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The 13 Best Androids, Cyborgs, And Robots In Film 13 Great Movie Androids, Cyborgs and Robots
Curnblog ^ | 04/07/2014 | Ernest Buehman

Posted on 04/27/2014 3:25:14 PM PDT by Carbonsteel

Everyone loves lists and movies. I love mechanical life forms too. So I’ve rolled all three into one with a little engineering spin. This list is by no means comprehensive – it’s simply thirteen of my favourite androids, cyborgs and robots.

13. Blinky – BlinkyTM (2011)

BlinkyTM is a short film about a boy, Alex (Max Records), and his robot. Blinky doesn’t go on adventures, he’s just a toy meant to placate Alex while his parents fight. Blinky isn’t what most people would call an interesting character, but what he illustrates in this short film is enough to make feuding parents think twice about how they treat their kids. Alex ultimately resents his robot companion since he doesn’t solve the underlying unhappiness he feels as a result of his parents decaying relationship. Alex and his parents pay for their mistakes when a combination of robot abuse and a short circuit turn Blinky into… well… you’ll just have to watch the film.

12. Johnny Five – Short Circuit (1986)

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1 posted on 04/27/2014 3:25:14 PM PDT by Carbonsteel
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2 posted on 04/27/2014 3:26:03 PM PDT by Carbonsteel
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"Sorry Dave, but your list is defective."

3 posted on 04/27/2014 3:29:41 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Carbonsteel

Robby the robot (Forbidden Planet). The model for most robots for years.


4 posted on 04/27/2014 3:30:02 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: Carbonsteel

Oh, come on! How can you make such a list and not include the T1000 from “Terminator?”


5 posted on 04/27/2014 3:31:34 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Carbonsteel
Danger Will Robinson, Danger! Danger!


6 posted on 04/27/2014 3:34:24 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Diogenesis

My favorites are Huey, Dewey, and Louie, running around the forest satellite.


7 posted on 04/27/2014 3:35:51 PM PDT by MHGinTN
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To: Carbonsteel

OK no mention of the Terminator?


8 posted on 04/27/2014 3:36:55 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Carbonsteel

summer glau...what movie?


9 posted on 04/27/2014 3:39:29 PM PDT by RBStealth (--raised by wolves, disciplined and educated by nuns.)
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To: Carbonsteel

What about Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo? There was a MST3K movie.


10 posted on 04/27/2014 3:40:16 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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No mention of Terminator and no Major Kusinagi from Ghost in the Shell (and they even have one from anime, so it's not like they limited the field to Hollywood live-action movies).
11 posted on 04/27/2014 3:45:01 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
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She was one of the terminators in the Sarah Conner Chronicles. It was a pretty good show but it was on Fox, so it got cancelled after a couple seasons.


12 posted on 04/27/2014 3:47:39 PM PDT by Carbonsteel
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The best cyborgs ever....  photo Battlestar-Galactica__123-1.jpg
13 posted on 04/27/2014 3:51:13 PM PDT by Carbonsteel
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14 posted on 04/27/2014 3:55:38 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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15 posted on 04/27/2014 3:57:57 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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How does a blog omit The Robot from Lost in Space, Robby from Forbidden Planet and Gort from the original The Day The Earth Stood Still and actually claim to be serious? Even worse: Gerty? WTF?! He's a complete rip-off of the Hal-9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Worse Yet: Bishop. Bishop?! Ash RULES. Bishop is just a lapdog.

And worst of all Wall-E at #1.

Wrong. Just wrong. On so many levels. Wrong.

16 posted on 04/27/2014 3:59:42 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
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In Homer Simpson's most languorous doughnut-slobber-voice: ... Number ... Six ...
17 posted on 04/27/2014 4:02:24 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
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To: Carbonsteel

what a sad list!

Did make me wonder if one of Niven’s strengths was his avoidance of robots.


18 posted on 04/27/2014 4:05:28 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: IronJack

Or the ones from Battlestar Galactica.

I also liked Sonny in I, Robot, and the kid robot and Teddy Bear in AI.


19 posted on 04/27/2014 4:05:30 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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There were a couple of "Futurama" movies starring Bender, the greatest robot of them all. Ask him.

Also, the robot dog Rags, from "Sleeper". And what about Dr. Who's K-9?

20 posted on 04/27/2014 4:09:04 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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