Top 1980s Sci-fi Robots

[@orpheusgoeselectric]

"Sterling, you magnificent bastard, that is some fine youtubing right there." took the words RIGHT OUT of my mouth. ;)

[@AtomicSnackBar]

From one magnificent bastid to another, I thank you, good sir.

[@Gappasaurus]

“All I wanted was a Pepsi… and to wear Harvey Keitel’s face.” - Hector

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Well, at least he got half of what he wanted. So it was a good day's work in my book.

[@Gappasaurus]

@@AtomicSnackBar True! And hey, Mike Muir never got his Pepsi either 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@Gappasaurus He was a little high strung. Probably didn't need that pepsi anyways.

[@chrisbridges4885]

@@Gappasaurus I know, right. It’s almost enough to make one…….suicidal

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@chrisbridges4885 Or Violent & Funky.

[@theleap2946]

I absolutely loved Jinx from Space Camp. Talk about a homicidal maniac. “I’m gonna send these kids into space for fun!” Another good one was Max from Flight of the Navigator, voiced by Paul Reubens!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I had forgotten about both of those. I even saw Flight of the Navigator at the theater as a lad. They sure don't make 'em like that anymore. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.

[@theleap2946]

@@AtomicSnackBar yup, CGI kinda took away all the weird stuff we used to love as kids. 😊

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@theleap2946 You could play a drinking game, and would be very sloshed, with how many times I complain about CG in the comments section.

[@ThoughtReset-rn1vi]

Really excellent job on this! Great insights and it was a pleasure coming in contact with these movies, most of which I never heard of

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Thank you much. I appreciate you stopping by and giving it a looksee.

[@FeverDreamlandTheater]

Absolutely awesome list Rob! Very happy to see ED-209 getting some love here. That character somehow managed to be bad-ass / terrifying & clunky all in one. Didn't know there was a toy, though I did have a few random Robocop figures back in the day. (I agree, get that ED-260 name outta here!) 🤣I don't want to give away all of your picks here in the comments but it is also great to see some love for Trek here as well. As to your #1 pick.....no complaints here sir!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I still have that ED-209 toy. He's on my 80s shelf with a Madball on his head. As they are wont to do. But you really hit the robo-nail on the head with that description. Speaking of, the mases still demand pictures of some of your collections. Thanks for watching, my fifth dimensional friend.

[@ICrazyGreggy]

Thank you for Data. I also loved STtNG. Data's continued storyline in Picard is lovely as well. If that's something you haven't seen then go and do so - great episode defs a 9 out 10 squeaky robotic joints!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Believe it or not, I did watch Picard. I thought seasons 1 and 3 were quite good.

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

"Metal hurlant" literally means "screaming metal" in French (the English title is rather misleading). Personally I would've included the robot spiders from Runaway (1984) with Tom Selleck. Runaway was released in the same year as The Terminator and was unfortunately overshadowed by the success of that movie. Imo it's one of the most underrated sci-fi movies of the Eighties.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Screaming Metal is a pretty good title as well. And you know, Runaway almost made the list. Just barely missed it. But if I do a sequel episode, it'll definitely be on the list. I've often said, Gene Simmons is a great actor. I wish he had done more.

[@Graytail]

The spiders were ok... but I'd love to have had a Louis back then. Or now.

[@TopazRage]

I'm not just thinkin' it, I'm typin' it, for the algorithm: Sterling, you magnificent bastard, you, that's some fine you-tubing right there

[@AtomicSnackBar]

And that's some fine commenting right there. I thank you much for it.

[@KarlWitsman]

Tom Servo for the win!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

He is a saucy little fellow. I've actually debated buying one of those life-sized replicas.

[@ericswain70]

Happy to find this channel.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

And happy to have you.

[@shanegross9976]

Data was my one of my favorites from TNG. Tom Servo is the STUFF!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

But hopefully he isn't the Stuff from the 1985 film of the same name. That would have been a very different show. Really makes you think.

[@chrisbridges4885]

@@AtomicSnackBar 🤭

[@shanegross9976]

He'd get under Crow's skin in all different way then. ;)

[@GundamWarrior1]

If animated robots were allowed Transformers, Go-Bots, Voltron and countless others would dominate the list. LOL Top 5 could be Autobots and Decepticons alone. Others I would nominate: Kryten (Red Dwarf) Roy Batty (Blade Runner) R.O.T.O.R. (1987)

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Oh, I know. I'm also a big fan of the B.A.T.s from G.I.Joe, Zod from Go-bots, even Mega Man from the NES games, Fugitoid from the TMNT comic. Too many. Some fine nominations there too. I forgot about R.O.T.O.R. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.

[@Craig-x2k]

Bro if anybody has a problem with Tom Servo they have a problem with me. And the GLOW commercial took me back to Saturday afternoon Channel 62 Mid Atlantic Wrestling right into WCW right into GLOW right into King Fu theater. Another awesome episode always look forward to it

[@AtomicSnackBar]

That's sounds like my kind of afternoon right there. G.L.O.W. came on Saturday nights in my town. And man, did I love it. I keep meaning to pick up some of the Best Of DVDs. If this video does well, I'm sure I'll get at least one angry rando accusing me of getting my list off Wikipedia. That seems to be their go-to.

[@Craig-x2k]

@@AtomicSnackBar Man for lack of a better word screw those jerks great list and ED 209 always reminded me of a mech suit for some reason I could always see a human inside controlling him. My wife had a bunch of GLOW magazines when she was younger but her bible thumping aunt burned it while she was at school what a waste

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@Craig-x2k Cause women's wrestling is evil, I guess?

[@ryangreen6255]

Sterling, you magnificent bastard, Heavy Metal is animated, and you started out the video saying you weren't doing animated robots.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Perhaps it's all a part of a mysterious plot. A series of hidden codes and puzzles. Subliminal messaging. It's also possible I meant only animated robots from TV shows. But that one's a bit far-fetched.

[@ryangreen6255]

@@AtomicSnackBar Ah. Gotcha. Stay classy.

[@Junk_World_Templar]

Wonder if the Hector prop is gathering dust in someone’s garage nowadays?

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I hope he is still around somewhere. Heck, might still even be hanging out with Harvey Keitel.

[@casbyness]

He found a new skinsuit and was elected Prime Minister of the UK.

[@bwilliams463]

Tom Servo looked the best in costumes on MST3K. Crow had those spider arms and was hard to fit.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Tom was just an all around talented performer and ladies bot.

[@Skaramine]

Sterling, you magnificent bastard, a perfect list! Ironhorse for life! Tom Servo was the shoulder decal for my Zaku (The Love Zak) in a Gundam role playing game. 😁

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Ah, now that's cool. I didn't get deep into the Gundam world, but I was a huge fan of Gundam Wing. So much so, I remember one vacation making sure not to miss it in the hotel room on cartoon network.

