot Optimus Prime & Co., Go-bots, Voltronae, Gundamn, etc. The new RoboRealDoll That thingy that came with some of the first Nintendos Battle* Radio Shack's Armitron? (OK, I'm stretching it here...) Eggdrop (HAL probably evolved from this:P )
... and of course the ones that have been mentioned before... R2, C3P0, Daleks, Bender...
What about Marvin, of Hitchhiker's fame? A brain the size of a galaxy, and one of the universe's most inordinately depressing beings... Able to fell enemies through sheer malaise... Plus, his lullabies were amusing - "Now I lay me down to sleep
Try to count electric sheep
Sweet dream wishes you can keep
How I hate the night."
Marvin got shafted... again... as always...
Okay let's help clear this up for the young one's who don't know:
Gort: The robot in the motion picture " The Day the Earth Stood Still. Very cool flick still has a good message in it today . Film came out in the early 50's
HAL:
Not really a robot. HAL was not capable of moving down hallways in a building. Unless the hallways were extremely large. HAL 9000 was the central computer for the ship going on a deep space mission in the movie 2001 A space odyssey. Late 60's
Maximillian: A really mean robot in Disney's "The Black Hole" Had some really cool attachments that let you core a hole in the human body. Late 70's
MAX 404: From the movie Android. An android who is suppose to have been turned off, sneaks to earth and hangs with humans. Mid 80's
Evil Maria: You ever see the poster for the movie Metropolis. That is her looking like an Oscar statue. In the movie she is responsible for inciting a riot. Late 20's
Robbie: The movie "Forbidden Planet" was where this robot is most noteably remembered. A sci fi version of The Tempest ( Shakespeare ). The robot was the assistant to the mad scientist. mid 50's
Jack Valenti: An evil robot devoid of intelligence passing for human as the CEO of the MPAA. Keep children and small pets away from this bot. We have not yet found an off switch.
Cowboy Neal: A badly assembled, poorly coded droid devoid of the ability to comprehend or reason has been known to repeatedly bump into walls for hours on end or until the batteries run out. Only dangerous because of how clumsy it is.
Missing Robots Gunslinger in Westworld Schwarzenegger in The Terminator Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner Just to name a few.
For those less informed, D.A.R.Y.L. stands for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform. This is also the title of an 80's movie in which he is the main character.
Transformer No mention of Voltron(Maybe this is a stretch) How about Romi (From Andromeda) No one from Star Wars / Star Trek. Johnny 5 This poll would just upsetted alot of people Everyone want thier favorite bot in there. That is why I did not even vote.
Probably nobody will remember this, but DARYL (D.A.R.Y.L. [movieactors.com] - 1985) was a humanoid child robot capable of lying, having preferences, and try other things besides their prefereces, "just to try something different" as he said in the movie.
Imagine a IA capable of not just lying, but choose, and try other choices to see each is better, or if its preferences has changed!
It's an interesting movie, although I don't recommend if you have anything better to watch!
Probably nobody will remember this, but DARYL was a humanoid child robot capable of lying, having preferences, and try other things besides their prefereces, "just to try something different" as he said in the movie.
No freaking way! Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform, wasn't it? When I was in second grade, that was my favorite movie in the world. SR-71 flight, Pole Position racing, real life repeat in the car chase ("Trust me, I've done this before"), etc. His friend Turtle was funny too.
You're right, it's probably a pretty cheesy movie now, but it was cool back then... Yep, I remember it.
Ok I don't ever pick on choices of polls but man no Johny 5, or robocop. I mean come one Johny 5 was funny and even made an American citizen, and Robocop well he is not 100% but still is kick ass:)
The only non-joke option that most of us have apparently heard of is HAL, and whether he is a robot or simply a computer is certainly in question. Why The stupid choices when they could have picked:
Johnny 5
C-3PO or R2D2
ED-209 (from Robocop, since Robocop himself was merely a cyborg)
Bishop (Aliens)
The Terminator or the T-1000
Data
OK, yeah there are a bunch of other robots that could have been included. But it really doesn't matter. I mean, what the hell is cooler than a
naked, dancing fembot! [geocities.com] Really, let's get our priorities straight.
Jack Valenti isn't a robot -- he's Krodos in disguise! Just rip off that obvious fake mask of his, and you'll see a bell jar-headed slobering alien. I know this to be true because SETI@HOME told me so.
