Randy Retro Robot Romeos
|
It's the "Invasion of the Love-Robots" on Weird Retro, as part of our robot season. Cinema has produced some sexy lady robots over the years, starting with Maria in Metropolis (1927), mad scientists have been trying to create "your basic pleasure model" ever since. Think Stepford Wives (1975), Pris in Blade Runner (1982), or Cherry 2000 (1987). Most recently Ava in Ex Machina (2015).
But what about the ladies? They may want their robot Romeo too. After all Barbarella extolled the virtues of robot sex, with Diktor back in the 1960s. That despite his reservations about his "mechanical" movements, she thought that he had "real style". |
|
So redressing the balance, we bring you a romantic ride through weird world of robot Romeos and their ever loving ladies.
Anatole the Robot (a.k.a. Marsulus), with French actress Mag Villars.
British robot, Mr. Magnetron. He appeared in many guises from 1953 until 1967. Here he is in his 1954 version as built by the Royal Signals for Radio and Television exhibition at Olympia.
Sabor V was a Swiss robot, built in the 1940s, and travelled the world in the 50s and 60s.
British starlet Diana Dors with Robert the robot, built by Diana's husband Denis Hamilton from spare parts found in the cellar. (1952)
Elektron, a Russian robot from 1967. Seven feet tall and four feet across the shoulders. Able to understand 112 commands, waltz and play chess... And father children with the lady on the left it seems.
Fubar D. Robot (Futuristic Uranium Bio Atomic Robot) a.k.a. “Foobie”. The 80s robot TV star.
|
Alpha the robot kidnapping Queen Zorine, of the controversial "nudist colony" a the Balboa Park, San Diego, 1935.
Metalogen Man... From the 1945 cliff-hanger serial 'The Monster and the Ape'.
“Gygan” aka “Cygan” aka “Mr. Moto”, the Italian stallion. Why all the pseudonyms? (1957)
The secretary of South East Essex Motors in Basildon with the company mascot, 'Mr. Moto'. Previously known as 'Gygan' in the 1950s. (circa 1970).
Arok the robot, judging the Miss Nude World contest of 1975.
|
Nude lady and robot, at French expo, in 1935. Why? Because they are French!
'Ivan the Robot' from the little known 1941 movie Cracked Nuts. Looks like Ivan's scored!
From The Colossus of New York (1958) is a sci-fi film, in which the brain of a surgeon's son is transplanted into a robot body.
Commander Robot is a 7-foot, 4-inch aluminum and plexiglass creation whose skating skill rates him a featured spot in Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies of 1969.
Gort gets groped. Guess being one of the most famous robots in cinema history has its advantages.
|
Top Ten: Really Undervalued Robots - Side-lined by the more famous movie robots, we present a top ten of some of the most underrated robots in movie history. In my opinion anyway!
|
The Bug Hunters: The Forgotten 80s Comic Series - In the 1980s, the world's first ever dedicated video gaming magazine published a genius comic book serial, The Bug Hunters.
|
Best Of British: Comic Book Robots - A look at the comic book history of the UK through the eyes of robots. From Robot Archie and Brassneck, to the robots of 2000 AD and C+VG.
|
Top Ten: Retro Cyberpunk Games - With the creation of the genre in the early 80s, and the rise of home computers, cyberpunk was primed to be exploited as a theme for computer games.
|