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Mount Rushmore of Droids (2 Viewers)

Sweet J said:
To me, Data is a lock.

I never thought about Bender.  But . . . this is a STRONG recommendation.  I think he's gotta be in contention. 

I was never a fan of R2.  But of all the droids and robots in the Star Wars universe, I think he's the strongest. I agree with  Yankee that he's gotta be there. 

Does Seven-Of-Nine qualify?  Because . . . damn.

I love Iron Giant, but I think of this as a category of sidekicks.  More droids and androids than Robots.  I wouldn't put him on. 

So I'm good on three.  (Data, R2, and Bender).  Some other great suggestions in the thread.  I'll throw one more out - The original Arnold Terminator from T2.  I'm not sure he qualifies under the spirit of the thread (sidekicky).  But he should at least be considered. 
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Don't know if they have to be sidekicks.... frankly I don't even know the rules of the game I made up.  They are fluid.  The Terminator has some strong stats as well to be considered.

7 of 9 was originally a humanoid of some kind before the Borg changed her, right?  If there has to be a line somewhere, I think she is out.  Though, if Ms. Ryan wants to make an appointment at my office to discuss this personal slight, I will have my secretary hold all calls.

 
Crow (and/or Tom Servo), R2-D2, Robby the Robot, The Terminator and Gort. . . Iron Giant, Bender, HAL 9000 and Optimus Prime all get a nod. . . I liked C-3PO when it was a pile of parts. . . that didn't speak.

 
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k9 from doctor who during the good years he was a cheeky little robodog with a lazer and a british accent that my friends is a double deadly combo take that to the bank bromigos 

 
shadyridr said:
R2D2, C3PO, T-800, Bender
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Sweet J said:
To me, Data is a lock.

I never thought about Bender.  But . . . this is a STRONG recommendation.  I think he's gotta be in contention. 

I was never a fan of R2.  But of all the droids and robots in the Star Wars universe, I think he's the strongest. I agree with  Yankee that he's gotta be there. 

Does Seven-Of-Nine qualify?  Because . . . damn.

I love Iron Giant, but I think of this as a category of sidekicks.  More droids and androids than Robots.  I wouldn't put him on. 

So I'm good on three.  (Data, R2, and Bender).  Some other great suggestions in the thread.  I'll throw one more out - The original Arnold Terminator from T2.  I'm not sure he qualifies under the spirit of the thread (sidekicky).  But he should at least be considered. 
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Hov34 said:
Should be a 1st ballot HOF/Mt. Rushmore.
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Wasn't Wall-E really just PIXAR stealing Johnny 5, giving him the Disney treatment, and then saturating us with his merchandise?  

When you really break it down, Johnny 5 is the OG to Wall-E's more modern start quality.

 
Yankee23Fan said:
Wasn't Wall-E really just PIXAR stealing Johnny 5, giving him the Disney treatment, and then saturating us with his merchandise?  

When you really break it down, Johnny 5 is the OG to Wall-E's more modern start quality.
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Just because they were shaped similarly?  No.  Wall-E was awesome.  And he fell in love with EVE, oh and saved humanity (fat humanity, but humanity none the less!!!) what the hell did Johnny 5 do?

 
Hov34 said:
Just because they were shaped similarly?  No.  Wall-E was awesome.  And he fell in love with EVE, oh and saved humanity (fat humanity, but humanity none the less!!!) what the hell did Johnny 5 do?
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Hey laserlips, your mama was a snowblower!

 
Bull Dozier said:
You know, I tried really hard to remember a single scene where 3PO did his job right and moved the plot forward, but it never happened.  The only thing he did without screwing it up that I can remember is acting as a translator for Jabba.  Taking up all of the screen time he did to complete only that task is the most wasteful use of screen time I can think of.
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Yankee23Fan said:
You 3PO people are killing me.

What's the most important thing 3PO did?

I'll wait.

