If I ever write a film it’ll have zombie robots in it. No question.
I don’t even know exactly how a robot could become a zombie but I do know there is nothing that could prevent this zombie robot space epic from getting made – except possibly lack of finance, producers or film studios perhaps.
Anyhoo, if this film ever does get made I wouldn’t make any of the zombie robots ninjas, I mean that would be too much. Same goes for zombie robot pirates – less is more don’t you think? But what kind of characters could we have? I’ve done a quick search for images (gratitude links at the bottom) and have come up with five essential types.
Type one: The obsolete robot.
At least the hand drier it’s parked next to doesn’t whimper when you go past it. It dreams of past glories and if it ever has the chance it will wreak a terrible revenge upon humanity.
Likely to be seen rattling a begging bowl at the exit to the subway. It comes complete with one squeaky wheel, out of date operating system and a terrible secret.
Strengths: piquant sadness.
Weaknesses: can’t do very much.
Type two: The dirty little secret.
You thought he was just a box equipped with death rays, ultra sensitive detectors and a wicked claw that can both scrape and grab. But no, deep within the circuitry there lies the half beating heart of a once living breathing person. Usually a maniac to begin with and then the process makes it all ten times worse.
Strengths: has an actual soul.
Weaknesses: that just makes things bleaker.
Type three: the stereotype buster.
I like him. Designed to act as a butler to an evil genius he killed his master and spends his time gorging on fine wines, cigars and chocolate hob nobs. Deep down in his central database he knows that with his primary purpose dead ultimately all he has left is to ponder his crime.
Strengths: English accent.
Weaknesses: does not know his place.
Type four: The Frankenbot.
Cobbled together from old robots and cow parts this dangerous idiot staggers from rage, to self pity, to confusion and back again. It wasn’t the universe that played a cruel trick by calling him into existence but Microsoft Futures Division. Will these blue skies thinkers never learn?
The need to consume flesh is only equaled by the existential confusion of what exactly it is.
Strengths: easy to fix in the field.
Weaknesses: stench of rotting flesh.
Type five: the hoards of zombie robots.
Oh yes, everything seems perfect in sky city. All human needs are catered for and each of us lives like royalty. Little do we know that when the old robots are taken away to be scrapped they are in fact brought back to life by a monomaniacal servicebot who’s desperate loneliness leads her to reanimate the dysfunctional models into a private army.
They dismember her brutally and then rampage, of course.
Strengths: cast of thousands.
Weaknesses: you ain’t getting out of this one.
Thanks to;
http://www.markbehm.com
http://kurainisei.vox.com/
http://img1.ifilmpro.com/resize/image/stills/films/resize/istd/2812807.jpg
http://thegreatgeekmanual.com
