<![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now - io9 Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now - io9 Comments]]> http://io9.com Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:19:22 PDT Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:19:22 PDT http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4764544 I'm in the "roadside bomb" camp. If this can't be explained away in some logical way, both of these are bunk and made for children... special effects aside :^)

Jaffey

]]> 8:368902:c4764544 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:19:22 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4763036 @Michael_GR: That happens in this movie, though not in the way you describe. The King (Le Roi et L'Oiseau=The King and the Mockingbird) brings the robot up out of an underground cave in one scene, and the actual operation of the robot is done by a servant, while he stands on the top. The robot crashes through some buildings and houses afterwards. I can't think of any animated movies off the top of my head where those things happen.

here is the robot in action:


+ Watch video

Tiwa Face Kontrol

]]> 8:368902:c4763036 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:58:50 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4760532 MORAV sure looks like PatLabor

avanderg

]]> 8:368902:c4760532 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:08:14 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4757966 Yes clearly ED-209 and their bigger brethren would be ideal for routine police work! "Stop, you are now under arrest! Surrender peacefully or this neighborhood will be flattened!"

QuasarErazar

]]> 8:368902:c4757966 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:17:14 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4756013 I really love the MORAV models they released at Comic-Con last year as well! Not only would this make a great movie, the action figures alone would be worth it.
[flickr.com]

bonniegrrl

]]> 8:368902:c4756013 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:09:14 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4751761 @lars

Good to see someone mentioning Casshern. That movie had such beautiful visuals. Eyegasm in a box.

Lab_Cat

]]> 8:368902:c4751761 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:35:23 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4750674 @Plague: I'm also wondering how Larry Blamire can get the cash to do a giant robot period piece, even though after Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, I'm convinced he can do no wrong.

(Maybe he can be all Sky Captain-y and do it all digitally...)

edosan

]]> 8:368902:c4750674 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:47:06 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4749901 Tiwa - perhaps you could help me solve a twenty year old mystery.

I remember, as a child, watching some animated feature, of which the only thing I remember is that at one point a king operates a steampunkish giant robot. I think I remember the robot was camouflaged as a part of a building or a cliff before it was turned on - the head might have been a room or a small house, and that the king used something like a ship's wheel to steer it.

Could this be the movie you mentioned?

Michael_GR

]]> 8:368902:c4749901 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:15:47 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4749390 Nothing'll beat Giant Robo!

Angryrider

]]> 8:368902:c4749390 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:53:52 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4749014 wow...
so steam wars is finally going forward or at this point huh?
the site for it has been up for years now.

dOk

]]> 8:368902:c4749014 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:35:43 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4747360 Robot Jocks anybody?

shan6

]]> 8:368902:c4747360 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:45:17 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4747219 If you can't wait, I recommend the films Casshern and Appleseed. Both are Japanese animation excellence.

Lars

]]> 8:368902:c4747219 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:24:58 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4746629 As long as "The Beef" isn't in either one, I can see some potential for both to be decent.

Balius

]]> 8:368902:c4746629 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:46:48 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4743958 two words FREAKING AWESOME

ithidet

]]> 8:368902:c4743958 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:39:09 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4743342 Whoa, whoa. Can I call bull here? The Iron Giant designers ripped it off first, but that robot concept from Steam Wars is a pretty close (but lamer looking) copy of the robot from the french animation Le Roi et L'Oiseau.

If these concepts were indeed from the 70s that would mesh too, since this animation was begun in the 40s, shelved and completed in the 70s. It really is an incredible film that doesn't get the recognition it deserves.

It's hard to tell from that picture, but the helmet plume/surveillance deck is identical in both designs. And there was a skirmish on top of it.

Blatant plagiarism aside, this doesn't look all that interesting.

Tiwa Face Kontrol

]]> 8:368902:c4743342 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:41:42 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4743016 Mechagasm... COMPLETE

WordVsVoid

]]> 8:368902:c4743016 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:13:32 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4742889 >_> lets hope the story plot is much better than what Gasaraki had to offer. -shudders at the suffering he endured watching it-

SaintDogbert

]]> 8:368902:c4742889 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:03:08 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4742489 @SaintDogbert: It's more like Patlabor + (Gasarki - mysticism).

Slatz_Grobnik

]]> 8:368902:c4742489 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:33:10 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4741960 Please. Please. Yes. I love this. I love it. It. I love. Now.

MikeRapin

]]> 8:368902:c4741960 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:52:57 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4741475 @DearEditor: I'm all about that, but what I'm all about is the giant robots! :D

strider_mt2k

]]> 8:368902:c4741475 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:17:13 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4740852 @strider_mt2k: This just in: Modern Reality Updated

DearEditor

]]> 8:368902:c4740852 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:43:06 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4740648 MORAV looks like it could be pretty BA in general. The steampunk thing could be cool, but less likely.

Log1c

]]> 8:368902:c4740648 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:32:18 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4740201 You had me at giant robot.

KP

KernelPanic

]]> 8:368902:c4740201 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:09:05 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4740148 too dumb to be interesting. sorry

Mathmos

]]> 8:368902:c4740148 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:07:03 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4740002 "The modern reality of a roadside bomb would easily topple these robots..."

Are we REALLY going to sully this wonder with REALITY????

C'mon, didn't they brief you on the way in here?

strider_mt2k

]]> 8:368902:c4740002 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:00:29 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4739943 Whoah.. no chance of you all having a little bit larger, perhaps say desktop size, version of that Police Station image eh?

Garrison Dean, King Awesome

]]> 8:368902:c4739943 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:58:30 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4739906 The modern reality of a roadside bomb would easily topple these robots :(

primitiv

]]> 8:368902:c4739906 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:57:20 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4739758 WOW!

Epaminondas

]]> 8:368902:c4739758 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:53:08 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4739680 Patlabor!

If Steam Wars buckles some swash, I'm fully onboard. Just out of curiosity, has anybody seen the live action Tetsujin 28 that came out last year? Thoughts?

Rus

]]> 8:368902:c4739680 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:51:06 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4739530 My money is down on Patalabor winning a fight against the concept art police robo for the 2nd idea.

SaintDogbert

]]> 8:368902:c4739530 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:46:32 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4739395 Both sound wunderbah, but how is Blamire going to do this? Certainly not on a CADAVRA budget. (which I like, btw)

Plague

]]> 8:368902:c4739395 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:41:23 PDT <![CDATA[Two Kickass Giant Robot Movies We Want to See Right Now]]> http://io9.com/368902/two-kickass-giant-robot-movies-we-want-to-see-right-now#c4739364 Yes. Please. Right now.

jbq

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