No I won't.  The answer is nothing.  He is the husband who is in the garage while the wife meets the pizza boy.
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I mean the empire probably wins if the murder bears don’t think he’s a golden god and end up eating all the rebels

 
Subthread.

Wall-E was absolutely modeled after Johnny 5.  Not just because of looks, though they are strikingly similar.  But because of overall arc.

Wall-E goes from a mindless garbage collector who over 700 years of watching videos comes to understand on some small level human interaction and tries to mimic it.  Yes he falls in love with EVE and yes he helps her save the world.

Johnny 5 went from mindless government weapon to a being trying to understand the world around him and through movies, music and television came to understand on some small level human interaction and tries to mimic it.  He comes to understand basic human desires for life and love, understands a moral compass and is guided by it.  

Basically, PIXAR one upped Johnny 5 but they used the same formula.  And Johnny was funnier.  By a mile.

 
Dan Lambskin said:
I mean the empire probably wins if the murder bears don’t think he’s a golden god and end up eating all the rebels
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Had 3PO not existed, R2 could have been envisioned as a golden droid and done the same thing by simply existing.  3POs ability to speak their language didn't matter until Luke started flying him around.  So even's 3POs unique skill didn't come in to play to save the rebellion, just the fact that he was a certain color.  That's some racist universe Lucas dumped on us.

3PO also aruged with Luke when Luke gave him instructions which would end up saving their lives.  Thanks droid, just take the orders I'm giving you so I can live, m'kay?

 
Alright, probably not "Mount Rushmore" worthy, but out of sheer nostalgia, I must give mention to Johnny Sokko's Flying Robot.  He was bad ###. I used to enjoy watching this show as a child...doesn't look too impressive these days, but it was fun for me way back when...

For you youngin's who don't know what the hell I am talking about:  Johnny Sokko

 
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Bull Dozier said:
Had 3PO not existed, R2 could have been envisioned as a golden droid and done the same thing by simply existing.  3POs ability to speak their language didn't matter until Luke started flying him around.  So even's 3POs unique skill didn't come in to play to save the rebellion, just the fact that he was a certain color.  That's some racist universe Lucas dumped on us.

3PO also aruged with Luke when Luke gave him instructions which would end up saving their lives.  Thanks droid, just take the orders I'm giving you so I can live, m'kay?
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R2 would have been scrap if 3PO wasn't there with the sage advice, "Let the wookie win".

 
Do replicants (Blade Runner) count as droids?  I guess they have some form of bio-engineering involved, but they seem like droids to me since they can be lawfully terminated.  If so, its hard to overlook Rachel. 

 
R2D2 - Maybe. Iconic, and a featured character in a massive, epic part of our cultural history, but really not all that interesting to me.

C3P0 - no

HAL - A computer, right?  Not a droid imo.

Terminator - first ballot droid for me.

 
R2D2

Terminator has to be on there.

Data?  OK I guess so.  You kind of didn't think of him as a robot though.  So is he really Mt. Rushmore worthy?  He's more of an Android, really.  Which brings me to...

Vision

And if androids count, how about Bishop?

 
Love that we're using droid in the title and not robot -- if Lucas had his way, the title would limit us to only talking about robots that appeared in the Star Wars series (and I still think the GNK droid should be placed higher than C3PO in any list of greatest droids).

I'm not fan of organized religion, but I think the automaton's allegedly built by Gerbert d'Aurillac (AKA Pope Sylvester II) and St. Albertus Magnus could qualify for enshrinement if only as the very earliest known mention of droids/robots.

 
I think you have to eliminate all fem-bots - 7 of 9, Westworld chick, etc. People are throwing them out there because they were played by attractive women.

For robot Mount Rushmore, I'd have to go:

K-9 from Doctor Who

R2D2 from Star Wars

Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet

Tom Servo for MST3k

 
Yul Brynner in Westworld could make the "bad guy" Droid Mt. Rushmore.

 
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