[@Skaramine]

@AtomicSnackBar I was just going along with my gaming group. But, we rolled all the stats and I ended up with a lady who looked like Olive Oyl - she was 6'7" and 140 pounds. And of course, Tom Servo was on her suites shoulder plate, just as tall as she was.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@Skaramine 6'7'' and 140 pounds? The dice gods were angry at you that day.

[@Skaramine]

@@AtomicSnackBar angry or generous. I was forever amused at her beanpole appearance.

[@chrisbridges4885]

BTW… congrats on 5K! I guess the donuts are on you! Well, maybe not ON you…that would be weird

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Yeah.......weird.......I don't know anything about that.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

But thank you much. With the noir video randomly blowing up, I hit that 5K mark way faster than I expected.

[@chrisbridges4885]

@@AtomicSnackBar your Hamer video caused quite a buzz as well

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@chrisbridges4885 I think of that as the video that made the Snack the Bar. It's had a little resurgence as well here lately.

[@tobytalksabout5461]

I've just found this channel but really liking it!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

That's nice to hear. Thanks, Toby. And welcome to the Snack Bar.

[@AlliAsAlways]

All that robot really needed to be a good citizen of Point Place Wisconsin was a foot up the -- aluminum?

[@AtomicSnackBar]

You get it.

[@TrentBecerra]

I'm kind of disappointed that we don't see robots like that anymore we always see them look like people in science fiction now these days.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

That is very true. And if they aren't people, they are are CG messes that you can barely tell what you are looking at.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

@@AtomicSnackBar The humanoid robots don't have that mysterious quality that one would get with some robo - stars.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq That is true as well. Give me a good bot any day of the week.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

@@AtomicSnackBar EXCEPT the Replicants. Roy did NOT DIE IN VAIN ! Yeah, I'm sympathetic towards the Replicants.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq I put Replicants more in the category of clones than I do androids. So it's a whole different set of standards.

[@horrorhands666]

Fantastic list! ED-209 was awesome, but even as a kid, I thought his design was way too clunky for his own good. Great to see MST3K made it on to your channel. Fine YouTubing indeed!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Or was it not clunky enough? Eh? Eh? Logic. And science. And logical science.

[@casbyness]

ED was intentionally overdesigned, as a cynical commentary on office/executive culture, just like the rest of the movie.

[@IvorPresents]

Close on the heels of Saturn 5 was the Black Hole, a year earlier with the demonic Maximilian and the cute Vincent. I love the new Lost in Space Robot. nice.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Maximilian is a favorite of mine as well. I covered him in, I think it was the first 70s sci-fi robots episode. Such a great design.

[@Graytail]

@@AtomicSnackBar Max was good but I kinda prefered that antique from storage ;)

[@destructarr]

I always liked Bubo from Clash of the Titans. It's too bad they didn't make a figure of him. He could have been an "accessory" for Perseus.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I really liked that line as a kid, yet only had the Calibos figure. I saw they did a full sized replica recently-ish. But I did not even want to look at the price.

[@Nickel_The_Wise]

Alright, one day into changing places to live and hopefully starting my own channel in the coming weeks, Sterling delivers on two of my favorite subjects: the 1980s, and robots, the BEST part of waking up. Hector, and Saturn 3 as a whole, was a weird experience, both in appearance and execution. I mean, the robot looks like it has the mechanical head of the Grundlefly, and Harvey K is sounding like some kind of Galactic Imperial, it was all as noticeable as the mini- donut on Kirk Douglas' chin, but that made it all the more memorable, along with that 'makes you think' ending. Some THING is wrong on Saturn-3, that's for sure. ED-209, an all-timer and definitely more machine than man, hearing about the visual inspiration is pretty cool, with that blank conical head that he has, and the emotional LACK of emotions in its bestial countenance, we're all VERY lucky they turned out to not be as dangerous as they appeared, or as Dick Jones made them sound. I always liked how realistic they looked as the standing models, like that thing COULD start walking any second now, if it didn't get a toe caught in a gopher hole or something.. Robot's one lucky tin can, if you ask me, he is a diminutive and kinda silly-looking machine, but since he is the brains of the outfit, I guess he knows to make a move on the opportunity that falls into his ship... I do like his hand flying off in that later scene, none of us guys ever have 100 percent flawless game, even as a robot. Still though, GOOD Nyborg~ Data's got that same niche appeal of a movie monster and an alien, rolled up in a mechanical porcetta, just always trying to be like the hu-man, to live like the hu-man, not the ro-man. He's well-executed in the show, but I only first new of him because of First Contact, I was a kid in the 90s, he was the robot that said 'oh SHIT!' later in the movie, I'd buy THAT for a dollar! And yeah, cat man, fish out of water, filled a Spock-shaped abyss in a somewhat doughty series at times, you gotta have the unique character out in a cast of ac-tors like that. The Bubo is most DEFINITELY a robot, a sentient mechanical artifice that reacts to its given interpretation of a situation, plus you can hear the little complicated mechanisms in that thing. It also led to one of my favorite gags in The Venture Bros, from one of my favorite _characters,_ but I won't say.. hooo~ the T800-m101 CYBERDYNE is a robot of distinction but also, I mean.. aside from the disguised one they sent thru time, the general fund of the Endos are pretty rank and file, I think their distant ancestors can be seen today, slicing people to pieces on the front in Helldivers 2. We are simpatico on your choices for the top pick, that is one of the all-time robots of merit right there, he served his purpose well, grew to be more than the sum of his parts (figuratively and literally) developed a number of modes and malfunctions, like Kyrten of Red Dwarf (who is ABSENT FROM THIS LIST, I might add, but can be more of a 90s character) before him, and has a wide range of talents that do NOTHING in furthering the safety and function of the ship, but everything to do with keeping the human subject mentally sound. Pompous, egotistical, sarcastic, but also overly-sensitive and easily sent into bouts of shapeless rage, that's just the kinda little fireplug I'd want on my Satellite. Sterling, you effulgent jiffypop cowboy, that's a good day's tubin' of you, see YOU around the compound~

[@AtomicSnackBar]

You bring up an excellent point about Data. I had never considered that. He is kind of a best of both worlds, alien and robot. He has the look of an alien, the insides of bot, a good combo of both. Kryten is a pretty spiffy bot himself. But I only first saw Red Dwarf last year. So no sentimental value there, unlike most of the others. He would be a really good choice for a sequel episode, if I can find the footage. And I must say, good sir, that is the first time I've ever been called a effulgent jiffypop cowboy. Dastardly jiffypop cowboy, sure. Curmudgeonly jiffypop cowboy, three times last week. But effulgent jiffypop cowboy is brand new. How far along are you in the channel prep?

[@Birchwood1976]

Holly Hell, shoutout to the Orbots, OMFG!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

One of the single best cartoon theme songs of all time. Mega catchy.

