![]() So, we thought it might be fun, in honor of Chappie (or as a corrective to it … you decide), to rank the best robot movies in film history. They symbolize so many of our neuroses - our queasiness about technology and the unknown, our wonder at what it means to be human, our fear that, ultimately, we might be replaceable. Ever since the early years of cinema - even before the term “robot” was coined, in fact - the movies have been obsessed with them. ![]() (Full disclosure: I haven’t seen it yet.) But one thing seems sure: It will be yet another demonstration of the movies’ fascination with robots. ![]() So, Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie opens this week, and by the look of it, it appears to be a mix and match of Short Circuit, Robocop, E.T., A.I., District 9, and a Die Antwoord music video. Photo: Maya Robinson and Photos by Pixar, Warner Brothers, Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images, Yoshikazu TSUNO/Getty and Paramount Pictures ![]()
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