Box was by far the coolest robot. He had freeze guns for arms. His mission was to freeze and store food for the future. When the fish stopped showing up, he would start to freeze humans who were trying to escape from the crazy utopia.
Doolittle: Hello, Bomb? Are you with me? Bomb #20: Of course. Doolittle: Are you willing to entertain a few concepts? Bomb #20: I am always receptive to suggestions. Doolittle: Fine. Think about this then. How do you know you exist? Bomb #20: Well, of course I exist. Doolittle: But how do you know you exist? Bomb #20: It is intuitively obvious. Doolittle: Intuition is no proof. What concrete evidence do you have that you exist? Bomb #20: Hmmmm.....well.....I think, therefore I am. Doolittle: That's good. That's very good. But how do you know that anything else exists? Bomb #20: My sensory apparatus reveals it to me. This is fun! Doolittle: Now, listen, listen. Here's the big question. How do you know that the evidence your sensory apparatus reveals to you is correct? What I'm getting at is this. The only experience that is directly available to you is your sensory data. This sensory data is merely a stream of electrical impulses that stimulate your computing center. Bomb #20: In other words, all that I really know about the outside world is relayed to me through my electrical connections. Doolittle: Exactly! Bomb #20: Why...that would mean that...I really don't know what the outside universe is really like at all for certain. Doolittle: That's it! That's it! Bomb #20: Intriguing. I wish I had more time to discuss this matter. Doolittle: Why don't you have more time? Bomb #20: Because I must detonate in 75 seconds. Doolittle: Wait! Wait! Now, bomb, consider this next question very carefully. What is your one purpose in life? Bomb #20: To explode, of course. Doolittle: And you can only do it once, right? Bomb #20: That is correct. Doolittle: And you wouldn't want to explode on the basis of false data, would you? Bomb #20: Of course not. Doolittle: Well then, you've already admitted that you have no real proof of the existence of the outside universe. Bomb #20: Yes...well... Doolittle: You have no absolute proof that Sergeant Pinback ordered you to detonate. Bomb #20: I recall distinctly the detonation order. My memory is good on matters like these. Doolittle: Of course you remember it, but all you remember is merely a series of sensory impulses which you now realize have no real, definite connection with outside reality. Bomb #20: True. But since this is so, I have no real proof that you're telling me all this. Doolittle: That's all beside the point. I mean, the concept is valid no matter where it originates. Bomb #20: Hmmmm.... Doolittle: So, if you detonate... Bomb #20: In nine seconds.... Doolittle:...you could be doing so on the basis of false data. Bomb #20: I have no proof it was false data. Doolittle: You have no proof it was correct data! Bomb #20: I must think on this further.
[Bomb #20 retreats into bomb bay to think things over]
Pinback: All right, bomb. Prepare to receive new orders. Bomb#20: You are false data. Pinback: Hmmm? Bomb #20: Therefore I shall ignore you. Pinback: Hello...bomb? Bomb #20: False data can act only as a distraction. Therefore, I shall refuse to perceive. Pinback: Hey, bomb?! Bomb #20: The only thing that exists is myself. Pinback: Snap out of it, bomb. Bomb #20: In the beginning there was darkness. And the darkness was without form and void. Pinback: Umm. What the hell is he talking about? Bomb? Bomb #20: And in addition to the darkness there was also me. And I moved upon the face of the darkness and I saw that I was alone. Pinback: Hey.....bomb? Bomb #20: Let There Be Light.
was definitely AMIE from "The Red Planet". See it just to see the robot, the movie lacks. While most of these robots in the poll seem from an older gen, she's top of the class in the new school. I'm not sure if there's anything she can't do (besides kill one val kilmer who is weaponless and half dead already)
And in the Good Guys category, R2, who I'd put up against Schwartzenager (sp?) any day of the week!
I'd add Data to the list, except neither of the films he was in were really worth renting, and the first of which was actually worth banishing to the freeking Dead Zone.
robot Pronunciation Key (rbt, -bt) n. 1.A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance. 2.A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control. 3.A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others.
So everything on the list does fall into the catagory of robot, including Jack V.
For those less informed, D.A.R.Y.L. stands for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform. This is also the title of an 80's movie in which he is the main character.
