7. Security Robots in Chopping Mall
Chopping Mall, also known as
Killbots, jumps all over the First Law. The movie enthralls us with a bunch of teens (naturally) that spend the night in a shopping mall where the security robots go a little haywire and attempt to kill the intruders. Basically an attempt to cash in on the mall craze and slasher movie craze in 1980's America,
Chopping Mall is a pretty forgettable, albeit somewhat entertaining, movie. Maybe that's why you've forgotten about the killer robots, eh?
6. Bubo in Clash of the Titans
In 1981, those of us who were alive were treated to a stop-motion masterpiece called
Clash of the Titans, a mish-mash of Greek mythology that mostly followed the exploits of Perseus. Many stars dotted the cast, including Ursula Andress and Harry Hamlin (Perseus), but the true stars were the stop-motion creatures and Bubo, the robot owl. Bubo was created by visual effects master Ray Harryhausen. If you love old stop-motion pictures, you love Harryhausen's work - especially since most of those stop-motion films you love were done by him. From the
Sinbad movies to
Clash of the Titans, Harryhausen's effects lent life to a bevy of monsters from the 1950's through the 1970's (
Titans was his final stop-motion picture). It is often said that Bubo was a ripoff of R2-D2 - a charge consistently denied by Harryhausen. I tend to believe him, but a mechanical owl stuck into a movie about ancient Greek mythology seems a little fishy. Regardless, Bubo became a fan favorite of
Clash of the Titans viewers. He is a definite follower of the Three Laws.
5. Hector in Saturn 3
Sautrn 3, often considered a blight on the movie industry, is primarily known as the film where Farrah Fawcett shows her boobs. An obvious rehash of
Frankenstein,
Saturn 3 also touches on the Adam and Eve theme. It's not the greatest movie, but watching it as a tribute to Mary Shelley (she's the author of
Frankenstein for those of you too young to remember when the book first appeared in the 1800's)
, I can put up with it. In this movie, the robot Hector is infused with the personality of a psycho, so we have to forgive him when he starts breaking all the Laws of Robotics in order to have a shot a Alex (Farrah Fawcett). Besides, it's Farrah. What else could he do?
4. Box in Logan's Run
Box is a major First Law violator in the original
Logan's Run, but we'll give him a break because he is most definitely robo-crazy. He THINKS he's obeying the First Law by freezing all the humans he finds, but of course that logic is a little flawed. I'm convinced he also violates the Second Law constantly. I'm pretty sure at least one of his collection of human Popsicles asked him to leave them alone.