Best Robot Death Scene of All Time - The Black Hole (1979)

[@jamesreid359]

As a 10 yr old boy back then ..... And now as a 52 yr old man .... This scene still tears me to shreds ..... I have no guilt or embarrassment admitting that i cry at this part of the film every time ....

[@ericdudley4169]

Me too. As a kid, and as a 55 year old man today. You’ll never be obsolete…. Brilliant.

[@ladyjayee]

Oh sweetie I am grateful there are moments like these that touch our hearts and spirits. When seen in movies, hopefully humanity can really appreciate the compassion that is so key and necessary in even these struggling modern times today. This Sci fi nerd girl appreciates your sensitivity to these types of moments and I will never forget moments like these ever. Am proud to shed tears with you ❤️

[@jamesreid359]

@@ladyjayee Thanku much M'Dear

[@ladyjayee]

@jamesreid359 you're most welcome. It's important we remember how precious these little moments are, they surely can teach us great things :)

[@TheCoolProfessor]

Nor should you.

[@AarHan3]

0:20 - "You'll never be obsolete. Carry on the tradition. We're the best." Famous last words... 😞

[@Tomfoolery1972]

Until the internet came along I always thought Old B.O.B said "We're heard in the past" 🤷‍♂️

[@christosvoskresye]

I think he said "*WE*'ll never be obsolete." In due time, Vincent will have to pass the baton as well, but the tradition lives on.

[@davedogge2280]

@@christosvoskresye Gaming PC's will though be obsolete.

[@doughesson]

"The Marine Corps lives forever which means that you will live forever"

[@ericdudley4169]

@@doughesson Semper Fi Marine.

[@HenryvKeiper]

As a kid, what stuck out the most to me in this scene was Vincent's parting glance back at Bob as he was leaving. For characters who are otherwise expressionless, the puppeteers did a pretty good job conveying emotion.

[@liamnovak-lutz8890]

Amen! Well-said.

[@JasonPerryman]

*Sniff* Yes they did :'(

[@rudyalapag3523]

Agreed

[@debonyangelgirl6497]

I don't think Vincent was a puppet, I think he was a type of early model animatronic character. There was a contest at a local TV show in my town and the first prize was a real working replica of Vincent. I so wanted to win it 🌕🤖⭐🌌

[@KanishQQuotes]

It's all in the eyes

[@ReaverLordTonus]

It just occurred to me, the shadow across the top of Vincent's eye breaks that solid square shape and gives that slant associated with sadness seen in cartoon eyebrows, same for Bob with his crooked lid. The director and the puppeteers were really on point with is movie.

[@whatutalkinboutwillis6122]

As a kid at the drive in I was really broken up at this scene. Bob was my favorite character in the movie. Looking back he went on good terms. He did something that helped save everyone (felt useful one last time) and his power reserve held on long enough for him to say goodbye to his friend.

[@ladyjayee]

I saw this movie gem in the theater. This girl cried then and tears up now :)

[@DrumsTheWord]

John Barry's music makes this film. His touching melodies bring serious meaning to, what could be perceived as being, a silly kids film!

[@originalveghead]

I genuinely cried when I saw this at the cinema. So glad other people love Vincent and Bob.

[@romeogarcia7652]

me too

[@unsolicited577]

It's when VINCENT looks back at Old BOB, that kills me.

[@Kingnome]

Same

[@langbo9999]

Saying goodbye to a brother in arms.

[@idj20]

This made me cry when I watched it for the first time in '81, I was 13 at the time. Just watching this STILL made me go dewy eyed - and I'll be 50 next year. That's how well made this movie was.

[@daveygivens735]

Geez man, don't watch Bambi.

[@idj20]

This has just popped up again on "recommended videos" and this still hit me in the fucking feels. KZbin, why do you do this to me?!

[@VoltLives]

First time I cried as a kid was this scene, still one of my favorite sci-fi movies

[@outsider238]

Such a powerful scene. Still chokes me up today.

[@alexrose9388]

This film is under rated. I've heard people sneer at it, call it a knock off Star Wars, but I think that does the film a tremendous injustice.

[@jeffnowell8793]

Still get really choked up seeing this. " We're the best ".😢

[@sevenforcex]

This is a great fn scene, so much emotion in just basic eye movement and tone of voice, these two might be a two tin cans but their better than more than half of hollywood right now. Loved this movie as a Kid, need to get it on DVD, and yeah I felt sad big time at this part.

[@leonardhughes4521]

Try ordering it from amazon.

[@tvjeff74]

I was 7 years old when this movie came out...I still have it on DVD The music made this movie AWESOME!!

