Robots? Robots!

[jetpack_monkey_ljarchive]

I'm making super-multisource vid about robots that will show at Vividcon this year in the Artificial Life vidshow. I've gathered... quite the collection of sources, but I know there are some areas where I'm not particularly savvy -- like a lot of television, anime, and videogames.

Additionally, not all of the robots that I have source for will make the final vid, so I'm trying to prioritize as best I can.

Are there any robots that would give you great joy to see in such a vid? Leave me a comment!

To get even more specific, here are some areas where I need help:

• Robots being constructed
• Dancing/celebrating robots
• Robots forming bonds with humans
• Robots forming bonds with robots
• Humans being mean to robots
• Human-on-robot violence
• Individual robots physically assaulting humans / revolting against human infrastructure.
• Robot armies / large groups of threatening looking robots

For the purposes of my vid, robots are artificial, inorganic or partially inorganic beings with artificial intelligence (sentient or semi-sentient). No piloted mech suits, remote-controlled 'bots, or human brains in robot bodies. Human-form Cylons are just outside the scope of my vid, as are the nanobots from Big Hero 6. However, The Terminator counts, as do regular cylons, and Baymax. I may include cybermen just to contradict myself, but not Daleks.

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Comments

[bironic.livejournal.com]

YAYYY I am super excited for this!

Will think on the above. ATM I am trying to finish up a super-multisource VVC vid of my own (not robots).

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Okay p.s. Androids, y/n? (Data/Lore/Lal had some nice maintenance shots, for ex.)

•Robots being constructed - Metropolis, I think?
•Robots forming bonds with humans - Short Circuit for some reason came straight to mind <3
•Robots forming bonds with robots - WALL-E! So much WALL-E - Eve, the other garbage compactor, all the robots in the infirmary...
•Robot armies / large groups of threatening looking robots - my go-to reference for this would be charmax's Seven Nation Army

[shannonsequitur.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that Bender from Futurama could potentially cover a lot of these.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

I have a ton of Bender and other Futurama 'bots! They are so very useful for plugging up holes in the timeline, given that the show's run long enough that every permutation of robot tropage has happened at one point or another.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Twiki and Dr. T (Robots on Buck Rogers as Dr. T was just a head that Twiki carried around on his chest) and then Twiki and Buck. I am sure they walked hand in hand and were adorable.

Muppet (robotic dog) in original BSG forming relationship with Boxy. (The scene is in the credits.)

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Oooh, thanks. I do have a single shot of Twiki, but I haven't dug deeper into the Buck Rogers episodes I have for more.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Seeing C-3PO would make me very happy. R2D2 too, but really, my heart belongs to the stuffy gold one.

Also happymaking would be:
- The robot from Robot and Frank
- Robby & the one from Lost in Space
- TARS from Interstellar
- The Robot Chicken
- David from Prometheus (if androids are included)
- A cameo by a real-life robot such as Kismet

Oh speaking of human-robot affection: https://www.google.com/search?q=tv+robots&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&biw=1304&bih=712&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=UmIwVfrEBde3yASWjIGYAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&tbs=rimg%3ACSxoQv24w-aIIjioNbxhCipAQbJGh10FRXqFdTPx_1nyvYIsDcfj5vGstiG3jeEKYcGCBPsaNvMcNsEcob7nFYR7-aCoSCag1vGEKKkBBEZv-dvoHZzdNKhIJskaHXQVFeoURm_152-gdnN00qEgl1M_1H-fK9gixG7oFEp1CDybSoSCQNx-Pm8ay2IEQGryRLrhjkaKhIJbeN4QphwYIERB2OXVTH8O1AqEgk-xo28xw2wRxFxQVuDGPXRYioSCShvucVhHv5oEQ11feGskSCz&q=banderas%20automata

And for human-robot violence, there's Buffy fighting with robostepdad John Ritter in "Ted."

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Does the Tin Man count? I would also <3 seeing him.

/spam

[bironic.livejournal.com]

WAIT I LIED

The Humping Robot (also from Robot Chicken)

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Robot Chicken is more a cyborg and Tin Man's a person made into a metal being. Otherwise, all of these fit (and nearly-but-not-all of them are in the vid in one form or another already).

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Awesome. This is going to be awesome. & appreciate the explanation of the (highly necessary) project constraints!

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

The Humping Robot is in, though. :D

[destina.livejournal.com]

There is a lot of robot-human bonding, robots menacing humans, robot armies (sort of), and maybe some robots being constructed (can't remember exactly) in I, Robot (the Will Smith vehicle).

Also to point out the obvious, the robot army in Star Wars The Phantom Menace.

And my personal favorite, Gort, in The Day The Earth Stood Still, wiping out the human weapons near the start of the movie when he felt Klaatu was threatened.

Not sure if the Fembots from The Bionic Woman/Six Million Dollar Man would be outside the scope, especially when their faceplates are off, but they did a lot of beating up the heroes.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

I have the BW/6MDM Fembots ripped. We'll see if I end up using them.

Thanks for pointing out the depths of I, Robot. I hadn't properly clipped the film yet.

[vagabondage.livejournal.com]

I have to second the vote for Muffit from the original Battlestar Galactica. The robotic daggit is actually Muffit II, which was built for Apollo's son Boxey when his real daggit was killed in a Cylon attack. This is the show of my pre-teen years, and it is very near to my heart. If you're looking for human/robot bonding, it's here in spades. Have a link-
http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Muffit

Another fun robot that comes to mind is Rosie, the maid on The Jetsons.

Another robot from my childhood is Johnny Sako and His Flying Robot. OMG SO AWESOME! Have another link-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnczokOnWjg

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Alas, Johnny Sokko's robot seems to be mostly of the piloted variety (albeit remotely). However, I will take Muffit under advisement, especially as I do have the entire classic BSG series.

[aeirould.livejournal.com]

Beymax.  He is all the things a sentient robot (ahem, Personal Healhcare Assisstant/Badass Fighter) should be.