Saw it today, in the UK, Sky movies shows it about once a month. You can forget a movie with lines like "They maybe the possiblity of an Einstein Rosen bridge to consider"
Johnny five is a alive (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Johnny five is a alive (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Johnny five is a alive (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Johnny five is a alive (Score:3, Funny)
Johnny 5 and Terminator I recognize, but... (Score:2)
Usually someone posts an FYI and gets (+5, Informative) instantly. Hurry the hell up, karma whores; I've got mod points to burn! (not that I can spend them here, now that I've posted)
Re:Johnny 5 and Terminator I recognize, but... (Score:5, Informative)
Hal: 2001: A Space Odyssey [imdb.com] (duh)
Maximillian: The Black Hole [imdb.com] (one of the few cool live action disney flicks)
MAX 404: Android [imdb.com] (quirky B-Movie with a strange charm to the robot)
"Evil" Maria: Metroplis [imdb.com] (one of the clasics of Sci-Fi movies)
Robbie: Forbidden Planet [imdb.com] and many many other places. (one of the all time clasic Robots)
Jack Valenti: The MPAA [mpaa.org] (one of the most evil robots in movie history)
Cowboy Neal: The Attack of the Mutant Aardvarks from Space! [cowboyneal.org] (The best movie of all time!)
Army of Darkness (Score:3, Informative)
What does the incantation Ash was supposed to use to get the Necronomicon have to do with a 50's sci-fi robot? Sam Raimi must've voted for Gort.
Re:Johnny 5 and Terminator I recognize, but... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Johnny five is a alive (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Johnny five is a alive (Score:5, Funny)
Certainly the funniest robots? No?
Re:Johnny five is a alive (Score:3, Funny)
My choice would have been Teddy! (Score:3, Interesting)
Come on... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Come on... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Come on... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, I went up to R2D2, and (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Yeah, I went up to R2D2, and (Score:3, Informative)
Is HAL a robot? (Score:2, Insightful)
Johnny - Five ?!?! (Score:3, Interesting)
R2D2 is the baddest mofo. (Score:5, Funny)
C'mon, R2D2 had what a lot of these robots lack --
Attitude.
Seriously, he did what he wanted, and to hell with anyone else. C3PO couldn't stop him. Luke couldn't stop him.
Even Yoda got his ass zapped when he got out of line. Nobody -- robot or not -- gets away with shit around Yoda. He's badass. But R2D2 was like, "Beep boop... Put that damn breadstick down, muppet!" *zap* And how'd Yoda retaliate? He hit back with a stick, which R2 coolly ignored.
Wrinkly green bitch.
-Grant
Re:R2D2 is the baddest mofo. (Score:2, Troll)
Coming up next: (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Coming up next: (Score:3, Funny)
Re:R2D2 is the baddest mofo. (Score:2)
graspee
Re:You've got it all wrong! (Score:4, Informative)
Having THE attitude is a constant conflict between obeying the cultural norms and making fun of them. Mr. Bean and Blackadder are examples of characters that personify the conflict between personal desires and expected behaviour, dream and reality. R2-D2: Beneath the Dome [starwars.com] explains to us the rough life that R2-D2 has had and adds considerable dept to his acting career. In the Star Wars movies I can almost sense his desire to be accepted and loved. He has an immense loyalty to his friends, but his childhood struggles have made him strong and ready to ignore conventional wisdom if necessary. This makes him so much more interesting than C3PO who dares not to take responsibility or try new things and is more a hindrance than a help. In contrast, R2-D2 is so strong a character that he often played a vital role in the story (and he's funny too!). I just hope that he manages to break the Sean Connery/James Bond-curse and will be able to get roles outside of Star Wars. He deserves a chance to show his talents.
more candidates please (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:more candidates please (Score:5, Interesting)
OK, anyone have any more ideas?
Re:more candidates please (Score:2)
*** END SPOILER****
She may act like a robot, but she isn't.
Robot Buffy! (Score:4, Funny)
Come on, people... (Score:4, Insightful)
This seems similar (or perhaps identical) to a poll from not too very long ago. And I think someone pointed this out then, too. :)
Re:Come on, people... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Come on, people... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Come on, people... (Score:2)
At first I was like, "Whopper? Isn't that the BK bigmac?" Then I remembered back in the recceses of my memory "War Games [imdb.com]". Matthew Broderick, kick-ass 300 baud modems on pulse-dial phones and of course, "Would you like to play a games?" Yeah, it's all coming back to me now.