[@doltsbane]

I'd add Crichton from the second season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

That is a very me-friendly robot design right there. And I'm glad you brought him up. I hadn't considered shows that bridged both the 70s and the 80s. I kind of just had Buck Rogers set aside as a 70s show.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Love the robot from Saturn 3, it looks totally believable and its acting is more convincing than Farrah Fawcett’s.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Looks great in a bikini as well.

[@interwebkaiju]

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME WHAT MY BEST INTEREST IS?? Oh, it's getting a cap shooting robot figure? Yeah, I'll agree there.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

All he wanted was an ED-209. Just one ED-209.

[@brandonjenkins6381]

Surprised Johnny 5 didn't get a mention somewhere as popular as that robot was in the 80s.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

He's a neat design, just not really a favorite of mine. And that's all these lists boil down to. Thanks for watching, Brandon.

[@vpower962]

Great list, especially the Robbie-inspired bot.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Thank you much.

[@vpower962]

@@AtomicSnackBar You're most welcome.

[@Vlad.Larionov]

ED-209 is a great robot. And this is one of the best fight scenes. Apparently the ED-209 robot was in a lot of pain after he accidentally shot himself in the arm. The robot was shaking violently, and he had a short circuit from pain 3:51 ⚡🤖😆

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Definitely a great looking robot. And you are right, it's a standout scene in the film as well. I still have my ED-209 on my shelf as we type. Thanks for stopping by, Vlad.

[@cosmacgrandpa]

You had my sub at Heavy Metal :)

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Most excellent. Welcome to the Snack Bar.

[@paulbowler5345]

Great list! ED209 is a fave of mine, those stop motion effects still look so good!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I don't think Robocop gets the credit it deserves for how good the stop motion is. And a good later example of the art as well. Thanks, Mr. Bowler.

[@creech54]

@@AtomicSnackBar Ed 209 is my favorite from that decade, too! It's a shame we don't see stop-mo in movies like this, anymore. The artform is not dead, though. Del Toro's "Pinocchio" was a great movie with even better animation! Also, can't wait to see the "Chicken Run" sequel.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@creech54 Shows how in the know I am, I didn't even realize Del Toro's Pinocchio had come out. And it had stop motion in it?

[@creech54]

@@AtomicSnackBar It's all stop-motion, like "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

[@creech54]

Poorly worded sentence. Sounds like I'm comparing the animation in "Pinocchio" to that in "Robocop". Just saying it was really, really good. 🙂

[@wetdog1606]

Lovely vid again, funny, informative and just all-round a nice start to my Saturday. I loved Saturn 3 as a youngling - and of course Clash of the Titans. Heavy Metal is one of those films I dig out now and again - and always enjoy. Many thanks for the smiles - Cylons, and the baddies in The Black Hole - just saying, oh and Star Crash.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I totally missed out on Saturn 3 back in the day. And with how awesome that VHS cover was, I can't imagine I wouldn't have rented that. I first discovered it when I got into trailer comps and saw the trailer on one of them. And you know, I have not covered Cylons yet. I would hope its easier to find footage than it was of the Ovions, of which I found none. Now Starcrash, on the other hand, you play a drinking with how many times I've talked about that one.

[@wetdog1606]

@@AtomicSnackBar neither of us mentioned Tweeky Buck Rogers -and the Gonk Droid from Star Wars, who deserves his own film. As time goes on I guess we'll get fewer droids in films.

[@chrisbridges4885]

@@wetdog1606 tweeky , and does anyone remember the female counterpart? The one that says “booty”

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@wetdog1606 I would consider those more so 70s bots. When did Buck Rogers end?

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@chrisbridges4885 I had to look that up. Name was Tina. Did she really say "booty"?

[@euansmith3699]

I dig Pris, the Basic Pleasure Model.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Hard to argue with that choice. If I ever did a humanoid android list, she would most certainly be on there.

[@tonysantiago255]

@AtomicSnackBar - another one for that list of Foxy Female Space Robots would be Andrea Machivicci( I know that's wrong, but "What's in a name?") from Spacehunter Adventures in the Forbidden Zone! Boy, that could have used a simpler title.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@tonysantiago255 I usually just call it Spacehunter for short. Cause I'm a busy man with a busy plan. Don't have time for extra In the Forbidden Zones.

[@stephenkilby7851]

cool 80s robots man, ED 209 always been a favourite of mine, grew up on next gen so love data and evil data and MSTK so good, ill add a british tv robot from the early 80s metal mickey (4 seasons from 80-83) great fun family series, he fights off aliens and sends people back in time, created and produced by micky dolenz and he directed 21 episodes, captian power and the soldiers of the future dread robots, cherry 2000 fem bot great film, hardware robot awesome film, the dr who robot dog K9 from the series, plus short circuit number 5, star wars robots i love 1G 88, 4 lom, any R2 unit and gonk my favourite, 90s episode would be cool robot jox and so on, cheers sterling

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I had never heard of Metal Mickey until folks started mentioning it here in the comments section. But no one mentioned the Mickey Dolenz connection. Now, I'm really going to have to look into that one. Was he ever on the show? Some really great choices there. Captain Power did indeed have some great robots. I really liked the flying one when I was a lad. Even had the action figure. I wanted the other one with the tank treads for feet. Never got him, though.

[@stephenkilby7851]

@@AtomicSnackBar i dont think he ever appeared in the show but take one look at the robot and hey mr dolenz right there

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@stephenkilby7851 Still, very cool.

[@chrisbridges4885]

Great list! I’m not sure if I can think of any you missed or left out, though I’m sure there must be at least a couple. I loved that Clash of the Titans and that owl robot( or possibly a clockwork construct) was always a fave- so cute! I never caught his name though… Once again, you look and sound great- thanks for sharing!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Hopefully this one does well, cause there were quite a few more I would have liked to talk about. The robot spiders from Runaway immediately come to mind. I really dug that movie as a lad. And of course, Spot from Eliminators. Not sci-fi, but Conky from Pee-Wee. Thanks as always for watching, Chris. I'm glad you stumbled into the Snack Bar. Always good to hear from you.

[@chrisbridges4885]

Yeah, I googled robots in the ‘80s and was surprised at how many I missed. I’m glad you left out Dot Matrix though Runaway was cool…great movie with cool killer bots

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@chrisbridges4885 Very underrated, much like Gene Simmons as an actor. I like KISS, but it is too bad he didn't do more. He made a great villain. He was good in Trick or Treat as well.

[@euansmith3699]

@@AtomicSnackBarRunaway was such good fun. The radio-controlled car-bomb, the face seeking missile, and the utilitarian robot designs were all cool. Plus, Kirsty Alley.

[@chrisbridges4885]

@@AtomicSnackBar I have read that he wanted to do more acting…I guess he got his chance with his TV show. Some would say he was a better actor than bass player…. But yeah, the Demon is an awesome villain!

[@stevedenis8292]

Poor old ED209 biggest nemesis Stairs.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Those were some pretty hardcore stairs, though. Could have happened to the best of us.