[@KrillLiberator]

Very sad; I remember being really upset when B.O.B. died. Even sadder than either of the drones in Silent Running (although weirdly, it's the lonely survival of Dewey with Joan Baez singing that does it with that film). The Black Hole is a better film than the majority of people remember.

[@originalveghead]

100% on both counts.

[@waysilentbob6976]

I’ve not been able to watch Silent Running since I was a kid because I know it would wreck me. B.O.B didn’t die though, he lives on in Sealab 2021 bushing up Captain Murphy’s teeth😂

[@jim6820]

May both Roddy McDowell(Voiced Vincent) deceased 10/3/1998 age 70, and Slim Pickens(Voiced B.O.B) deceased 12/8/1983 age 64 RIP. Both will b solely missed. They didn't get any credits for this film. If they did get any at the end of this film it would've been 2 small 2 read. BLU-RAY please?

[@johnedsel]

They didn't get credited partly because Disney didn't want to attribute a human face with a robot to preserve the movie fantasy. Also voice actors get paid a higher flat fee when they're uncredited, but then they lose out on future royalties.

[@Spindler2007]

Did anyone else notice the sound that resembles a heartbeat during B.O.B's final words? It certainly shows that this poor old robot indeed had a heart. :-(

[@kaleidoscopio5]

It is true....😞

[@JENDALL714]

Such a touching scene, this would make even Bender cry!

[@KrillLiberator]

+JENDALL714 No it wouldn't, *sniff* it's just some beer in my eye.

[@alexrose9388]

Bender would be with Maximilion busy trying to kill all humans

[@Graytail]

@@alexrose9388 Bender wouldnt even be on the cygnus... theres no booze.

[@devinpaul9026]

V.I.N.CENT: (makes a bitchy remark) Bender: (burps) "Shut up, tubby! HEHEHEHEHEH!!" V.I.N.CENT; (Doesn't say a word, floats quietly away) Bender: "I'd fly off too if I looked like you!" Vincent; (is periodically seen collecting spare parts and doing random pieces of work in the background until the movie's almost over) Bender; (attempts to escape with the others at the end) V.I.N.CENT; (flips a random switch he cobbled to the wall earlier-- Bender is instantaneously disintegrated on a sub-atomic level.) "Well YOU'VE got a DRINKING problem."

[@jonflynn7466]

I think bender and all the robots look at this as a bromance and cry. Like gone with the wind 🤔

[@marklevics9902]

Genuine tear in my eye even now decades after first watching it as a kid,Vincent looking back leaving his friend behind 😢

[@AngryKidaardman1998]

Me too. I especially can’t help but wonder what happened to bob’s body after this. I know that question helps absolutely nothing and makes this sadder and I apologize but my curiosity is bad. I really hope he was taken to the heavenly looking place you see after the hellish landscape Reinhardt is in at the end.

[@BERNI_ROSSI]

I still shed manly tears when watching this. #TheFeels

[@TheStandardBearer]

I see you are also a man of culture. 👍

[@sniperhunter143]

@@TheStandardBearer Awe, my sweet potato, there there. 🤗

[@EdricLysharae]

You aren't alone.

[@MagicKimmie5150]

I used to cry my eyes out watching this scene when I was little. Now, I still have tear welling...

[@idj20]

I was 13 in 1981 and watched this film in a cinema and bawled my eyes out at this scene, my dad who took me there thought I was a wimp. I'm now 53 and I just went all dewy eyed watching this video. The Black Hole is a hugely underrated movie and glad that I have it on DVD today.

[@paulbirkbeck1790]

It is a great movie the fact people are still talking about it 43 years later says it all. Movies today are just throw a way efforts the blackhole will never be obselete it's the best.👍

[@dethbolt000]

I just got my Vincent, Bob, and Maximilian! Whoa! They're much bigger than the ones I had as kid. More detailed, more points of articulations, and extra accessories. I love them. Going to string them up from my studio's ceiling tomorrow!

[@desfoley6335]

This film was the most powerful children's movie i ever saw, genuinely tragic, beautiful and terrifying.

[@romeonarcizo]

Yeah..i was 6 when this movie came out and a simply love it...They don't make movies like this...I show to all my friends and everyone loves it..specially this very touching scene...Thanks dad...The best movies i see in all my life was with you,,,

[@NathanKlo]

Screw you Disney, you made me cry, I was just a kid then. How could you do that, kids all over the world crying everywhere, all because of some stupid pile of junk robot with funny looking eyes decides he cant make it. He was still floating all he needed was a gentle tow from his mate that abandoned him. Anyway, I feel better now, but still this scene makes me sad. I'm 35 years old now. Thankyou Disney, I wont forget.

[@Vincere]

I love them. I was into that movie when I was little and had the "story" album. Poor lil bob, I wonder what he looked like when he was new.

[@mikedski9698]

OLD B.O.B.: We're the best.

