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    The Gunslinger Outdraws Every Other Killer Robot

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    07/11/09

    In reply to The Scariest Killer Robots Look Like Dead People
    What about Cherry...?
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    Edited by Jrsy Devil's Advocate® at 07/11/09 2:05 AM Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/20/09

    In reply to The Gunslinger Outdraws Every Other Killer Robot
    I saw this in a really big-screen theater as a kid, and yikes! So by the time they got around to Ahnuld as Terminator, I was all "whatevs".


    Yul had a tendency to overact and declaim etc. etc. etc. :) but in this flick he did a wonderful job of stillness, blankness, and was so effective at it.

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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    05/20/09

    In reply to The Gunslinger Outdraws Every Other Killer Robot
    Oh beloved Westworld, may you stay forever clear from the drooling maw of the every-hungry YARM...
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    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/20/09

    @AngryEddy: [www.imdb.com]
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    05/20/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: FRACK!


    See that's just mean.

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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    05/20/09

    In reply to The Gunslinger Outdraws Every Other Killer Robot
    Tis film still has my favorite tagline of all time: "Westworld - Where nothing can possibly go worng..."


    It even beats Alien.

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    MonkeyT was starred MonkeyT was unstarred
    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    05/20/09

    @MonkeyT: It sure is catchy.
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    AngryEddy was starred AngryEddy was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/20/09

    @MonkeyT: also responsible for one of the best Simpsons lines ever as well.
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    05/20/09

    In reply to The Gunslinger Outdraws Every Other Killer Robot
    This movie was the scariest movie I saw when I was 6. I was petrified of Yul Brenner in this film. It didn't matter how fast you ran away from him, because he would slowly walk up and cap you.


    Watching the movie now is a little painful, but his parts still work.

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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    05/20/09

    @NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.: Watching The Magnificent Seven I think enhanced the scariness, for me. Cold, deadly accurate, and would just keep coming -- a Terminator prototype if there ever was one!
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    NefariousNewt was starred NefariousNewt was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    05/20/09

    @NefariousNewt: Funny I never put the two together. Probably because I didn't see Seven until I was 15, and by then I was just entranced with how cool Steve Mcqueen was.
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    NerD: Blattella was starred NerD: Blattella was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/20/09

    @NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.: I was about 11, and he scared the crap out of me. I'd seen "Magnificent Seven", so I got the full effect.


    Didn't put me off Yul Brynner, though -- I watch some of "The Ten Commandments" every spring.

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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of korbermeister korbermeister
    05/18/09

    In reply to The Scariest Killer Robots Look Like Dead People
    In the movie A.I. the robots were very life-like (obviously) but there those moments when they would give their 'not-quite-human' selves away because of a pause in a facial expression or strange body movement. Not exactly scary but when you've been lulled into complacency around them and then you're suddenly reminded that you're dealing with a soulless machine has to be somewhat unsettling. And then you're lulled back into your comfort zone when they offer to get you a mojito from the bar! humans=fail
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    05/18/09

    @korbermeister: Yes ... Jude Law's facial slip during his seduction of the female client has always struck me hard.
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    Image of tudza tudza
    05/18/09

    In reply to The Scariest Killer Robots Look Like Dead People
    Blade Runner vague on the subject?



    If you blast them with high caliber weapons or punch them or they poke nails through their hands, do they not bleed?


    What good would various DNA/gene therapies ( as discussed just before the "I'm so going to crush your head" scene ) do in prolonging the life of mechanical men?

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/18/09

    @tudza: They definitely have an organic component, but it's also hinted there's something mechanical about them. At least according to the always-fallible Wikipedia: [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    05/18/09

    In reply to The Scariest Killer Robots Look Like Dead People
    No Stepford Wives?
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    Belabras ate my dingo! was starred Belabras ate my dingo! was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    05/18/09

    @Belabras: Are they, strictly speaking, killer robots? I thought the men killed their wives and replaced them with bots.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/18/09

    In reply to The Scariest Killer Robots Look Like Dead People
    Let's not forget Disney's Hall of Creepy Presidential Killdroids.
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    Grey_Area was starred Grey_Area was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/24/08

    In reply to Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo
    The photo is dated as June 1960. Too late to be from an episode of Tightrope since the series ended in May of 1960 and did not have a second season. Mike began filming a western movie, The Dalton That Got Away shortly thereafter. This might have just been a candid photo on the film set.
     Reply
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    Image of 4ndreVV 4ndreVV
    11/23/08

    In reply to Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo
    And let's not forget Gene Autry's 1935 sf cowboy serial set at the Radio Ranch, The Phantom Empire. There are at least 2 episodes available at Youtube.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    11/23/08

    @4ndreVV: I own this on DVD! It is mind-bogglingly wonderful.
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    Annalee Newitz was starred Annalee Newitz was unstarred
    Image of Ron Hogan Ron Hogan
    11/23/08

    In reply to Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo
    Holding your sports coat wide open with your non-shooting hand? Now that's a technique I've never seen before.
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    Ron Hogan was starred Ron Hogan was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/23/08

    @Ron Hogan: Standard android-confusing technique. Your average robotic gunslinger is easily offset by asymmetry in one's wardrobe, try it.
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    Grey_Area was starred Grey_Area was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/23/08

    @Ron Hogan: That's why Mike was so cool.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of SSJ SSJ
    11/23/08

    In reply to Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo
    Hmmm. Looks like a Twilight Zone episode to me.
     Reply
    SSJ was starred SSJ was unstarred
    Image of IDesigner loves himself some car IDesigner loves himself some car
    11/23/08

    @SSJ: I second that notion.
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    IDesigner loves himself some car was starred IDesigner loves himself some car was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/23/08

    @idesigner: It should have been a Twilight Zone or an Outer Limits.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
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