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    Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery

    Cyborgs Of The 2000s

    Cyborgs Of The 1990s

    Cyborgs Of The 1990s

    Cyborgs of the 1980s

    Cyborgs of the 1980s

    Cyborgs Of The 1970s

    Cyborgs, 1960s and Before

    Seriously, Do Not Call the Nuclear-Powered Cyborg a Bitch

    First Real Cyborg: A Robot Controlled By A Living Brain
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    11/13/09

    In reply to Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery
    Weren't Cybermen considered human/organic right up until they became Cybermen? They'd replaced everything by the point they appeared in Doctor Who. I'm pretty sure that makes them androids.

    Kudos for featuring We3, though - it still makes me wipe at a speck of dust from my eye every time I read it. #art
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/13/09

    In reply to Cyborgs Of The 1990s
    hahaha. i have Cyborg 2 on classy VHS! #cyborgs
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/12/09

    In reply to Cyborgs Of The 1990s
    So how many pictures of the Borg do we need in one gallery? #cyborgs
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery
    The T-600/700 from Terminator Salvation: isn't that just an android since it doesn't have flesh covering?

    Come to think of it, aren't all terminators except Marcus just androids, since cyborg (cybernetic organism) implies that the organic part dominates? #art
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Cyborgs Of The 2000s
    The T-600/700 from Terminator Salvation: isn't that just an android since it doesn't have flesh covering?

    Come to think of it, aren't all terminators except Marcus just androids, since cyborg (cybernetic organism) implies that the living part dominates?
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    Edited by RexMaximus at 11/12/09 7:56 PM RexMaximus was starred RexMaximus was unstarred
    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/12/09

    In reply to Cyborgs of the 1980s
      #cyborgs
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Cyborgs Of The 2000s
    I was trying to post a picture of Jonas Venture Jr. in all his cyborg glory from his first appearance. Sadly, the pic wouldn't load.
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Cyborgs Of The 2000s
    Are they still making a We3 movie? Because it would be like G-Force, except, you know, good. #cyborgs
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Cyborgs of the 1980s
    "Geriatric Mafia Cyborg."

    "I know those words but that phrase doesn't make any sense!" #cyborgs
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    11/12/09

    @Wookie1972: Actually, upon further reflection, it's an awesome phrase. #cyborgs
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Cyborgs, 1960s and Before

    I think we all know where the original cyborg came from. #cyborgs
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    11/13/09

    @Wookie1972: I must be one of the few people with a full Robot Monster costume in my closet. I made it for Halloween a few years ago. People LOVE it. #cyborgs
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    11/13/09

    @SeeingI: As in, I have gotten laid wearing it. #cyborgs
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/16/09

    @Wookie1972: #cyborgs
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    11/17/09

    @phoghat: Great flipping movie. I've only seen it in the bastardized "rock video" version, but it was still awesome. #cyborgs
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/12/09

    In reply to Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery

    Was David considered an android or cyborg?
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    11/12/09

    @EdificeComplex: Android. Just because they develop emotional characteristics does not make them partly biological.

    From my point of view anyway. #art
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    11/12/09

    @neolex: It's been a while since I've seen the movie. I couldn't remember if he had some biological component (i.e. real human skin) or if he was completely artificial.

    But yeah I agree about the emotional characteristics. #art
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Cyborgs of the 1980s
    I accidentally posted this on the 90s one, but does anybody remember Valance the Hunter from the Marvel Star Wars comics? The Marvel Star Wars gets a bad rap (mostly because the vast majority of it is out of canon now), but I loved it at the time. #cyborgs
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    Image of Joel Burton Joel Burton
    11/12/09

    @Wookie1972: Hell yeah! I just read the issues with him no more than a month ago. Him vs. Vader was awesome... #cyborgs
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    11/12/09

    @Joel Burton: Looking back, I'm surprised at the quality of people they had doing it. Archie Goodwin wrote a lot of it, and Walt Simonson, Carmine Infantino and some other pretty big names worked on the art at various times. #cyborgs
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/12/09

    In reply to Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery
    The Strogg?

    The Cyberdeamon?

    Sorry, on an id kick.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/12/09

    In reply to Cyborgs of the 1980s
    Neither the Replicants nor Kryten is a cyborg. The Replicants are androids -- artificially created humans or as Asimov put it, "robots made of flesh." They are entirely biological organisms. Kryten is a mechonoid and completely mechanical. He has interchangeable heads, for chrisssakes.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/12/09

    @Bill-Lee: In the original PKD novel they were much closer to mechanical, I believe. #cyborgs
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    Image of James Taylor James Taylor
    11/12/09

    @Bill-Lee: Kryten also has Human DNA as part of his construction (Allowing him to become human in the episode "DNA"). It's a heck of a stretch, but he could be considered a sort of cyborg I suppose. #cyborgs
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    11/12/09

    @James Taylor: OK, I'll give you that one only because I kind of forgot about that episode. Which season was it in? It's been awhile since I've watched Red Dwarf. #cyborgs
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    11/13/09

    @Bill-Lee: Hmmm... Series four I think. Second or Third episode in.

    It's the one with the "Double Polaroid"; probably the most memorable thing about it. #cyborgs
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/12/09

    In reply to Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery

     

    WE'RE IN YOUR BLOGZ

    IMPRESSED WITH YOUR WORK
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    Edited by Chip Overclock at 11/12/09 4:11 PM Chip Overclock was starred Chip Overclock was unstarred
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