Comments on: Domo arigato… Mondo Roboto! http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/07/23/r-u-r-rhs-universal-robots/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Thu, 24 May 2012 04:40:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rock Robot « Boletus Total (beta) http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/07/23/r-u-r-rhs-universal-robots/#comment-9969 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:11:34 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=12408#comment-9969 [...] Con el despliegue científico del siglo pasado, el hombre pudo desligarse de tareas peligrosas y repetitivas a través de brazos mecánicos que lo imitaban y suplían con mejores resultados, pero también dio rienda suelta a la vieja ilusión de crear vida a su imagen y semejanza. El estilo Dr. Frankestein estaba en desuso, entonces la robótica delineó su rama más inútil, grotesca y fascinante, la de los robots con forma humana. [...]

]]> By: Mechelle http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/07/23/r-u-r-rhs-universal-robots/#comment-9520 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:33:37 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=12408#comment-9520 If you’re looking for badly constructed, ridiculously fake looking robots, you can’t beat TORG from “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.” (who’s name is a play on the robot Gort, from “The Day The Earth Stood Still”)My favorite part is when TORG falls under the spell of Santa’s chanrm and is no longer a threat. This robot is so bad it looks like a ten year old made it in his basement for a Halloween costume, and then realized it was so bad he couldn’t wear it. But if you think the TORG costume is bad, just look at the polar bear! No wonder in the beginning credits, instead of costume designer, it says “custume designer”.

]]> By: medusamorlock http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/07/23/r-u-r-rhs-universal-robots/#comment-9428 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:20:32 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=12408#comment-9428 I used to wait eagerly for “Tobor the Great” to run on independent Ch. 13 in L.A. whenever I could find it! When I was a kid, they had the weakest movie library and “Tobor” used to show up frequently!

]]> By: Jenni http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/07/23/r-u-r-rhs-universal-robots/#comment-9411 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:44:02 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=12408#comment-9411 If your children still love robots when they are a bit older, The Iron Giant is a wonderful animated film about a boy and a robot.

My fave robot is, of course, Robot from Lost in Space, then Robbie, from Forbidden Planet.

One more weird, human like robot is from the sci-fi spoof, courtesy of Mel Brooks, Space Balls. The princess in the film has a woman styled robot,I believe voiced by Joan Rivers, who is supposed to protect the princess’s chaste lifestyle.

]]> By: Jerry 42nd Street Memories http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/07/23/r-u-r-rhs-universal-robots/#comment-9409 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:01:58 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=12408#comment-9409 And a hilarious robo-spoof in Woody Allen’s Sleeper.

]]> By: rhsmith http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/07/23/r-u-r-rhs-universal-robots/#comment-9408 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:38:44 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=12408#comment-9408 Onslow Stevens?! I’m on it! Thanks, John.

]]> By: John Hall http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/07/23/r-u-r-rhs-universal-robots/#comment-9405 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:51:44 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=12408#comment-9405 The mystery photo above is from a neat 1934 Universal serial called “The Vanishing Shadow” with Onslow Stevens and Ada Ince.

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