10 Lame Movie Robots
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Not every 'bot to hit the big screen can be as cool as the Transformers.
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 Movie: D.A.R.Y.L.
Robot: D.A.R.Y.L.
Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform might have the most boring acronym we have ever heard. We give it credit for having "robot" in there, but the words "data analyzing" would fit better on some dork's résumé than in a movie title. Even though his name sucks, D.A.R.Y.L. does have a few cool special abilities. But that doesn't change the fact that he's still an annoying little douche.
Movie: The Electric Grandmother
Robot: Robo-granny
The Electric Grandmother—based on a Ray Bradbury short story—is a kid-friendly movie from 1982 in which a family replaces their dead grandma with a highly customizable mechanical version. It might sound a little morbid, but it teaches kids the valuable lesson that even the most beloved family member can easily be replaced with an expensive piece of electronics.
Movie: Rocky IV
Robot: Paulie's robot butler
Not a day goes by where we don't dream of having our very own automated butler to dispense drinks, play music, and scare the hell out of our pets. But if we're going to shell out the big bucks, we'd want something a lot cooler looking than the hunk of junk they have in Rocky IV. Granted, it was only 1985, but with that annoying voice and trash-can-looking body, we'd rather watch that 'bot take a tumble down the stairs than let it do our laundry. Well, maybe it could do the laundry first, but then it's definitely going down the stairs.
Movie: Bicentennial Man
Robot: Andrew Martin
You can dress up Robin Williams however you want, but underneath he's still going to be the same hairy, annoying guy that hasn't shut the screw up for the past 30 years. Plus, the story is about a robot that turns into a person, which may have been innovative when Isaac Asimov wrote his short story, but now it's about as fresh as a seagull's breath. (They eat garbage and don't floss.)
Movie: Eve of Destruction
Robot: Eve
Ah government, when will you learn not to build highly dangerous androids equipped with nuclear bombs? By now you guys should know that it's definitely going to escape and raise hell all over the place. Then you have to call up Gregory Hines and convince him to go and capture it… It's all a big pain in the ass. Plus, it makes for a craphole movie. So do yourselves a favor, next time just build something more practical like a tank or a Taco Bell closer to our office.
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