Movie robots to be remembered

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:47 AM EDT

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WALL-E, a robot left to clean up a trashed planet Earth, is rolling into theaters and into the hearts of moviegoers everywhere as he chases his love, the svelte EVE, across the galaxy. If the movie is the success Disney-Pixar hopes it will be, the star of the show will join a long list of memorable robots that have graced the silver screen.

Msnbc.com would like to know if Newsviners think any other robots (such as the "Westworld" robot or David in "A.I." ) deserve a spot on the list. What do you think is the most memorable movie 'bot of all time?

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{"commentId":2057909,"authorDomain":"illuminator"}

Too Late

Definitely, how could they skip Johnny 5 (is ALIVE!) he has to be my favorite robot ever... (both movies). Bicentennial Man was pretty good, but I think the robots on A.I. were the best! Specially Gigolo Joe (Whatta'y know) by Jude Law. Someone please tell me you remember this one!

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1 vote

#26 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:35 PM EDT

{"commentId":2063819,"authorDomain":"AceExplorer"}

AceExplorer

OH YES, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence is full of awesome and memorable robots! What a great little robot David was. And you're right, Gigolo Joe was great too. Now THAT was a truly great under-rated and under-appreciated film.

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#26.1 - Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:13 AM EDT

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Michael-267231

The idea for the fembots originally came from "The Bionic Woman" TV series. There are too many robots not mentioned to mention, but definitely HAL and SAL, Huey, Louie and Dewey from "Silent Running,"

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#27 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:35 PM EDT

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lwilson80

If we have Fembots wouldn't we have to include the Replicants from Blade Runner?

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#27.1 - Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:40 AM EDT

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Kay-351718

What about the robot in iRobot -- Sonny? I thought he was very provoking.

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#28 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:38 PM EDT

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tat

What about Twiki from Buck Rogers?

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#29 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:41 PM EDT

{"commentId":2058030,"authorDomain":"joemontgomery1"}

Joe-351742

Please remember huey, dewy and Louie from "In Silent Running". The were the prototypes for R2D2 (same fx team)

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#30 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:42 PM EDT

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O. Thiele

How about The Gunslinger (Yul Brenner) from "Westworld"?

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#31 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:44 PM EDT

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Redeyes

I was going to add him as well. This was the original Terminator.

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#31.1 - Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:30 AM EDT

{"commentId":2058086,"authorDomain":"laytonlhl"}

Larry-351763

How about the short robot from the TV series Buck Roger?

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#32 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:46 PM EDT

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Larry-351763

How about the short robot from the TV series Buck Roger?

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#33 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:47 PM EDT

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O. Thiele

Don't forget he Gunslinger (Yul Brenner) from "Westworld".

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1 vote

#34 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:48 PM EDT

{"commentId":2058140,"authorDomain":"kvportillo"}

Kerwind

HAL & SAL were computers! I know I'm probably a minority on this but how could the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica be forgotten? And what about "bidi bidi bidi" Twiki, form Buck Rogers?

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#35 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:49 PM EDT

{"commentId":2058157,"authorDomain":"jicesq"}

Joe-351784

Johnny 5. I remember seeing the first Wall-E cardboard standup and thinking that they were remaking Short Circuit as an animated flick.

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1 vote

#36 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:50 PM EDT

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Shawn-353997

I sooo know what you mean here! The first commercial when i herd Wall-E i couldn't help thinking, WOW did Johny 5 and Gizmo you know like hook up or something!?!?

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#36.1 - Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:19 AM EDT

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vistaisfine

wow thats a twisted mind lol.

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#36.2 - Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:00 PM EDT

{"commentId":2058269,"authorDomain":"tim-griffith"}

Tim-351827

Agreed, No. 5 should be on the list.

But let's not forget Twiki and Dr. Theopolis, the Cylons (old and new), and the Heartbeeps robots. The latest re-creations of Asimov's robots (Bicentennial Man, I Robot) were also well done.

But these deserve a real mention: Roy Batty, Leon, Zhora, Pris, and of course Rachael Tyrell (Do you like our owl?).

We'll save the Deckard question for another thread.

