THE GARAGE
The biggest attraction of sci-fi films to me as a child was the story tellers ability to build a believable world out of cannibalised airfix kits and household objects. This is why some of us still rave on about some of the weakest storylines ever put on screen. If it had cool looking ships and robots in it then that was enough to fire our imagination. But it's not enough to create something inside a computer. These had to be made by hand so we could imagine picking them up and accompanying them on the adventure.
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- A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
- A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
- A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
Asimov's famous three laws of robotics make perfect sense to us. Unfortunately most robots in the films didn't give a stuff about them. There are plenty examples of robots being ordered to harm humans. Although the concept of good and evil doesn't apply to them I have nevertheless compiled a goodies and baddies list.
Tin Man
GOOD BUT GAY
Maximillian
BAD
Mother
BAD ( conflicted ) Click on this one it's pretty cool
Colossus
BAD VERY BAD
Twiki
GOOD BIDDI BIDDI BIDDI
Gort
GOOD but BAD
R2D2
GOOD ( but smarmy)
Lost in Space Robot
GOOD
Cylon
BAD but soo much better than the remake.
790
GOOD? BAD? unsure
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Nomad
BAD ( confused )
Elle ( Starcrash)
GOOD
Gerty
GOOD ( conflicted )
Box
BAD
K9
GOOD DOGGY
Huey, Dewy and Louie
GOOD, GOOD AND GOOD
800 series Terminator
BAD but very cool
Daggit
GOOD but chimp in robot dog suit BAAAD!
IG-88
BAD (ASS)
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C3P0
GOOD BUT GAY
Robots of death
BAD
HAL 9000
BAD ( conflicted )
V.I.N.CENT
GOOD
Robot (duh)!
BAD
R5D4
GOOD but BAD motivator
Robbie
GOOD ALSO THE COOLEST EVER
Marvin
GOOD but pathetic isn't it?
Android Police THX-1138
BAD but very shiny
Johnny Five
GOOD ( if it kept its gob shut )
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AND NOW FOR SOME SHIPS
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, HERE ARE 30 OF MY FAVOURITE MOVIE SPACESHIPS ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO AVOID CGI THOUGH I WILL ADMIT THERE'S BEEN SOME GREAT ONES.
Enterprise NCC 1701 A. Much prettier than the original.
X wing fighter Nuff Said!
Space 1999 Eagle. Great sound effect . shwshwshwshwshw.........etc
From Forbidden Planet its the United Planet's Cruiser C-57D ( yes I know its a painting but its so cool )
2001 Discovery.
" Open the pod bay door please Hal " 
From Event Horizon its the Lewis and Clark.
Nostromo towing a refinery and 20 million tonnes of mineral ore.
From 2010 The Year We Make Contact its the Leonov.
Its the UD-4L Cheyenne utility dropship from Aliens.
"We're on an express elevator to hell, goin' down"! |
Its Parkland highschool.. I mean the Millenium Falcon. She may not look like much but shes got it where it counts kid.
Borg Cube. No imagination in the Borg collective. Just hangs in space the same way bricks don't.
Fireball XL5 from the king of model makers
Original and best Battlestar Galactica
Once again original is best. Galactica's colonial vipers.
A Cylon raider. "By your command"
D'deridex class Romulan Warbird.
From the Last Starfighter its a Gunstar.
From The Black Hole its the USS Cygnus.
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Remember how cool this ship used to look? It's Blake's Liberator.
2001 Aries-IB Lunar carrier
TIE Interceptor Nuff Said!
Battle beyond the stars Nell. A flying space slug with big space boobs
From Planet Of The Apes its Charleton Heston's Icarus
The Event Horizon. Spooky or what?
Sulaco. This time its war!
A Lambda class shuttle from Star Wars.
The Mothership from Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. "If everythings ready here on the Dark Side of the Moon play the five tones",
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Its Jango and Boba's Slave 1.
Freighter Valley Forge and friend from Silent Running
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Its the Dalek saucer from Dalek Invasion Earth 2150.
Klingon Bird Of Prey. HIv! HIv!
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The Build the Enterprise (BTE) website describes how to build the first USS Enterprise spaceship, based on technologies within our reach, over the next twenty years. You read that right. It’s possible for the United States of America to build the first generation of USS Enterprise given the national will to do so.
Click on this link to learn more.... BUILDING THE ENTERPRISE |
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Don't know if anyones seen this yet.
This is Parkland High School in Allentown Pennsylvania
which by pure coincidence (according to the planners)
bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain corellian
cargo ship. For a closer look you can use this link to
check out the satelite image on google maps.
This is Parkland High School in Allentown Pennsylvania
which by pure coincidence (according to the planners)
bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain corellian
cargo ship. For a closer look you can use this link to
check out the satelite image on google maps.
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