The 50 best movie robots - (...we rate the most celebrated 'artifical people' in movies)

Times Online ^ | July 25, 2007 | Michael Moran

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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.

[DogByte6RER]

Go to the Times Online link provided to view the list with links to movie trailers (where applicable.)

Provide your feedback on this thread.

This should be fun...

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Related Link:

The 50 Best Robots: Disqualified Contenders

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2133736.ece

[cripplecreek]

Cool, Huey, Dewey, and Louie made the list. Silent Running was a cool movie for an enviromentalist flick. I just like the idea of Bruce Dern blowing himself up in orbit.

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Related Link:

Multimedia

Slideshow: Classic Movie Robots

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/template/2.0-0/element/pictureGalleryPopup.jsp?id=2139219&&offset=0&&sectionName=Film

[Young Werther]

Robots Galore

[DogByte6RER]

Hey! I demand a recount!

[DogByte6RER]

14: The Gunslinger (Westworld) - Michael Crichton's inspiration for Westworld was the original animatronic Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. Plausibility:6 Coolness:7 Dangerousness: 9 Comedy Value:3

[DogByte6RER]

38: Maria (Metropolis) - Arguably the most influential, and certainly one of the most expensive sci 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) Plausibility:0 Coolness:10 Dangerousness: 8 Comedy Value:0

[DogByte6RER]

16: Robbie the Robot (Forbidden Planet inter alia) - Uniquely, for a movie robot, Robbie had a long and varied career beyond Forbidden Planet, appearing in many popular US TV series such as "The Thin Man", "Lost in Space", "The Twilight Zone", "The Addams Family", "The Love Boat", "Columbo", "Mork and Mindy", and, most recently, "Clueless". Plausibility:5 Coolness:6 Dangerousness:6 Comedy Value:7

[JRios1968]

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[MHGinTN]

Robby was great, but the Robot in I Robot gets my vote, even though he's digitized.

[DogByte6RER]

Whoo hooo! Maria...she's one hot tamale!

[Oztrich Boy]

38: Maria (Metropolis) Comedy value 0

Comedy in that film was taken care of by the protaganist prancing about in enormous trousers. No robot could compete.

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The 50 Best Robots: Disqualified Contenders The Robot Hell List...

[JRios1968]

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

They missed a really good robot with either list...the huge robot in the animated feature film "The Iron Giant".

And speaking of Tin Men....how come this guy didn't make the list?

[Swordmaker]

How could the leave out the Orgasmatron Robots of Flesh Gordon... Screen Shot... Flesh Gordon

[Moleman]

I reviewed the list. Did I miss something? The original “robot” from Lost in Space was not on the list. Why those bubble headed boobies...