Writer's Block: Robotic
Feb. 1st, 2009 09:18 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
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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