popsci.com — Popular Science looks at female robots in our pop-culture from Metropolis to the new Battlestar Galactica. "Fembots were a pop-culture staple long before Austin Powers battled them---witness the popularity of The Bionic Woman, The Stepford Wives and Blade Runner. But what is it about curvaceous cyborgs that stirs the imagination?"
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shooverAug 15, 2006
IIRC - in bladerunner they contained no mechanical parts, just genetically superior. So they'd be neither fembots or cyborgs...:P
politechAug 15, 2006
Does anyone here remember Frankenhooker? One of the Baddest Fembots EVER!<a class="user" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099611/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099611/</a>
Closed AccountAug 15, 2006
I wish I could give you another thumbs up.
williamdyerAug 15, 2006
I nominate you for the Nobel Peace Prize for figuring out what the f**k to do about 500M hairy smelly dudes who go around angry all the f**king time because can't get any (except for the occasional camel).
lynxproAug 15, 2006
Duran Duran's "Electric Barbarella".
cerberus047Aug 15, 2006
I name this sexbot sony.....
encognitoAug 15, 2006
I can’t believe they forgot to mention Seven of Nine! <a class="user" href="http://www.007of9.com/7gallery.htm">http://www.007of9.com/7gallery.htm</a>
whiskerthemadAug 16, 2006
"But what is it about curvaceous cyborgs that stirs the imagination?"Three words:NO MOOD SWINGS
lavarockAug 16, 2006
LOL, I love it when these retards talk about one sex becoming "extinct". It warms the heart like the extraordinary misconceptions of a naïve child.
encognitoAug 17, 2006
@LavarockDidn't even read the first 10 comments did you? The "what constitutes a fembot/cyborg/robot" discussion was already brought up and dismissed already. Stop being so pedantic and you might get laid in this century. Frigging dork.
encognitoSep 1, 2006
@lavarock3. Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager (actress Jeri Ryan) seems to be the most notable small-screen fembot we overlooked. As readers have pointed out, her presence on this list is contentious, considering she’s more of a human-cum-Borg, but all Borg/human dynamics aside, Seven’s silvery catsuit and Bluetooth-headset-from-the-future accessories more than qualify her for inclusion.<a class="user" href="http://popsci.typepad.com/popsci/2006/08/your_fave_fembo.html">http://popsci.typepad.com/popsci/2006/08/your_fave_fembo.html</a>