[@stevedenis8292]

@@AtomicSnackBar True they can be tricky some times. Just who designs a walking robot that can not navigate all terrain including stairs Guess they should have bought the plans for a "dolar".

[@wayneclingman689]

Love Robots

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I've been known to be a fan as well.

[@murkymarkdella4058]

Yep, some mighty fine youtubing happened here. Ed 209 should have a spin off.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@murkymarkdella4058 I'm glad someone noticed. I sure would hate to have to point that out myself.

[@chrisbridges4885]

Not to be confused with love robots

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@chrisbridges4885 Oops. Too late.

[@kellswitch]

Ironhorse for life!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my god! Another Colonel Ironhorse fan!!!!!! If I didn't already adore you and this channel that would have sealed the deal!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Oh, wow. I have never run across anyone that remembers that show. Nonetheless was a big Ironhorse fan. You win the comments section this weekend.

[@kellswitch]

@@AtomicSnackBarIt's one of my favorite shows ever. I have the DVD set, some old Starlog magazines that covered it, the novelization of the first episode, some fan made Ironhorse pins... I was a bit obsessed. And I never forgave them for what they did to the show in the second season.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@kellswitch I didn't know it had ever been released on DVD. I'm going to look into that once I finish here. What happened in the second season? I haven't seen it since the original broadcast.

[@kellswitch]

@@AtomicSnackBarAlas Col. Ironhorse did not live forever, nor did Norton Drake. The show-runner from the Friday the 13th:The Series took over running WothW and immediately killed off the two fan favorite characters, jumped forward in time to a gray, dismal dystopian because the aliens were winning by destroying the ecology, then he replaced the original Martians with a less interesting, always human looking alien species that were also gray and depressing, introduced Adrian Paul as a new fighter type character instead of keeping Ironhorse....for reasons...and basically killed the show. I will say this, they gave Ironhorse as good a death as they could, he went down a hero.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@kellswitch Well that's a whole lot of unfortunate, especially killing off Ironhorse. I think I'm glad you told me so it won't come as such a shock.

[@thaisstone5192]

(2) I did see "Saturn 3"; it was tolerable. But the robot kicked ass and as far as I was concerned pretty much saved the film from being a total barker. And Bubo was really pretty and well stop-motion animated; as far as I'm concerned a "clockwork owl" is still a robot.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Ok, so we have a vote for Bubo being a robot. Very good. And regardless of whether he is or isn't, I always like talking Harryhausen. Clash of the Titans was probably the first of his films I ever saw. Thanks, Thais.

[@chrisbridges4885]

I liked Saturn 3 , but as a teenager when it came out I had a thing for Ms Fawcett, or was it Mrs Majors?

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@chrisbridges4885 I'll tell you this, I'd proudly display a poster of Hector in the famous Farrah pose.

[@chrisbridges4885]

@@AtomicSnackBar you rogue, you

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@chrisbridges4885 I've been called worse. Today even.

[@YandereShiki]

The main reason I watched star Trek was to see Data. I had a crush on him.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

That's pretty fantastic, Shikster.

[@tonysantiago255]

Hey.. this was more than a retread. Lots of supergroovio tidbits that I didn't remember. But I forget anything before breakfast these days. Harvey Keitel was great in gangster stuff. But stiff in fantasy genre movies. Have you ever seen Starknight? Ouch. I always thought that little robot from Heavy Metal was very 'Mouse- Iike' looking. Or maybe two oil funnels sideways. Or an hourglass. I think I had mentioned having that Ed-209 capgun edition, but I gave it to my nephew. Boo-bo was a missed marketing opportunity. I would love to have that little guy looking down at me from a shelf. And a Kraken, just so I could say ; " RELEASE the Kraken! ". I get the appeal of Tom Servo. He would pretty cool in a display case. Do you have him? Okay, for us less than estute followers of the SnackBar, what joke are we missing? In your own words: " The best jokes are the ones you have to explain."

[@TheCommonGardenTater1]

Heeeeeeeeeey TS..... How's it hanging? Keitel, was a stooge in Saturn etc, but Farrah was hot. Did I ever explain the joke :)

[@AtomicSnackBar]

This one was a bit a different than the usual "special" edition rerun. It was almost half a new episode. Both the Saturn 3 segment and the honorable mentions were brand new. Recorded this week even. Cut it close on that one. When I was doing the research for the Bubo segment, I saw that they had released a really nice replica semi-recently. And it would look darn good on the shelf. I didn't even want to see the price though. I haven't seen Starknight. That's a great title though. Speaking of collectables, I have debated buying one of those like sized Tom Servo replicas. And that joke, that's what happened to Data.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

So what you are saying is that the robot from Heavy Metal had an hour-glass figure?

[@tonysantiago255]

@ AtomicSnackbar - Oh. Now that you've explained that joke... I still don't get it. But it was nice to your old monkey companion from your grinding days. And nice freshly pressed Pineapple shirt. Tiki-Fantastic!

[@tonysantiago255]

@ TheCommonGardenTater - 🎶. Tater-man...Tater-man...does whatever a good spud can🎶 Yes, Farrah plastered many a dorm room wall in her day. And then we got plastered. WEEKEND!!! To what joke do you refer?

[@robertdee648]

Indeed a good list of robots. Hector was indeed unique.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I figured you'd like him. Looks like he's been to a gym or two.

[@robertdee648]

It does indeed like he is a gym bot. @@AtomicSnackBar

[@Graytail]

@@robertdee648 Nah thats just pressed sheet casing. Hector is all about the brain ;)

[@Graytail]

Aw, was kind hoping that Kryten (RedDwarf) might have made it on the list.... or maybe a skutter

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Kryten is a really good choice. I have him earmarked for a sequel episode.

[@corstiaan-z2x]

have you noticed that Robby also makes a nice little cameo in Heavy Metal as a hotdog vender.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Now that you mention it, I don't recall if I have or not. But that Robby he gets around. Just saw him the other day in an episode of the Twilight Zone.

[@Graytail]

@@AtomicSnackBar He was in Gremlins 2 as well, recounting a few of his famous lines.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@Graytail Was it Gremlins 2? I was thinking it was the first one for some reason.

[@Graytail]

@@AtomicSnackBar No, no you are right it was in the original Gremlins, from 84. So technically Robby could have made it into this list too ^_-

[@chadbertrand1460]

As Data himself states, "I am an android, not a robot." And if you accept androids, how can you not include The Terminator?

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I'm much more of a Terminator 2 person. And like I said in the video, the idea was to save the Terminator for a 90s edition.

[@thrashpondopons8348]

Great name Drop with the 'WotW' the Series!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I was a big fan as a kid. Could hardly wait for Saturday nights to watch it.

[@Negative13Prod]

Don’t forget about Tik Tok from Return To Oz

[@AtomicSnackBar]

ohhhh man. That's a good one.

[@tonysantiago255]

@Negative13Prod - Man! I loved that design and the movie. I had totally forgotten about it. Oh well, another one for the neverending rewatch list. And the 'Part Two' list. Of course, those Chinese blokes might put a copyright claim against you for the use of the name, Sterling.