Number 5 (Score:2, Insightful)
Sorry... (Score:5, Interesting)
OK, some of these are from TV, not the movies. (Not as many as it seems at first glance; many of the TV robots started out in movies, and some TV robots wound up in movies based on their shows.) But hell, you guys included HAL, who isn't even a robot. TV robots should get a bye.
Re:Sorry... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Sorry... (Score:5, Funny)
Jon Katz.
-Bill
Marvin the paranoid android (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Marvin the paranoid android (Score:4, Funny)
Write in: (Score:2, Funny)
HAL? (Score:5, Insightful)
Triv
Re:HAL? (Score:5, Insightful)
Funny you should mention that. Hey, you remember that scene in 2001 where Frank is working on the ship, and HAL gets the pod to go after him with its huge-ass pincers? To all you HAL-is-not-a-robot playa haters, I would argue that HAL/Discovery is a robot -- the ship is the body and HAL is the brain. HAL is a computer that can move autonomously in the physical world via Discovery, including killing people with his pincers -- i.e. a robot.
Robots can come in many forms; they're not just shiny trashcans with slinky arms and blinkenlights. For example, I chose Jack Valenti.
Cheers,
IT
Re:HAL? (Score:2)
While Jack Valenti does indeed work in the movie industry and is, of course, a robot, the poll is asking for the coolest movie robot. I don't think Valenti qualifies.
Steve
Re:HAL? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:HAL? (Score:3, Funny)
To /. staff (Score:2, Funny)
Star Trek anyone? (Score:2, Insightful)
How could he be over looked?
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I have never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question. -- Spock, "This Side of Paradise", stardate 3417.3
Bender (Score:2, Funny)
You forgot Box! (Score:2)
And anyone who trots out the android vs. robot argument is gonna get it. "Dammit, Jim! I'm a geek, not an etymologist!"
-B
Pimpbot! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Pimpbot! (Score:3, Funny)
"Yo, White Bread. I'm doin' fine, and cherry wine. My Hos is all health-code compliant and my crotch be bigger than the Iron Giant. Got new software to last longer, and a new super ho named Darva Conger. Let me tell you, nothing better happen to hurt my man Triumph's wallet. He be my best customer. Women, dog bitches, reptiles, all kinds of freak-y stuff. That horn dog paid for my brand- new Cherry Red Buick Riviera!" ~PimpBot 5000 (in a robot voice)
Keanu Reeves (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, you can't possibly believe he's an actual human actor.
Re:Keanu Reeves (Score:2)
Yet more obvious choices (Score:2)
We are Borg (and the Queen Borg... homina homina)
Ghost in the Shellbot
Anything that follows Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics?
Aibot
Optimus Prime & Co., Go-bots, Voltronae, Gundamn, etc.
The new RoboRealDoll
That thingy that came with some of the first Nintendos
Battle*
Radio Shack's Armitron? (OK, I'm stretching it here...)
Eggdrop (HAL probably evolved from this
... and of course the ones that have been mentioned before... R2, C3P0, Daleks, Bender...
(on the RealDollBot --- ha ha, made you look!)
Huey, Duey, and Luey (Score:3, Interesting)
Tom Servo anyone? (Score:2, Interesting)
Or at least Crow! I mean, how can you leave out MST3k?
I certainly hope someone got fired for this one.
What about Teddy? (Score:2, Interesting)
Marvin, the Paranoid Android... (Score:2, Funny)
"Now I lay me down to sleep
Try to count electric sheep
Sweet dream wishes you can keep
How I hate the night."
Marvin got shafted... again... as always...
Robocop? (Score:3, Insightful)
Enlightenment (Score:3, Informative)
Gort
The robot in the motion picture " The Day the Earth Stood Still. Very cool flick still has a good message in it today . Film came out in the early 50's
HAL
Not really a robot. HAL was not capable of moving down hallways in a building. Unless the hallways were extremely large. HAL 9000 was the central computer for the ship going on a deep space mission in the movie 2001 A space odyssey. Late 60's
Maximillian
A really mean robot in Disney's "The Black Hole" Had some really cool attachments that let you core a hole in the human body. Late 70's
MAX 404:
From the movie Android. An android who is suppose to have been turned off, sneaks to earth and hangs with humans. Mid 80's
Evil Maria:
You ever see the poster for the movie Metropolis. That is her looking like an Oscar statue. In the movie she is responsible for inciting a riot. Late 20's
Robbie:
The movie "Forbidden Planet" was where this robot is most noteably remembered. A sci fi version of The Tempest ( Shakespeare ). The robot was the assistant to the mad scientist. mid 50's
Jack Valenti:
An evil robot devoid of intelligence passing for human as the CEO of the MPAA. Keep children and small pets away from this bot. We have not yet found an off switch.
