Aug 26 2008Move Over, Goblin Shark: Robots Are Scarier
I told you. I told you robots would kill us all. This is a clip from a new BBC show, The Wrong Door, which is about robots and how much they want to hurt us. And speaking of the wrong door, I accidentally opened my roommate's after grabbing a snack in the middle of the night. Hello anime comic, hello penis in hand! Hello awkward silence, lifelong scarring, new roommate wanted ad.
The Wrong Door: If Terry Gilliam Directed Transformers as a TV Variety Show [gizmodo]
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Reader Comments
1. cc - August 26, 2008 1:29 PM
hahaha first
2. chaosthirteen - August 26, 2008 1:32 PM
rewarding comment, way to add something that will stimulate a genuine and intellectual conversation.... Did you even watch the video, or just go by it and post?
And the dude looked like he deserved it... good for the robots.
3. GEOFF LEPPARD - August 26, 2008 1:37 PM
This man is Mr. Wheatley.
4. karyn - August 26, 2008 1:39 PM
@2--looks like you've never read geekologie before.
5. Icon - August 26, 2008 1:40 PM
Worst. CGI. Ever.
6. ds - August 26, 2008 1:48 PM
geekologie writer. your rational fear of robot doomsday can be assuaged. check out "how to survive a robot uprising" from your local library.
http://www.robotuprising.com/
7. elmo - August 26, 2008 1:52 PM
wha.............................
8. El Basto - August 26, 2008 1:54 PM
@6
And just to add volume to quality and irony to rationality, I also recommend from the same author: "How to build a robot army" to fend off, amongst other threats, alien invaders, zombies or other robots.
9. john - August 26, 2008 2:11 PM
that looks fake...
10. Momboelitist - August 26, 2008 2:21 PM
I also fear our future robot overlords. A terrifying glimpse into that future is not what the doctor ordered.
Skynet will become self aware and then the end........
11. twtchdktr - August 26, 2008 2:29 PM
@2 THANK YOU! i didn't want to be the F1RST to say it...
12. Ace - August 26, 2008 4:54 PM
Fake!
13. gingela5 - August 26, 2008 5:53 PM
That's a funny video and yes, I do believe it's fake...
14. PeterD - August 26, 2008 7:43 PM
Did any of you actually read the commentary? It's from a TV show, of course it's fake.
15. jee - August 26, 2008 7:59 PM
it doesn't take much to realize that isn't a real human...
16. anonycow - August 26, 2008 8:12 PM
that bot looks like Canti from FLCL.
scary... if it turns demon red, we're all doomed!
17. Sam - August 27, 2008 7:01 AM
Im sure that if this is real, we'd all be dead
18. monkeymuscle - August 27, 2008 10:38 AM
of course it is fake. the wrong door is a british SKETCH SHOW.
19. taylor - August 28, 2008 9:49 PM
I saw something like this over here....
http://starwars.yahoo.com/videos/mark-of-the-eagle-episode-1
the effects look like their practical, but the computers don't take on robot form.
anyhow, it was amusing