Thursday, February 07, 2013

ED 209



The original self-sufficient law enforcement robot.

7 comments:

D. said...

Um. Yike.

I think I'll skip that movie, even though I'd save (ulp) on popcorn.

Some people do not understand automata.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

Hah. Who designs a robot that can't walk down stairs?

Anonymous said...

I sometimes wonder if that movie is a reflection of, or the spawning chamber of, some of the NRA's fantasies.

Mike.K.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

"The Pentagon reported another militant was successfully bug-splatted in Pakistan today."

- The Washington Post
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Habitat Vic said...

Drifty,

Your clip left out the best (to this former geek, anyway) part of that scene. A few seconds after your clip ends the corrupt project manager of ED-209 turns to the CEO and says "I'm sure its only a software glitch. A minor setback."

Redhand said...

One of my favorite movie scenes EVAH. Saw this when I was in house counsel for a defense contractor. Laughed my ass off.

The only thing wrong with the clip is that they left off the part where the Chairman and CEO says, "Bob, I'm very disappointed."

Anonymous said...

heh heh heh...what could go wrong?