cracked.com — Basically, robots can make everything cooler, from wars to weddings. Hollywood knows this and tries, when possible, to give us what we crave in the form of kickass robots with kickass abilities. Most of the time, though, these robots that look so cool on screen are so incompetent at their jobs...
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scarwarsJun 1, 2008
ED-209: [menacingly] Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply.Dick Jones: I think you better do as he says, Mr. Kinney.[Mr. Kinney drops the pistol on the floor]Dick Jones: [ED-209 advances, growling]ED-209: You now have 15 seconds to comply.[Mr. Kinney turns to Dick Jones, who looks nervous]ED-209: You are in direct violation of Penal Code 1.13, Section 9.[Entire room of people in full panic trying to stay out of the line of fire, especially Mr. Kinney]ED-209: You have 5 seconds to comply.Kinney: Help me!ED-209: Four... three... two... one... I am now authorized to use physical force!
nekoJun 2, 2008
Funny, that's the reason I like number 3. "Oooh we're humans we can control our destinies!" BAM, no, sorry, you can't.
hasslinthehoffJun 2, 2008
They forgot V.I.N.CENT. from The Black Hole, which is the strangest science fiction film I've ever seen.
jeffwmartinJun 2, 2008
I bet you get laid quite often.
asrrin29Jun 3, 2008
@ jeffwmartin: Actually yes, I have a fiancee and we are getting married next year. your stereotypical jab has failed sir.
frostekJun 4, 2008
As far as I rememember the orginal T-800s were nuclear powered too - with an uptime of around 100 years.Their batteries weren't removable though. Hey! Could there have been secret Apple involvement here?!