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The Most Badass Robot Army Dream Team

We've talked about the toughest scifi soldiers, but those were made out of blood, muscle and bone. What about their robotic counterparts? It's goes without saying that if the Bot Army met the Meat Popsicle Army, the robots would clean house. If you had access to unlimited funds and a lot of time-traveling doohickeys, then you'd want to put together a lineup like our dream team robot army. We've assembled them below for your pleasure. More »

3:30 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Kevin Kelly
5,182 views, 69 comments

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Wacky Robots Conquer All

Disney/Pixar's cute robot epic Wall-E will be hitting in summer, and they've just released a new image of the sad-looking little title character that'll tug at your heartstrings. At a time when cinematic robots have become super-cars, or terrifying red-eyed machines with complete disregard for human life, Wall-E reminds us that there's a robot counterculture full of sweet, dreamy, groovy bots who just want to sniff the flowers. Get ready for Wall-E with our list of the very best (erm, at least the most memorable) wacky bots. More »

11:00 AM on Thu Dec 27 2007
By Kevin Kelly
556 views, 2 comments

Latest by WickedGlee: My vote is also for Robbie. Didn't he have a built in replicator that could make liquor? God bless his clockwork heart! Thanks for the warning about Robots. I knew there was some reason I never bothered with more »

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Must See: The Black Hole

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly.

Title: The Black Hole
Date: 1979

Vitals: Disney's only attempt at a big-budget, relatively serious sci-fi action movie. It was in the works since the mid-seventies, but not considered a major project until Star Wars changed everything, and it probably wasn't originally so focused on "cute" robots. It was also Disney's first in-house PG-rated movie, which made a lot of people very unhappy.

Famous names: One of the last films featuring the effects work of Peter Ellenshaw, whose credits include Mary Poppins and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.




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1:46 PM on Tue Oct 2 2007
By Annalee Newitz
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