Holiday Vid Picks: Robots
There are several main food groups when it comes to man-child entertainment genres. Hollywood has been slowly showcasing them one by one, giving each its own renaissance. The ninja, the pirate, the alien, and the zombie have all had a fair amount of spotlight time recently –while one, albeit major, category has been nearly dormant since Ahnold told us he would be back. Where have the robots gone? Well, with Michael Bay’s return with Transformers, perhaps this is the year of the robot. Enjoy.
Let’s just hope they don’t make Smosh take this one down like their Pokemon parody.
Indy Mogul – Robots! Create a full-body robot costume that rocks!
The DIY guru Erik Beck and his dad over at Indy Mogul (on the NextNewNetwork) build a sweet robot for this week’s project. And next week it’s part 2, cyborgs! (no seriously, it’s gonna be sweet!)
I’m sure this has been pitched in some Hollywood office somewhere. I’m just glad YouTube is around to pick up Tinseltown’s dregs. Oh, and don’t worry, there’s already a sequel.
Asimo even looks like Humpty Dumpty, no?
Now just throw in some Jamiroquai music and you’ve got Napoleon Dynobot.
When the robots eventually take over the world, let’s not forget the cute ones.
Transformers More Preview Review
As a film geek, I love the idea of endlessly dissecting a movie trailer prior to the actual film’s release. And when it comes to Michael Bay films, you usually get the whole gist of the movie in the trailer anyway.
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I saw the preview today – it looks pretty good.
David Mackey on July 4th, 2007 at 3:03 pm - Permalink
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Terminator vs Robocop | Wissen belastet on July 5th, 2007 at 12:16 am - Permalink
There’s something really missing in your list of robot-related videos : the Citroen C4 commercials! Here’s the link on Youtube (I assume this is the UK version, but in France there’ve been many others for other car models based on the same Transformers-like thing). Enjoy ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4ckJFNkra8
Nb on July 5th, 2007 at 12:24 am - Permalink