![]() The character is actually quite the monster-as a “moon robot” he’s invaded Earth and slaughtered its entire population except for the motley crew of eight annoying Hollywood actors still opposing his diabolical plans. For decades, if someone said “bad costume,” Ro-Man was the first thought to swim to the forefront of the subconscious, largely thanks to the Medved brothers and their seminal work, The Golden Turkey Awards, which enshrined Robot Monster in the Bad Movie Hall of Fame forevermore. Ro-Man, for all intents and purposes, is like the patron saint of the cheesy movie monster. Now let’s take a glimpse into cinema past and imagine the future that might have been… and may yet become. With additional apologies to all the Benders and cylons in pop culture, the focus here is on iconic film robots. The entries must have appeared in a theatrically released movie.The robot must have some kind of body-typically humanoid in shape (though minor exceptions regarding shape for especially awesome robots may appear). With apologies to HAL, J.A.R.V.I.S., MOTHER and the like, no disembodied, purely A.I. ![]() When it comes to cyborgs, we’ve decided to err on the side of “mostly robot.” That means, despite Obi Wan’s protestations that Darth Vader is “more machine than man,” for the purposes of this list, he’s a smidge too human.
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