[@coffeeninja2852]

I still remember crying as a kid

[@probablynotmyname8521]

Theres nothing in my eye... im not crying...

[@romeonarcizo]

I love this movie!!! I see it two times in theathers with my father...I was 5 years old....This movie and CONDORMAN,DRAGONSLAYER and TRON was my chillhood..they dont make movies like this anymore

[@EdricLysharae]

0:36 A robot without a soul wouldn't have looked back.

[@girlgarde]

I like how B.O.B had a Texan accent, it gave him a certain friendly charm and made his death even sadder then it already was.

[@joegover9452]

He was the only crew member who survived and helped Vincent and his friends escape, he was a true hero.

[@girlgarde]

@@joegover9452 That he was. May he join his fellow floating comrades that he served with in Heaven.......

[@stylage]

After of years of searching for that movie that had a death scene I teared up to, I finally found it. Although now, I'm not sure why.

[@PUBHEAD1]

Totally agree the music score makes this film

[@ssgoifvet]

Still guts me, even at 49 years old

[@mikegallant811]

Poor Old B.O.B. What the fuck did he ever do to warrant getting killed by Max? Poor Lil homie.

[@cm5913]

R.I.P. Slim Pickens

[@idioticcheese742]

“We are the best” - BOB

[@beastmendelegate1946]

I didn’t know I was going to cry today.

[@hotelmario510]

This is the most emotional robot death scene ever, which is unusual for a machine. I think the best robot death scene of all time is HAL 9000's death. 'Daisy...daiiisy...give...meee...your ansswerrr....doooooo...Iiiiii'm....haaalf...craaaazy....allll....foooor...the looooove....offf....you..........;

[@G8tDestroyer]

RIP BOB.

[@kevinlarrabee3817]

I find it interesting seeing this movie and the way it made me feel about the relationship between Vincent and Bob but now that its 2024 and how fast technology is advancing in which robots are becoming closer and closer to being and reality and the threat that potentially can happen with Super AI deciding so its needs to know how all us actually felt that very moment to know what humanity is being about!

[@GeneralZugg06]

I think this may be the first time in the movie that we see V.I.N.cent's eyes move without him turning his head. so much emotion expressed in just a simple downward glance!

[@SNATCHYDBS]

Pickens and mcdowell.. made those robots come to life... Great old movie back when disney made good films. ... "Both my back ups are failing carry on the tradition Vincent were the BEST " Lid comes down .... #awesome .. Great score by John barry too... 👍👍👍

[@Jetblast01]

Never has a film been so touching with a robot death scene, more so than the death of Optimus Prime. :'

[@doughesson]

Don't watch the video to ZZ Top's Sleeping Bag. When the Eliminator went up against the front end loaders to give those kids a chance to escape,I cried. Yes,you heard me. I cried like a little kid seeing a dead puppy by the side of the road.

[@SyntheNeko]

"We're the best." ;_;

[@oeufsurplat]

Love the Closeup at 00:19. Really communicates the emotion in the robots face.

[@YoshiAngemon]

I think before discovering this movie on Disney Plus, I saw Homsar dressed up as B. O.B. Strong Bad did his best Homestar impression, saying "I weally wike your BB-8 Got wun over by a Sandcwaler Costume!" Homestar would've gone with "Oscar the Grouch 2000, himself.

[@OwenGood-rv3tw]

Man, the only thing I can say about seeing movies as a six-year-old back in 1979, boy, girl, teenager, kid, kindergartener, didn't matter. They gave it to you HARD. All the way to the limits of the MPAA rating.

[@EventHorizon_Alex]

What makes this scene hard is not just that Ole Bob died, but knowing that he was left behind on a doomed ship while the others make a desperate run to Probe Ship.

[@mikesilva3868]

Great movie 😊

[@allenharper2928]

You were the best B.O.B. rest well, my friend T_T

[@TheStandardBearer]

To B.O.B.! A part of you goes with us.

[@cindywise7983]

He died as a hero. He had the courage, despite being battered, abused, and broken-down, to warn the crew about Reinhardt's deranged intentions and about the Cygnus' horrible secret. May his courage and valor NEVER be obsolete. He IS the BEST.

[@danacarter9147]

​​@@cindywise7983 Well said.

[@badkerproductions]

makes me cry realistic tears.

[@KrautGoesWild]

And I thought I was the only one.

[@damiancaling1239]

And the Oscar goes to old Bob. I remember this scene when I was young.

[@IsaiahTDavidsonTV]

since i was 7 i cried at this part

[@GenVirtu]

This was a good sci-fi film. A bit underrated..but is was a good try for Disney. They don't have to be ashamed of this film.