[@Graytail]

The very best decription of a robot. Clockwork mechanical man, does everything but *live*

[@haitch2676]

I almost wore that exact same shirt. How embarrassing would that be? Do love a good robot movie. I love a BAD robot movie too, I don’t discriminate. Great video as always mate, fun and entertaining

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Probably not as embarrassing as me referring to us as "twinsies" all night.

[@haitch2676]

@@AtomicSnackBar we could be twins though! And as I said, all it would take is you turning your head upside down. That’s not too much to ask is it?

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@haitch2676 I just had that one installed, though.

[@haitch2676]

@@AtomicSnackBar is it within warranty?

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@haitch2676 I always buy off the rack. No warranty to begin with.

[@tonysantiago255]

I'm going to open an account just so I can post rando rants. - Anonymous

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Make sure you accuse me of getting my lists off Wikipedia. That's the go-to of any good angry rando.

[@13thdukeofwybourne69]

I suppose what exactly makes this list is _just_ what you count as being a robot, for example:- "The Encyclopaedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as "Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun to Be With."

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Interesting twist on the great debate. Bubo was designed to do the work of owl, not of a man, since Athena didn't want to give up her actual owl pal. So he technically fits neither description.

[@tonysantiago255]

@AtomicSnackbar- considering how cute he was, that Bubo has become quite the divisive little owl. Memorable, but controversial. "Hooo knew"?

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@tonysantiago255 I have an amazing bird pun in response. But it's just too amazing to share with the public. Ok, I got nothing.

[@tonysantiago255]

@ AtomicSnackbar - yeah, that's what my Bank account says too.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@tonysantiago255 I've told you, when a space princess e-mails you out of the blue asking for money....it's usually not on the up and up.

[@HorrificNightmaresJM]

Fantastic video Slim. I love Saturn 3, i really don't understand the hate this movie gets. I always liked Ed 209''s stop motion movements. I can definitely see killer whales in the design. Heavy Metal is great. Ha ha ha GLOW. Data is cool. MST 3000 no argument here.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

It seems that pretty much every post-Star Wars space-based film gets a lot of hate. I don't get it either. Some of those are my favorites. Thanks for watching, pal.

[@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves]

Will check this out after Midnight, Mr. S, but being the 80s, I'm expecting break-dancing & female robots with big hair! Cheers Warren, still walking like an Egyptian!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Well, good Warren, you werewolfily inclined spinner of tales and yarns and anecdotes that go bump in the night, you may be a tad disappointed. More so than usual, even.

[@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves]

@@AtomicSnackBar-- I'm never disappointed by your channel Mr. S -- dumbfounded perhaps, but disappointed, no! Cheers Warren, dumb since he was founded!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves Yet another fine Warrenism. Kudos, sir.

[@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves]

@@AtomicSnackBar-- Midnight's a comin! You ain't seen nothing yet! Cheers Warren, whose lost his glasses & can't see nothing at all!

[@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves]

@@AtomicSnackBar-- I'm not disappointed at all Mr. S! Farrah & the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling! The only thing that could top that would have been an appearance by the Bangles! Cheers Warren, who has always wondered if Farrah's dad had been a plumber!

[@lurkerrekrul]

4:18 - "How am I gonna fix this guy? He's f***ed!" :) BTW, for those who don't know, in 2012 there was a TV show based on the original comic, called Metal Hurlant Chronicles. There are two seasons of six episodes each, and unlike the movie Heavy Metal, the show is live action.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I had forgotten all about that show. I watched a few episodes of the first season and then lost track. I want to say they showed it on the sci-fi channel. Don't remember a thing about it, though. How was it?

[@lurkerrekrul]

@@AtomicSnackBar To be honest, I only remember bits and pieces of it. I do recall that it was a rather uneven show, with some episodes being pretty good and others bring kind of crap. I guess that's true of a lot of anthology shows though.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@lurkerrekrul The only one I can recall off the top of my head, was the one with Spike from Buffy. At least, I think it was that show.

[@lurkerrekrul]

@@AtomicSnackBar I had to look it up, but yes, he's in S01E02, titled Shelter Me. I vaguely remember it, but I don't recall how it ends.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@lurkerrekrul That's the one. Now that you mention the title, I want to say it appeared he was holding a girl against her will. But it turns out, there was something bad outside. Maybe.

[@danhollifield]

OK, the post-script had me laughing out loud!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I must say, I'm surprised anyone saw that.

[@garfieldsmith332]

.@@AtomicSnackBar "Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check",

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@garfieldsmith332 I think that's the proper thing to do. It's a good look too. Superheroes need to bring it back.

[@TinkeringJohn]

Speaking of 80's robots, and @ 2:28 Kurtwood Smith as Red Forman (from That '70s Show), Debra Jo Rupp (who played Kitty Forman) played a robot in Isaac Asimov's Robots VCR Mystery Game in 1986. You can see her as the robot on Occult Demon Cassette channel. Search Isaac Asimovs Robots and go to 18:20 in the video. She is robot 1138 (R. Jane). Does that number sound familiar?

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Now that is a deep pull. I am impressed. And very cool clip. I had never heard of it. And 1138 certainly does sound familiar. Though my mind always goes to the Misfits song first, the film second. Thanks for watching, John, and for the interesting tidbit.

[@MISTERASMODEUS]

Terminator has to be on this list.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I was actually saving the Terminator for a 1990s Robots episode. I just never got around to doing that one.

[@dcspooky6903]

Great list Sterling👍👍

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Thanks, DC. Much obliged. And thanks for watching.

[@ICE9RLN0]

I once made a video for another channel and someone asked if I had voiced a character. I think I had voiced 6 characters in that video.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Impressive. That's quite the range. What kind of channel was that?

[@ICE9RLN0]

@@AtomicSnackBar Comedy, man said he was looking to be like SNL.

[@papatinpan]

Don't know how I missed this one. In 1989 I had a chance to visit the Star TrekNG set & got weirded out seeing Data smoking a cigarette while chatting with a studio lackey. & yes mighty fine youtubing

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Well, being an android, I guess it wouldn't hurt him too much. That's neat, though. How did that come about?

[@papatinpan]

@@AtomicSnackBar My then aunt worked at Paramount. I was in LA visiting my uncle

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@papatinpan Very spiffy.

[@clarencesmith2305]

OK it's a late 79 movie, December 21st, 1979. what about Maximillian from the movie The Black Hole along with BOB and V.I.N.CENT?

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I certainly wouldn't leave Maximillian out. I discussed him in the first Top 1970s Sci-fi Robots episode. He's an all-time favorite of mine. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6vFgqRrgbKqfcksi=95kyr5Vi8sidRZ6Y

[@rexevans5477]

I think if were talking about design then it's tom servo if were talking about personality then it goes to crow.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Tom's the total package. Crow's just skating by on his looks.

