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

Times Online ^ | July 25, 2007 | Michael Moran

[DogByte6RER]

Yes.

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”

http://www.lostinspacerobot.com/

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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.

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Didn’t The Lost In Space robot cameo in other movies? The robot from Forbidden Planet did.

[DogByte6RER]

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 Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in Texas?”

Also see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory

[wallcrawlr]

[Bender2]

Well, wall... Looking above, I see DogByte6RER, the pretender, has been here posting imitation pixs of me! This 'Bender Faking' has to stop!!!!

and as to...we rate the most celebrated 'artifical people' in movies...

I must say... it is about damned time!

[DogByte6RER]

lol

Sorry...I should have pinged you immediately after posting this.

[dfwgator]

I vote for "Mecha-Streisand"

[4yearlurker]

Didn’t Robbie star in a B grade sci fi flick from around 1960 called;”The Invisible Boy?”

[Moleman]

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)

[DogByte6RER]

Yup...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050546/

[DogByte6RER]

Check out The Robot Hall of Fame:

http://www.robothalloffame.org/

[Starter]

Hrmph.



And, yes, there was a movie so they qualify.

[Maximus of Texas]

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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...

[GSWarrior]

[Tijeras_Slim]

Now that is funny!

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Robby the Robot was the best. The classic robot.

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?

[Swordmaker]

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...

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...