Writer's Block: Robotic
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That's easy to answer. The robot in The Iron Giant. He had the voice of Vin Diesel and he was a beautiful character.
While looking for the illustration here, I found this charming review of the movie from a site called Ruthless Reviews by Jonny Lieberman, which ends:
Such a great movie, beautifully written by Ted Hughes, yet hardly anyone ever talks about it. It's languishing in obscurity even in SF circles. It's one of my favourite SF movies, certainly. (The others which come to mind are Frequency and Enemy Mine.)
And you know, I can't think of another movie-robot I've ever much liked. I pretty much avoid robot stories, on the whole. The old-style metal Cylons in the new Battlestar Galactica aren't bad, but they don't have individual personality or voices - but that's good; I like the implications of them, the hint that they are kept as a slave race yet still have feelings and thoughts, but no voices to express them.
That's easy to answer. The robot in The Iron Giant. He had the voice of Vin Diesel and he was a beautiful character.
While looking for the illustration here, I found this charming review of the movie from a site called Ruthless Reviews by Jonny Lieberman, which ends:
Special Ruthless Ratings
* Number of times you wished that all Children's movies were as good as The Iron Giant: 100
* Number of times you realized that The Iron Giant was a fluke: 101
* Number of times you cried: Shut up.
Such a great movie, beautifully written by Ted Hughes, yet hardly anyone ever talks about it. It's languishing in obscurity even in SF circles. It's one of my favourite SF movies, certainly. (The others which come to mind are Frequency and Enemy Mine.)
And you know, I can't think of another movie-robot I've ever much liked. I pretty much avoid robot stories, on the whole. The old-style metal Cylons in the new Battlestar Galactica aren't bad, but they don't have individual personality or voices - but that's good; I like the implications of them, the hint that they are kept as a slave race yet still have feelings and thoughts, but no voices to express them.
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Date: 2009-02-01 03:46 pm (UTC)I have this pain in all the diodes down my left side.
And then there's my favourite robotic dog...
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Date: 2009-02-01 05:18 pm (UTC)K-9 is in a class all by himself, but I've only seen him in "School Reunion", which doesn't seem quite enough to judge by. Though he was rather terrific. Heroic, too.
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Date: 2009-02-01 04:02 pm (UTC)What about WALL·E?
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Date: 2009-02-01 06:50 pm (UTC)Not a Star Wars fan, me.
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Date: 2009-02-01 07:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-01 04:13 pm (UTC)Gort in "The Day The Earth Stood Still."
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Date: 2009-02-01 05:08 pm (UTC)No, I don't. I wish I did! I've heard of it, but never heard it.
(I also always think of a scene from Hearts and Minds where Christopher Eccleston is reading The Iron Giant to his children. I wish he'd do the whole thing!
Oooh, I wish.
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Date: 2009-02-01 05:16 pm (UTC)Do you want to? ;-)
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Date: 2009-02-01 05:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-01 06:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-02 02:10 am (UTC)Hate it when that happens! [g]
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Date: 2009-02-02 06:54 pm (UTC)Check my LJ for more info.
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Date: 2009-02-02 07:06 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2009-02-02 07:22 pm (UTC)No offense intended.
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Date: 2009-02-02 07:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-02 07:58 pm (UTC)Actually, I think you would probably like this film. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107042/) It's hard to describe it actually, but it's sort of like Agatha Christie on the Ship of Fools ends up doing a version of A Midsummer Night's Dream that starts to come true. Only not. My favourite line, from missionary Vanessa Redgrave, "I hit him with my Bible. My steel-plated emergency Bible."
Oh, and the lead was played by Rakie Ayola, who was the "stewardess" in DW "Midnight" and gave a performance way better than I think she gets credit for.
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Date: 2009-02-03 12:00 am (UTC)Robot from LiS is remembered for waving his arms around and saying "Danger, Will Robinson, Danger."
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Date: 2009-02-03 03:51 am (UTC)I certainly remember the phrase!
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Date: 2009-02-02 12:54 am (UTC)Though I said that my favourite was the Daleks.
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