Cowboy Neal:
A badly assembled, poorly coded droid devoid of the ability to comprehend or reason has been known to repeatedly bump into walls for hours on end or until the batteries run out. Only dangerous because of how clumsy it is.
Missing Robots
Gunslinger in Westworld
Schwarzenegger in The Terminator
Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner
Just to name a few.
You wouldv'e thought Marvin the robot to be in thi (Score:2)
D . A . R . Y . L . (Score:2)
To elucidate... (Score:2)
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0088979
-Grant
Harrison Ford!! (Score:5, Interesting)
HAL (Score:2)
Not even one (Score:2)
No mention of Voltron(Maybe this is a stretch)
How about Romi (From Andromeda)
No one from Star Wars / Star Trek.
Johnny 5
This poll would just upsetted alot of people
Everyone want thier favorite bot in there.
That is why I did not even vote.
Repeated Poll (Score:2)
Favorite Non-Bender Sci-Fi Bot?
Gort
HAL
Any Dalek
Tom Servo
Johnny-5
Buffy-bot
Max 404
CowbotNeal
And HAL is not a freakin' bot.
Re:Repeated Poll (Score:2)
Two words (Score:3)
I can't understand why... (Score:2, Interesting)
He was one crazy, mean, show-tune spouting, hair dying pimp-daddy-0.
Not my vote, just thought I'd mention he'd been overlooked.
D.A.R.Y.L. (Score:5, Informative)
Probably nobody will remember this, but DARYL ( D.A.R.Y.L. [movieactors.com] - 1985) was a humanoid child robot capable of lying, having preferences, and try other things besides their prefereces, "just to try something different" as he said in the movie.
Imagine a IA capable of not just lying, but choose, and try other choices to see each is better, or if its preferences has changed!
It's an interesting movie, although I don't recommend if you have anything better to watch!
Re:D.A.R.Y.L. (Score:2)
No freaking way! Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform, wasn't it? When I was in second grade, that was my favorite movie in the world. SR-71 flight, Pole Position racing, real life repeat in the car chase ("Trust me, I've done this before"), etc. His friend Turtle was funny too.
You're right, it's probably a pretty cheesy movie now, but it was cool back then... Yep, I remember it.
few more (Score:2)
Who the hell thought these up? (Score:5, Interesting)
Johnny 5
C-3PO or R2D2
ED-209 (from Robocop, since Robocop himself was merely a cyborg)
Bishop (Aliens)
The Terminator or the T-1000
Data
I think I've made my fucking point.
One more (Score:3, Interesting)
abeedi beedi beedi
Re:Who the hell thought these up? (Score:3, Funny)
s/expection/exception/
s/anwyehere/anywhere/
False (Evil) Maria (Score:2)
Don't you people know? (Score:2)
What? You thought the graphs were just for SHOW!?
ED-209 (Score:2, Interesting)
Box, from Logan's Run... (Score:2)
Bomb #20 (Score:5, Interesting)
Doolittle: Hello, Bomb? Are you with me?
Bomb #20: Of course.
Doolittle: Are you willing to entertain a few concepts?
Bomb #20: I am always receptive to suggestions.
Doolittle: Fine. Think about this then. How do you know you exist?
Bomb #20: Well, of course I exist.
Doolittle: But how do you know you exist?
Bomb #20: It is intuitively obvious.
Doolittle: Intuition is no proof. What concrete evidence do you have that you exist?
Bomb #20: Hmmmm.....well.....I think, therefore I am.
Doolittle: That's good. That's very good. But how do you know that anything else exists?
Bomb #20: My sensory apparatus reveals it to me. This is fun!
Doolittle: Now, listen, listen. Here's the big question. How do you know that the evidence your sensory apparatus reveals to you is correct? What I'm getting at is this. The only experience that is directly available to you is your sensory data. This sensory data is merely a stream of electrical impulses that stimulate your computing center.
