Robots have long been used in sci-fi films and I love them! Going all the way back to Metropolis you have Fritz Lang's Maria. Robots like B9 have often been used for comedy relief in films. The influence of R2D2 and CP3O as well as Short Circuit's Johnny-5 attest to that. What is really cool is that these robots all take on personalities that we can relate to. Even the Gunslinger from Westworld was a the bad guy and we knew it. Gort from The Day The Earth Stood Still didn't speak but his role in the movie was critical to the overall plot and the sense of wonder and the unknown as he gaurded the flying saucer. Below are pics of each to remind you of who is who with their names below the picture. If there is a robot I have left off the list feel free to add to the hall of robots and please also post a pic so we all know what robot you are referring to. So here goes the hall of robots!! *Ktrek starts weird spaced out sci-fi music* :D Tell us what/who is your favorite and why!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/Robby.jpg)
ROBBY THE ROBOT
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/6799.jpg)
MARIA
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/b9.jpg)
B9
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/gunslinger.jpg)
GUNSLINGER
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/gort.jpg)
GORT
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/johnny5.jpg)
JOHNNY-5
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/c3po-st1.jpg)
C3PO
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/r2d2-01.jpg)
R2D2
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/vincent.jpg)
VINCENT
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/twiki1.jpg)
TWIKI
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/k9.jpg)
K9
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/co8.jpg)
SONNY
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/battlestar-gallatica.jpg)
MUFFIT
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/dalek.jpg)
DALEK
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/tv_nomad.jpg)
NOMAD
Wow KTrek.. love all those pictures. Looking at all those brought back great memories. If I had to choose one robot as my favotire it would have to be R2D2. He's just cool...
I like Robby the Robot the best. I just think he was one of the coolest and best looking. He's also appeared several times over the years and the design seems to be timeless.
BTW I was going to post this in the General Topics area but since it was directly related to film and TV I decided to put it there instead. Sorry guess I should have gone with my first choice!
Kevin
I like all of those robots.
They gunslinger was always one of my favorites, but one that I guess isn't exactly a robot but an android is
DATA!
(http://www.ezthemes.com/previews/s/startrekdatass.jpg)
he is my all time fave.
robbi the robot
I would say R2D2 is my favorite for always coming through when most needed with Robot B9 a close second as he was looking out for Will and the Robinsons, and talking back to Dr Smith.
I also really liked Zero from Earth 2
(http://www.aswcs.com/images/zero.jpg)
Zero was cool! I'm sorry I forgot about Zero! Thanks Jeff!
Kevin
Bender
(http://www.bestfuturamaquotes.homestead.com/files/bender.jpg)
Oh yea! I forgot about my favorite heathen robot! Thanks 3 ducks!
Kevin
You know what, I can't decide. b9, nomad, and twiki are leading my list. But I can decide on my least favorite.... well my worst memories at least.. Vincent brings them up . I was soooo hyped about the black hole, and then was sooooo disappointed by it. Yep... I am still feeling the pain after all these years, and seeing vincent just brings all those feelings back... lol
Duffster
Quote from: Duffster on June 06, 2007, 06:05:52 AM
But I can decide on my least favorite.... well my worst memories at least.. Vincent brings them up . I was soooo hyped about the black hole, and then was sooooo disappointed by it. Yep... I am still feeling the pain after all these years, and seeing vincent just brings all those feelings back... lol
Duffster
That's hilarious Duffster! Yea...I'm not all that fond of The Black Hole either. I can't believe that there are enough fans of the film out there for Disney to release it on DVD but they did!
Kevin
Robby for me - a classic!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Ktrek/GAOH/Robby.jpg)
A close second would be the B9 robot from Lost in Space.
I have to go with the Jupiter (#?) Robot - the original series. He's the first robot I remember. Loved the episode when was as big as a house.
Quote from: markinro on June 06, 2007, 07:49:25 AM
I have to go with the Jupiter (#?) Robot - the original series. He's the first robot I remember. Loved the episode when was as big as a house.
Mark,
I am assuming that you are referring to B9? The Robot from Lost in Space? :confused
Kevin
He had a name ? I couldn't remember the number of the Jupiter spaceship.
Quote from: markinro on June 06, 2007, 06:18:57 PM
He had a name ? I couldn't remember the number of the Jupiter spaceship.
Well, the original TV show robot was named B9 Environmental-Control Robot. I don't know if in the movie Lost in Space (1998) if the robot was named. As for the spaceship it was called in the series and in the movie Jupiter II.
Kevin
Quote from: moyer777 on June 04, 2007, 01:48:58 PM
I like all of those robots.
They gunslinger was always one of my favorites, but one that I guess isn't exactly a robot but an android is
DATA!
(http://www.ezthemes.com/previews/s/startrekdatass.jpg)
he is my all time fave.
Oh man, without a doubt, Data, hes awesome. "Scan for you little life forms." LOL that was sooo funny
Ah yes, Data after he turned on his emotion chip - lol. What about that scene when Q gave him a sense of humor for a brief moment ? Brent Spiner did a great job with that role.
Awesome thread...I am going off on a slight tangent with mine by delving into the animated world. So here are some of my favorite cartoon robots.
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/Westrnphlyr/TZ-2.jpg)
TRANZOR-Z: A childhood favorite of mine when we lived in Japan (Dad was in the U.S. Navy)
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/Westrnphlyr/Voltron-L-2.jpg)
VOLTRON: The lion version...I loved this cartoonbut not as much as this version....
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/Westrnphlyr/Voltron-V.jpg)
VOLTRON: The vehicle version....This is the one I had as a toy and my little brother had the lions...I remember my Mom wasn't real thrilled with the fact that my version of Voltron had 20 pieces and my brothers only had 5.
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/Westrnphlyr/Soundwave.jpg)
SOUNDWAVE: I absolutely loved his voice...although how dated is he now? Wow!
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m197/Westrnphlyr/Starscream.jpg)
STARSCREAM: I hated his voice....he was such a whiner but he was an F-15 and as a kid I loved F-15 Eagles.
Anybody else wanna share their favorites?
As a Kid, I really liked Battle of the Plants, so I really liked
7 zark 7 ( R2 rip off)
(http://www.aswcs.com/images/zark.jpg)
and his Dog 1 rover 1
(http://www.aswcs.com/images/Botp21.jpg)
Well, when I started this thread I wasn't think of animated robots but hey whatever gets you guys posting is fine with me! :cheers
Kevin
There were no movies or TV shows made with them, but I like these guys:
R. Daneel Olivaw (he had a great journey of discovery)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/Daneel.jpg)
R. Giskard Reventlov (he could read/affect minds and taught Daneel)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Giskard.jpg)
Then there's Andrew Martin whose road to self improvement led him to the ultimate gift.
(http://www.btinternet.com/~reg.joy/images/Robots/bicentennial_man.jpg)
What are they from Darmok? Are they from a sci-fi book or role playing games?
Kevin
They're from the Isaac Asimov robots series, beginning with "The Caves Of Steel". They were a combination of murder mysteries and exploration of the meaning of the Three Laws of Robotics. That series eventually intersected with the Foundation series of books.
Great books that should be up on the big screen.
Andrew Martin is from the Asimov short story, "The Bicentennial Man" (movie of the same name).