Posted on 07/25/2007 7:50:29 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
July 25, 2007
The 50 best movie robots
To coincide with the release of Michael Bay's epic Transformers movie we rate the most celebrated 'artifical people' in movies
Michael Moran
We selected the fifty most memorable robots in film and rated them in four different categories:
Plausibility (meaning how likely it would be that, with advances on currently existing technology, such a device could be built)
Coolness (just how well designed, shiny or generally well-appointed the robot appeared to be)
Dangerousness (scoring not only on built-in weaponry, but the robot's eagerness to use it)
Comedy Value (how effective the robot is at providing light relief in the film in which it appears)
We then weighted the results according to an arbitrary scale and mixed a few select robots who, while immensely popular, have not as yet appeared in a feature-length production. See if you can find them.
We've also linked wherever possible to a trailer or representative clip of every movie. We would remind parents and guardians that not all of these clips are suitable for younger viewers.
(Excerpt) Read more at entertainment.timesonline.co.uk ...
That is a huge omission.
Maybe because this list was drawn up by a British paper and “Lost in Space” was an American TV series.
Also...maybe because this was a TV series and not a movie, that the robot “B9” was not put on this list.
Anyways...here is a neat link for “B9”
38: Maria (Metropolis)Arguably the most influential, and certainly one of the most expensive sci-fi films ever: Some sources put the total cost at four times the original budget. The final cost of the film was in the region of 7 million marks (aprroximately $200 million today)
Little known (BS) fact, the film bankrupted the German economy leading Germany into dramatic economic reforms that brought about WWII.
Actually though, the film was written by Fritz Lang's wife. As the Nazis rose to power, Mr. Lang was offered a job producing propaganda. His wife stayed behind with the Nazis. He left Germany and his wife.
When people say that Leni Riefenstahl had no choice, it is false. She did have a choice and she chose to produce pro-Nazi propaganda.
Didn’t The Lost In Space robot cameo in other movies? The robot from Forbidden Planet did.
Little known (BS) fact, the film bankrupted the German economy leading Germany into dramatic economic reforms that brought about WWII.
Wow!
I would love to see the references.
If true, it would be fascinating to apply “chaos theory” (sic “butterfly effect”) from WWII and trace it back to the production of “Metropolis.”
Butterfly Effect from: “Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterflys Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in Texas?”
Also see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory
and as to...we rate the most celebrated 'artifical people' in movies...
I must say... it is about damned time!
lol
Sorry...I should have pinged you immediately after posting this.
I vote for "Mecha-Streisand"
WOW, I would love to get one of those replica’s. It’s fortunate that I am Republican because the whole world knows Republicans are born “rich” (/liberal weeanie)
IIRC, those were described as “rapist robots” in the movie. Ogasmotron was a featureless stainless steel ball in Sleeper. It gave Mr. Allen a woody...
Now that is funny!
Jude Law and Haley Joel Ozment were the worst (I hated that movie).
Maria in Metropolis was pretty hot.
Knight Rider's Kitt at number 3? Who made up this list? Germans?
You could be right... I was trying to confirm my recollection of the name on Google and did not. A friend of mine was the casting director for Flesh Gordon II...
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