[@OsirisEyeOpticalSociety]

I was 3 when I saw this and again at 7 .... it was just as amazing as Flash Gordon or Star Wars to me

[@g5pigott]

First time I ever cried in a movie

[@NightWanderer31415]

You CAN make it!

[@miguelangelwhartonchavez2467]

powerful we cry

[@fanbase288]

Whelp i like old bob in this scene shows had no choice but is like the energizer bunny kept going till he ran out of energy.😇💯 You heard what he said to Vincent.

[@jamesosullivan9640]

I cried at this more than ET.Ive never cried at a humans death in a ffilm tho well perhaps a tear but I still remember absolutely sobbing at this. Great movie very sinister for Disney I felt. Great soundtrack

[@Aguzman0077]

Man, I totally forgot about this. Awesome

[@tommyhunter1817]

One of the spookiest movies I ever saw.

[@nigelsookram882]

we're the best..

[@sirjaunty1]

yep have to agree, I am alas 41 now but at the time I did choke back a few, even now it still gets to me sometimes. Thats daft, and ridculous but I cant look a Numatic Henry hoover without giving at least a seconds thought for poor old B.O.B lol.

[@erikhawkke4861]

It just goes to show, quality voice acting can take a non-human character far beyond what your eyes see.

[@lamartherevenger]

Such a great movie.

[@Perrygentry777]

I remember watching that as a kid. So sad, that they dont make movies like this no more.

[@walterchavez3081]

Make sure you have a box of tissues with you before you watch this scene.

[@maximnietokramskoi5728]

Why I feel, just for that one scene, that 1979 year show is better than the most if not all nowadays so called "blockbusters"?

[@optimusprimal1972200]

this makes me sad.

[@isabellearmstrong2542]

fricking poor B.O.B this is realy realy sad

[@Gollammeister]

Very moving

[@BrothaJ2K]

John Barry's score is making me cry

[@gorgogorgo9379]

Now available on the Intrada-Disney CD. Great GREAT score.

[@TheStandardBearer]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUU! To this day this part hits square in the feels! 😭🤧

[@sniperhunter143]

Don't worry, I'm here my King, lemme cuddle you.🤗

[@TheStandardBearer]

@Robbie Morgan Usagi Yogimbo

[@shockwave2004]

this makes me want to cry.

[@eltfell]

Slim Pickens was the voice of BOB. That man who rode the bomb in Dr. Strangelove.

[@DrumsTheWord]

The music really makes it. God bless John Barry!

[@PJVids83]

I just knew that was Slim Pickens. Nobody else in the world has that voice.

[@doughesson]

Did you notice Paul Reubens' voice in Flight of the Navigator?

[@danielwilliamson6180]

0:27 RIP BOB

[@shaneokeley825]

It's funny hearing them talk with eyes like those

[@jslade60]

Crying crying 😭

[@SegaMario]

Damn, that was the only time V.I.N.CENT's eyes moved, aside from going cross-eyed prior to drilling Maximilian.

[@samsonguy10k]

They move up when he first sees Maximillian, as he pulls his head down as if to try to hide in a turtleneck

[@greedi2675]

R.I.P., hitchBOT.

[@donjorge8329]

Poor Bob... 8-(

[@young5ever]

Robots don't die, they just turn off or burn out.

[@ganimed1976]

This really makes me sad :o( R.I.P. Old B.O.B.

[@gabrieltrainspotter8340]

Quanto piangevo da bambino su sta scena! Amerò sempre questo film!

[@sarrjel]

So riveting.

[@marknorville9827]

Ah the 70's 80's and 90's when people, animals and even robots died. Fast forward to now and no one dies and they live happily ever after.

[@Slyfox1234567]

Synthetic life, and organic life could be considered one in the same. Both are technically machines the only difference is "life" is bio-mechanical and carbon based, and synthetic life is techno-mechanical and silicon based. Both run on electricity, both require a source of power, whether it be fuel or other wise, and both are capable of intelligence, possibly even sentience, what makes an artificially intelligent life form any less of an organism than a bio-intelligent life form?

[@softiehotpants]

i had the story book as a kid and the music was fantastic- i used to jump on the couch to several scenes- old bob is the robot's name! i too think he was fantastic here! haven't seen the flicks others are comparing it too! why not throw in a link! if they're so great they must be posted!

[@MirrorDomains]

B.O.B.!!!!

[@koookeee]

"I can’t feel my legs..."

[@ColonelMarcellus]

The robots, Vincent and Bob, must have been the inspiration for some of the South Park kids. Hehehehehe!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Love this movie. I saw it twice at the theater.

[@jytte-hilden]

Is it just me, or does VINCENT look a bit like Cartman?

[@jonflynn7466]

Beef cake 💪

[@Luca-sq9db]

awesome-o