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Any other movies with machines like these?

posted 19 years ago by irreell
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This movie sucks, but the robots are awesome. They are gross and cruel, merciless and kind of Hellraiser-ish in a way. I love the way the flesh and bodyparts of dead humans are mixed with steel and cold robotics. Too bad the rest of the movie is total crap though..

But, do you guys know if theres robots like these in other movies? Not only cyborgs and man/machine-robots (because those movies are everywhere), but when machinery and corpses are mixed together in this way.
They really inspired me as an artist and writer and I hope there's more somewhere.

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[–] tim411 19 years ago

Check out my post about Moontrap.

[–] leroy_wards 19 years ago

Well when the Sckull thing burst out the Robo-Guys chest I could only think of Warhammer 40000, it so looked like whats known as a servo-sckull!

[–] thrombus29 19 years ago

Check out "Hardware"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099740/

A better earlier version of this.

[–] Evil_Flip 19 years ago

There's any "cyber-upgraded" zombie in Return of the living dead 3 which looks quite cool.

the one in Hardware (M.A.R.K. 13 is the name of the (only) german dvd) the killer robot isn't part human though (just a terminator-like skull). there's also a movie with Brad Dourif called 'Death Machine', which (I think) also has a robot thing like mark 13 though I haven't seen that movie, just the trailer a few years back.

greetz,

[–] tim411 19 years ago

I remember Hardware.
That movie was so grainy and red. It was hard to make out what was happening. My friends mom rented that for us when it first got released on VHS. I was hoping it wouldn't be another Chopping Mall.

For years I could not get that song out of my head "and we all walk...the weebly wobly walk... and we all talk, the weebly wobbly talk". I hate that song.

[–] Clemicus 17 years ago

Thanku :), I had been trying to put a name to a film I had seen years ago (Death Machine).

[–] delt_ 18 years ago

The games QUAKE2 and QUAKE4.

Quake1 has an entirely different story altogether, and quake3 was purely made for internet/multiplayer & therefore doesn't have much of a story.

[–] Synthpappa 18 years ago

I agree. Those are my favourites out of the series. Quake 4 is an excellent example of man/machine integration.

[–] EvilDeadAsh 18 years ago

You may wanna check out "Runaway" with Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons or "Screamers" with Peter Weller. Both pretty good flicks.

[–] michalis_him 18 years ago

And as far as computer games are concerned don't forget fallout tactics...

[–] 18 years ago

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[–] Clemicus 17 years ago

Lmao thats a very cheesy film, like the scene when the first guy gets attacked, and the rest think he is messing around.

[–] The-Crazy-Russian 17 years ago

Robocop and Robocop 2

[–] AlexJeff 17 years ago

Yes. They are Borg, resistance is futile. And, um, so was this movie.

[–] oxymoron_02 17 years ago

At the risk of sounding like I'm stating the obvious: The Matrix?

[–] highwaystar50 17 years ago

Saturn 3
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[–] Naturezrevenge 17 years ago

Hardware and Tetsuo.

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[–] macabre-6 16 years ago

Superman TAS episode "The Way of All Flesh" and Batman TAS episode "His Silicon Soul".

[–] echo_echo 16 years ago

TETSUO.

[–] Megatonwhale 16 years ago

ah tetsuo, good choice

[–] puppethead23 16 years ago

Ah all the ones I could think of have been mentioned.. Even Saturn 3 suprisingly. I loved that one too, great effects especially for its time period.
Death Machine was pretty cool too and Hardware. Then theres Terminator of course, and in terms of Games theres Dead Space and the best Horror Game ever IMHO.. System shock 2.

I know theres other movies I remember.. um. The Mangler 2? Galaxy of Terror (So much better than the name)

Of all these Id say Saturn 3 reminds me most in moments to Virus, and its worth seeing for Harvy Keitels strangest role ever, and you get to see a fine nude Farrah Fawcett. =P

[–] simonchinnock 16 years ago

tokyo gore police

[–] psyksmasher 16 years ago

Actually, if you ever really watch Runaway, with Selleck, the spider robots are JUST like the ones here. And as far as human and machine, Terminator, Robocop, as everyone has already mentioned. Borg, ST: the movie, Screamers, etc. But if you look at the captain bot on the table, the hydraulics were identical to that of the Arnie Terminator. And did anyone wonder who was outside during that scene, since they were all talking to each other?(outside the aft door window).

[–] GasmaskAvenger 15 years ago

the DVD release of Hardware that's out now is SO much better than the crappy bootlegs/older released. Very pristine video quality.

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[–] Media_Lover 15 years ago

Other movies in the same category:

"Cyborg"

"Class Of 1999"

"Guyver: Dark Hero"

"Mark 13"

"Aliens"

"Nemesis"

"Automatic"

"Universal Soldier"

"Ghost In The Shell"

"eXistenZ"

"Blade Runner"

Hope this helps.

[–] Sick_Spazmoid 14 years ago

Right, but you missed two - Death Machine and Gunhed.

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