[@rexevans5477]

@@AtomicSnackBar comedy is subjective but I'm just saying as someone who've met people like tom irl and I would rather hang out with crow.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@rexevans5477 But I raise you this, I've met a lot of robots in my day. And the gold ones.....always fussy.

[@rexevans5477]

@@AtomicSnackBar fair but none have hit on me so I still prefer them

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@rexevans5477 Good talk, Rex. As always, it's been a pleasure.

[@sethheier7548]

He did not want a pepsi, he wanted Love!

[@AtomicSnackBar]

But the question is, did he get either?

[@chrisbridges4885]

Lol… didn’t catch the S T / Homicidal joke the first time around. Good stuff….. If a little late.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

You know what they say, "A joke you have to explain is the funniest." Not the same thing at all, but close enough.

[@StevenAthertonSIUandPO]

YAY TOM,MIKE AND CROW

[@AtomicSnackBar]

You a team Mike person as well?

[@kallianpublico7517]

Did not know that "Heavy Metal" the magazine was originally French. Now that i think about it I've never seen another American "comic magazine" like it. I do remember "Wicked Wanda" from Playboy, but that was tame (though very well drawn) compared to the magazine. Very unique. We are prudes here in the states, which ...I'm strangely impressed by. We want our smut wholesome and healthy, not filthy like them Eurapeans! Must say i'm torn by MST3k, hated the show, loved the movies. So many strange and lost movies that did not need shade cast on them. Freak that i am i found the laugh trak annoying, because i actually wanted to watch those movies. Uninterrupted. Final point. Android? Cyborg? Robot? Replicant from PKD's Blade Runner? A.I.? I dare anyone to come up with a definitive taxonomy of these ..artificial causations. Notice i say causation not creation. Is Frankenstein's monster a robot? Is a Dalek a cyborg? If so why do they all act the same way? What exactly is an android? I am confused 😕. Nevermind that that is my defunct Natural state. I think we need another fantastic, "Atomic Snack Bar" submission on the definitive taxonomy of artificial causations. Is Tom Servo a robot or a puppet?

[@AtomicSnackBar]

There's a really good American comic in a similar vein to Heavy Metal called Star Reach that ran from '74 to '79. Really quite good with some great art by folks like Jim Starlin and Barry Windsor-Smith. Still fairly easy to get ahold of as well. I am as well torn with MST3K. I take major issue with many of the films they choose to riff and the negative reputation they've single handedly cast upon said films. But at the same time, I like the characters and they have, in a way, breathed life into a lot of films that may have been forgotten. My definition of a robot is pretty simple. A mechanical being, made by science, that was never living as an organic. They can have organics added to them, like Hector. Kind of a reverse cyborg. But if they started out a living organic, not a robot. As to androids, if I recall correctly, that distinction is given to robots that are made to appear human. All androids are robots but not all robots are androids. And replicants are just man-made beings. Kind of like clones. Sorta.

[@tonysantiago255]

@ AtomicSnackbar - this all sounds eerily similar to the whole "What is Noir?" discussion. A conundrum. A quandary. A potential braincramp. To quote Yul Brenner from The King and I ; " IS... a puzzlement. " My apologies for the musical reference.

[@chameleondream]

Last night I had a nightmare where skynet came online and the world was overrun by millions of Tom Servos singing Whiskey in the Jar. Remind me to never watch one of your videos after having Five Alarm Chili for dinner.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Nightmare? Sounds like a pleasant dream in my book. Maybe you should send me the recipe for that chili.

[@chameleondream]

@@AtomicSnackBarNo real recipe, just whatever I have on hand that catches fire when combined.

[@Graytail]

All you have to do is find the clone detonation remote control, problem solved.

[@chameleondream]

@@Graytail Why didn't I think of that!?!

[@StevenAthertonSIUandPO]

Slight snafu. When you mentioned robby the robot you showed him, but then you showed the robot from lost in space. Two totaly different robots

[@AtomicSnackBar]

It was from the same scene when the two met. I just let the whole thing play out. But I appreciate you pointing it out, nonetheless. Had it been an error, I would have wanted to know.

[@tyronewalker5764]

ED-209 was bad ass!😮

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Looks really nice on my mostly 80s toy shelf as well.

[@wetdog1606]

I know that you'll think - well doh, yeah - but I only recently learned that the artist who gave us Swamp Thing also gave us ...kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH6ZgWuLiLKdeq8

[@AtomicSnackBar]

No, I didn't know that. Not sure I've ever seen that cover before. Wonderful art.

[@ericswain70]

🍻

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Very cool of you Eric. And very much appreciated. You are good people.

[@TayWoode]

I wish they’d make these type of robots now instead of the human looking uncanny valley ones. Surprised short circuit wasn’t on here

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I completely agree. And even worse than that, the CG messes that you can barely tell what you are looking at. As to Johnny 5, he's a neat design, just not a personal favorite. Thanks for stopping by, Tay.

[@TayWoode]

@@AtomicSnackBar I’ll be stopping by more coz I’ve subscribed, love all the old sci-fi horror stuff 👍🏾

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@TayWoode I thank you much. I don't generally cover horror on the channel, but there is more sci-fi than you can shake a robot stick at.

[@powerinawareness]

I actually don't like those guys from MST3K and there's a funny reason why. Several years ago I handled a lot of the social media for Famous Monsters of Filmland and I did a very popular daily interactive game where I pitted 2 fictional characters against each other and people voted by either liking or loving the post and the winner was carried on to the next round for 12 rounds just like in boxing and the winner at the end was crowned the champion. It would be really random stuff like for example the standout was probably Godzilla vs The Monster From The ID in Forbidden Planet. There was a lot of arguing over who would win but everyone knows the Monster From The ID is no match for Godzilla or anyone lol No matter how much you love the G Man. How in the hell can Godzilla beat something powered by the imagination that can simply imagine him being snuffed lol But anyway, I had Crow on there for a time and they found out about it and they had these fans who would just go on there to make fun of everything else and to vote for Crow no matter what. So they basically ruined it because they just wanted to make sure he won no matter what and there would be a huge influx everytime he was to be voted for. So eventually I got rid of him but they annoyed the other fans so much that I never included another MST3K character ever again and when they got back their own medicine and their show got ragged on by the legions of monster fans they acted hurt and insulted and acted like big friggin babies about it. lol I had several interactions with them one on one and they sort of pissed me off. Because they could dish it out but they sure couldn't take it. It was the typical story of people like that. They like to give it but when it comes to getting it back they just cannot stand it at all lol !@#$ those !@#$suck@#$ lol But then again what do you expect from some !@#clown who just sits and blabs through movies and tries to make themselves feel big and others small. It doesn't really take much talent to do that. It makes sense that they would be rather sensitive when they got picked on back doesn't it. lol So as a result I have zero respect for someone who can dish it out but can't take it. LOL

[@AtomicSnackBar]

It just goes to show you, never bring a Crow to a Godzilla fight.