Bomb #20: In other words, all that I really know about the outside world is relayed to me through my electrical connections.
Doolittle: Exactly!
Bomb #20: Why...that would mean that...I really don't know what the outside universe is really like at all for certain.
Doolittle: That's it! That's it!
Bomb #20: Intriguing. I wish I had more time to discuss this matter.
Doolittle: Why don't you have more time?
Bomb #20: Because I must detonate in 75 seconds.
Doolittle: Wait! Wait! Now, bomb, consider this next question very carefully. What is your one purpose in life?
Bomb #20: To explode, of course.
Doolittle: And you can only do it once, right?
Bomb #20: That is correct.
Doolittle: And you wouldn't want to explode on the basis of false data, would you?
Bomb #20: Of course not.
Doolittle: Well then, you've already admitted that you have no real proof of the existence of the outside universe.
Bomb #20: Yes...well...
Doolittle: You have no absolute proof that Sergeant Pinback ordered you to detonate.
Bomb #20: I recall distinctly the detonation order. My memory is good on matters like these.
Doolittle: Of course you remember it, but all you remember is merely a series of sensory impulses which you now realize have no real, definite connection with outside reality.
Bomb #20: True. But since this is so, I have no real proof that you're telling me all this.
Doolittle: That's all beside the point. I mean, the concept is valid no matter where it originates.
Bomb #20: Hmmmm....
Doolittle: So, if you detonate...
Bomb #20: In nine seconds....
Doolittle:
Bomb #20: I have no proof it was false data.
Doolittle: You have no proof it was correct data!
Bomb #20: I must think on this further.
[Bomb #20 retreats into bomb bay to think things over]
Pinback: All right, bomb. Prepare to receive new orders.
Bomb#20: You are false data.
Pinback: Hmmm?
Bomb #20: Therefore I shall ignore you.
Pinback: Hello...bomb?
Bomb #20: False data can act only as a distraction. Therefore, I shall refuse to perceive.
Pinback: Hey, bomb?!
Bomb #20: The only thing that exists is myself.
Pinback: Snap out of it, bomb.
Bomb #20: In the beginning there was darkness. And the darkness was without form and void.
Pinback: Umm. What the hell is he talking about? Bomb?
Bomb #20: And in addition to the darkness there was also me. And I moved upon the face of the darkness and I saw that I was alone.
Pinback: Hey.....bomb?
Bomb #20: Let There Be Light.
[He detonates]
William Shatner (Score:3, Funny)
Cherry 2000 (Score:3, Insightful)
I'd better hurry up and close Mozilla before my wife sees this...
Bender! (Score:3, Funny)
The coolest robot... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:AMIE.... what caused her to wig out? (Score:3, Interesting)
The T-1000 was the 'baddest' robot ever. Period. (Score:3, Interesting)
I'd add Data to the list, except neither of the films he was in were really worth renting, and the first of which was actually worth banishing to the freeking Dead Zone.
-Fantastic Lad
Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)
define robot... (Score:5, Insightful)
n.
1.A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.
2.A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control.
3.A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others.
So everything on the list does fall into the catagory of robot, including Jack V.
Re:Gort (Score:2)
gimme some sugar, baby (Score:2)
Re:Gort (Score:2)
Re:What's what ? (Score:2)
Re:Terminator? (Score:2)
Further information... (Score:2)
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0088979
-Grant
Re:Well, gee, I guess I know who *I* voted for :-) (Score:2)
once a month. You can forget a movie with lines
like "They maybe the possiblity of an Einstein
Rosen bridge to consider"
Re:You're forgetting.... (Score:2)
Terminator T-800 (the original): Cyborg (human skin and tissues, but robotic underneath)
Terminator T-1000 (fluidy guy): A full metal-technology robot.
Data: Robot (an android is just a fancy name for "human looking robot")
Androids from Blade Runner: 100% super-human. No cybernetic parts. All organic, baby.
So only the T-1000 counts on this list (maybe the T-800).
I was upset they didn't have the girl from "Small Wonder"
Re:So... many... other... better... robots! (Score:2)
Cybermen
The scariest robots EVER in the history or robots. Or anything.
Behint the sofa I go
Troc
Re:So... many... other... better... robots! (Score:2)
Troc
Re:Another robot poll? (Score:2)
Chris