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The Greatest Pinnochio-Bot Of All Time

When Summer Glau's Terminator started ballet dancing for no particular reason in a recent episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, it totally made sense: She's just another android/robot who wants to be human. Like the guy in this classic Johnnie Walker Scotch ad. It's like the fourth rule of robotics: The more autistic and socially clueless an android is, the more he/she/it will crave humanity. Click through to see clips of the greatest Pinnochio-bot of all time, plus a gallery. More »

11:30 AM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
3,362 views, 19 comments

Latest by Silver_Back: That was awesome. Reminded me of the second movie from Ghost in the Shell (got me the DVDs). more »