[@powerinawareness]

I have ti admit that I do find it extremely hilarious that those certain individuals can dish it out but they can't take it. LOL @@AtomicSnackBar

[@ICE9RLN0]

Technically speaking a cyborg can be thought of as a robot. It's just a robot made with living parts.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I think it depends on how it started life. For example, the aforementioned Hector. He is a robot that had brain tissue added. So I guess technically a cyborg, but I still count him as a robot. Whereas, Robocop began as a human and had robot parts added, so I would not consider him a robot. Nor would I Darth Vader.

[@ICE9RLN0]

@@AtomicSnackBarThe problem here is that both terms are hard to pin down. A robot is any device made to preform a complicated task. A cyborg is a human augmented with technology. A human with glasses to help him see is a cyborg, robocop was made from a person and other parts to fight crime. He fits the definition of both but as there is no legal definition at this time you can think of it however you really want to.

[@tonysantiago255]

@ AtomicSnackbar - uh oh. First the Randos, now the lawyers.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

@@ICE9RLN0 According to a few " experts ", humans became cyborgs when they graduated from being hunter - gatherers to developing the 1st tools.

[@ICE9RLN0]

@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq yeah, that is about the size of it.

[@tonysantiago255]

I checked Wikipedia. This whole list was ripped off! - R.Ando

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I admit it. I looked up the wiki entry on How Donut Swilling Weirdoes Make an 80s Sci-fi List and just copied it verbatim.

[@tonysantiago255]

@ AtomicSnackbar - geez. No wonder it took me so long to find it. I just kept typing in random words and BAM! there it was: R. Sterling's Stolen Lists. Dang! That list was long.

[@TheCommonGardenTater1]

Funny as Foooooook Chaps!@@AtomicSnackBar

[@TheCommonGardenTater1]

Funny as Foooooook Chaps!@@tonysantiago255

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@tonysantiago255 It's also listed under "Normie Lists for KZbin". Which, is what I was told my Weird West video was - A video by a millennial normie.

[@neilredmond8296]

Good content friend.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Thanks for stopping by, Neil.

[@kittyhawk9707]

Why wasn't Maximillion from the Black Hole included ... one bad ass robot design

[@AtomicSnackBar]

He sure was. Awesome robot design. He appeared on my Top 1970s Robots episode. I know it feels like it was released in the 80s, but the Black Hole came out in '79.

[@kittyhawk9707]

@@AtomicSnackBar ahh gotcha .. Love your channel dude .. )

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@kittyhawk9707 Many thanks, Hawk. I appreciate it.

[@R0dan]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Right back atcha.

[@Graytail]

03:10 Sorry but if Robo is off the list for being a cyborg so is Hector. Infact, Hector is worse, because he has about 12 times the living brain matter that Murphy has =p

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Well, the way I look at it, Robocop was a man with machine parts added. Hector was a machine that had organic parts added to him. Almost a reverse cyborg, if you think about it.

[@Graytail]

@@AtomicSnackBar 'take away all the wires and metal and you're just a few hunks of meat on a coroners table, you're not even a corpse!' I think, technically, there was more of the man left inside of RoboKain than there was of 80s Murphy. Even less in that horrible reboot.

[@DavidDouglas-q7v]

WOW! It's a toss-up for MOST HATED REPLACEMENT VOICE: Tom Servo, or Harvey Keitel's dry/emotionless voice in SATURN 3. Hmmm... I have to go with KEITEL'S. Ah... to have been too young to go see SATURN THREE when it came out; my Dad took us to see ALIEN of course (twice!) but flat out refused to sit through SATURN 3. His iron clad reason? "Because it looks like crap!" How wise he was... ;)

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I don't know what you mean. Keitel sounds perfectly normal, just like I stated in the video. No reason to think otherwise. Guess your dad wasn't much of a Farrah fan.

[@DavidDouglas-q7v]

The day I came home with 'THE FARRAH POSTER,' (that one) and put it up, my father exclaimed: "WELL HONEY.... IT LOOKS LIKE OUR BOY'S BEEN TO THE FAIR! I guess he's lost to us...." He thought Farrah was an idiot; but Jenny Agutter, well.... That was a different story.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@DavidDouglas-q7v Farrah-mania was a bit before my time. Now, Mrs. Agutter on the other hand, I quite liked thanks to Logan's Run and An American Werewolf in London.

[@DavidDouglas-q7v]

The most perfect nose EVER.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@DavidDouglas-q7v Thanks, I grew it myself. Oh, you meant her. Never mind.

[@josemoreno3334]

Cool.😊

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Thank you much.

[@powerinawareness]

I am appalled that Twiki wasn't on the list. lol

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I'm off the hook on this one. I covered Twiki in one of my Top 1970s Sci-fi Robots episodes.

[@DavidDouglas-q7v]

Guys... The thing that still fries my head; I need a moment, sorry; is that SATURN 3, and I'm going to keep coming back to this point... WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DIRECTED BY ROGER CHRISTIAN. O.K... You get that, right? STANLEY DONAN, who directed SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, fired Christian, and thought he'd do a better job at directing an edgy Sci-Fi (hold for audience reaction) than the Art Director from STAR WARS. See... the thing about STAR CRASH, or FLASH GORDON, is that nobody, and I mean NOBODY, was taking that S!!!T seriously. But SATURN 3 did. WOW.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

You know, I could be mistaken, but I'm starting to think you didn't care for Saturn 3. Nah, I'm just imagining it. I kid. I kid. Though I have to say, I don't think I've ever seen a single film that Roger Christian directed.

[@DavidDouglas-q7v]

SATURN 3, like the old CHARLIE'S ANGELS TV show, were little life parables for me; the exotic/erotic world of grown-ups, too exclusive for kids to ever be allowed to see. It had to be incredible, right? My parents refused to watch CHARLIE'S ANGELS... because it was crap. That was it. And they were very open about this. "It's Crap." - THE PARENTS But I imagined it was really something RISQUE'; somethin so incredible that my stupid, stuck-in-the-mud parents were preventing me from seeing. Well, one faithful night, they were both gone for the evening, and wouldn't you know it... Charlie's Angels was on. OMG! It took me about ten minutes to realize... yep; folks were right; it was crap. The promise of SATURN 3 is like the promise of LASERBLAST; it's single best characteristic was that it hadn't been seen ;)

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@DavidDouglas-q7v I've never actually seen Charlie's Angels, so I can't say either way. But I sure think Laser Blast is neat. Stop motion turtle aliens? The rest of the movie probably could have been Charles Band insulting donuts and I'd probably still dig it.