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#37 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:59 PM EDT

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Mark S-282283

What ! No Kryton the wacky work-a-holic robot from Red Dwarf. Red Dwarf not that popular I guess. A must see series for Sci Fi Humor fans.

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1 vote

#38 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:01 PM EDT

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treebread

In my humble opinion Kryton from Red Dwarf is the best robot ever.

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1 vote

#39 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:01 PM EDT

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slimpickens

The little critters from Batteries Not Included.

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#40 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:16 PM EDT

{"commentId":2058726,"authorDomain":"psveum"}

Polly-348747

Hey Slim - I loved those guys!

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#40.1 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:26 PM EDT

{"commentId":2058598,"authorDomain":"scbenoit"}

scott-351975

Silent Running (1972) Drone 1, Drone 2, and Drone 3 renamed Huey Dewey And Louie. They were like R2D2 5 years earlier.

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#41 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:19 PM EDT

{"commentId":2058638,"authorDomain":"psveum"}

Polly-348747

Johnny 5 was the best ever! What about Gigantor? Does animation from the '60's count?

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#42 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:21 PM EDT

{"commentId":2058690,"authorDomain":"blackwolf13"}

Cbush

How could they have left out Crow T. Robot, Tom Servo, Gypsy and the rarely seen Cambot from Mystery Science Theater 3000. Should the Nanites be counted in there too?

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#43 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:24 PM EDT

{"commentId":2058696,"authorDomain":"beebs--tampa--fl"}

Beebs- Tampa, FL

Johnny 5 MUST be on the list ahead of next Gen, if not several others that were mentioned!
...and H-A-L...whomever wrote the list must be gen Y...

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#44 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:24 PM EDT

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Mark S-282283

Alsatia, played by Joan Cusack in the 1992 movie Toys which starred Robin Williams. Alsatia was a silly, but lovable character who not until late in the movie was discovered to be a robot.

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#45 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:25 PM EDT

{"commentId":2058752,"authorDomain":"blackwolf13"}

Cbush

What about Tom Servo, Crow T. Robot, Gypsy and the rarely seen Cambot from Mystery Science Theater 3000? I suppose Timmy (evil Crow) and the Nanites deserve mentions too.

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#46 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:27 PM EDT

{"commentId":2058957,"authorDomain":"crab"}

Hull Blackwell

I vote for the many Robots from Blade Runner

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#47 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:40 PM EDT

{"commentId":2062216,"authorDomain":"aiasuncion24"}

alvin24

yeah right!!! i forgot those! human robots are really great!!!

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#47.1 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:56 PM EDT

{"commentId":2065591,"authorDomain":"sharon-lankford-rice"}

sharonl7340

I was just thinking about them! Rutger Hauer was EXCELLENT!

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#47.2 - Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:08 PM EDT

{"commentId":2059019,"authorDomain":"chris-evinger"}

ttuxedo72

Remeber these are Movie Robots- Red Dwarf, Buck Rogers, Lost In Space, Gigantor don't really fit the catagory.

That said I still want to nominate the robot(s) from the Looney Tunes 'House of the Future' cartoons (they were made for the big screen). You remember all the robots that did the household work. And there was the stick-figure robot with the dust pan at it's feet and would rush out of the broom closet whenever something broke in the house.

(small screen robots we've missed...
Bender,
Hime-the Robot Control Agent from Get Smart,
Small Wonder?!?!?)

Should have made the list...
Johnny 5
The Gunslinger from Westworld (the orginal Terminator)

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#48 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:45 PM EDT

{"commentId":2059286,"authorDomain":"hparis3"}

Howard Paris

Other memorable robots/androids: Movies:
1. HAL-9000 "2001" 2. "Invasion of the Humanoids"
2. "Stepford Wives"
3. "Batteries Not Required"

TV
1. Female robot that was companion to "Cory" in Twilight Zone. He was marooned on an asteroid for a crime.
2. Robot in "Lost In Space"

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#49 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:01 PM EDT

{"commentId":2059322,"authorDomain":"kay-headley"}

Kay-351718

you see, if they'd just ask the regular folks we'd make a much better list than the "experts."

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#50 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:04 PM EDT

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