[@DavidDouglas-q7v]

It's just that, in the days before internet culture, during the Dark Ages(TM) of STARLOG, there were these unattainable films, like Dave Allen's PRIMEVALS, that we just knew was going to be THE BESTEST EV-ER! "There are some things mankind was not meant to know" - EVERY 50s Sci-Fi scientist

[@chrisbridges4885]

@@DavidDouglas-q7v I guess we can agree to disagree. I liked Saturn 3 Laserblast AND Charlie’s Angels

[@tommydarbe1524]

MST3K. The best.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

The Tom Servo and Crow Pops that sit above my TV series DVD shelf agree fully.

[@PREPFORIT]

ED209 was verry cool. I would have liked to see it leading a more future military film. I use to be big fan of Data butt the actor was a jerk at a comicon a while back. Good video.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

You sure he was jerk? Maybe he just didn't like how you kept throwing him off of the roof. That makes some folks grumpy.

[@tonysantiago255]

@PREFORIT - Yeah. He was a jerk in his appearance on Big Bang too. Oh wait.. that's a TV show...

[@chrisbridges4885]

I met Brent in New Orleans in a hotel elevator in the late ‘80s. Possibly the early ‘90s. He was doing a ‘con and I was going to a Metallica concert. Nice guy, but surprisingly unrobotlike.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@chrisbridges4885 Metallica was my first concert as a lad. '92 I want to say.

[@chrisbridges4885]

@@AtomicSnackBar Metallica may have some disappointing discography, but everytime I’ve seen them play it’s been awesome. They always deliver live.

[@TheCommonGardenTater1]

FRIDAY is Great Now you Magnificent Bastard. Farrah Fawcett... Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. G.L.O.W. Can you hook me up? Data... Never had a vacation, hence, the paleness... But understood the need for a cat, eye compatibility etc. Dang... Terminator... Guess "You'll Be Back" on that! Underwear collection??? Lost me on that one, but I'll take your word for it. Daleks VS Vader for Villain of the Universe eh! Hi TS and all here. Keep well, and have a.................. TTFN. Tater over and Out :)

[@AtomicSnackBar]

And a magnificent comment there, el Taterino. I think you summed up the video far better than I did. And you bring up an interesting vs. scenario. The Daleks, they were cyborgs, right? So a cyborg vs cyborg ultimate battle in space. I dig it.

[@tonysantiago255]

@ AtomicSnackBar -that sounds like a joke set-up: two cyborgs walk into a bar... Yo Tates! Wez out o jail! Let's say it to KZbin together my friend; "Ex-ter-min-ate! Ex-te-min-ate!!!"

[@TheCommonGardenTater1]

"Ex-ter-min-ate! Ex-te-min-ate!!!"" So, there was these two Techno Bars that turned into a Siamese Cyborg.... A-Major and B.Minor Flat were their names, joined at the Gasket of course... C'mon TS & Mr R. finish it off :) @@tonysantiago255

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@TheCommonGardenTater1 That sounds like a job for - Santiago-man. Costumed hero of the Snack Bar.

[@tonysantiago255]

@ AtomicSnackbar - have you been peeking into my p.j.s and undies drawer again.? I told you, get get your own Spidey underoos! Maybe if you drop some hints, your Mom will get you some for your birthday.

[@federicozambelli2045]

Bubo❤❤❤

[@AtomicSnackBar]

He is quite the charming little fellow.

[@tonysantiago255]

@ AtomicSnackbar - if somewhat controversial. But never boring.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@tonysantiago255 What can I say? You don't want to get mixed up with an owl like Bubo. He was a loner, Tony. A rebel.

[@tonysantiago255]

@ AtomicSnackbar - and he'll never, ever, ever be any good.

[@tonysantiago255]

El Topo.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

El Topo got 12 honorable mentions. They were just after the credits.

[@sleeperyjeemtoybox]

Awww, no Twiki.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Fear not, Twiki was on one of my Top 70s Robots episodes. I forget which one, though.

[@sleeperyjeemtoybox]

Oops forgot that it was released in the 70's in the US, we didn't get it till the 80's in the UK.@@AtomicSnackBar

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@sleeperyjeemtoybox It's an easy mistake. It started in '79 even here. So very close.

[@ThieflyChap]

No Number 5? Not even an honourable mention? Aww... Short Circuit was 80s, right? I'm not misremembering am I?

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I was wondering if anyone would mention Number 5. I guess it could technically be considered a sci-fi comedy. Though I don't think I've seen it since the 80s. Thanks for watching, Chap.

[@shawntherapidlyaginghipster]

I love cats... they taste just like chicken. #NationalFilmBoardofChinada

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Wrong list. You're looking for the Top 1980s Sci-fi Aliens episode. Though I haven't done that one yet. Never mind.

[@shawntherapidlyaginghipster]

@AtomicSnackBar I was referring to the part of the video when you mentioned Data having a cat named spot. By the way, I'm a cat person too. It's nice to have a pet that chooses to show affection and not just be codependent like a dog. Great video.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@shawntherapidlyaginghipster I was making an ALF joke. Cause he eats cats. You now what they always say, jokes you have to explain are always the funniest. Thanks for watching, Shawn.

[@shawntherapidlyaginghipster]

@@AtomicSnackBar Dang. I'm way off tonight. Still, I appreciate you messaging me back. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the great work.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@shawntherapidlyaginghipster Sure thing. It's my pleasure, good sir.

[@leofischer9842]

OH! You want KZbin advice?? TALK TO KZbinRS! We just the audience. We hear people talk about cameras and mics with 10 THOUSAND talked about. That's like buying a USED CAR for me. So talk to your contacts you have so far. Their IDEAS are better than people not "LIVING IN THE TUBE."

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I think I'm more a finding balance between what my audience wants with my own personal nonsense kind of guy than I am a listen to the cool kids type of person. Cause at the end of the day, those who are watching are what's important.

[@euansmith3699]

@@AtomicSnackBar I say, follow your nerd bone. If you blow chunks and the audience comes back, they're yours. If you spew and they bolt, then it was never meant to be.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@euansmith3699 Wise words. Wise words, indeed. Party on, Euan.

[@leofischer9842]

OH I apologize I was watching ASE Presents with Mint Salad. I meant comment for her. BUT thanks for the comment you left. I will copy your advice and post on Mint salad GIVING CREDIT TO YOU. AMAZNG how some things work out. @@AtomicSnackBar

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@leofischer9842 Ah, I must admit, I was a hair confused. I thought you were referring to my jokes about the angry randos. But that makes a lot more sense. Either way, thanks for watching, Leo.

[@PuncherOfAbs]

That glow commercial screamed the 80s lol Glow was actually started by Sylvester Stallone‘s mom

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I picked up a Best of GLOW DVD a few weeks ago. It was a ton of fun.

[@PuncherOfAbs]

Star sapphires takes 2 days to crystallize

[@PuncherOfAbs]

RiffTrax is actually much better than mystery science theater And there’s less junk in between segments The two best RiffTrax is Mothra and night of the living dead

[@AtomicSnackBar]

I do prefer Rifftrax as well. Mainly, because they riff movies I actually consider bad.

[@PuncherOfAbs]

@@AtomicSnackBar I want them to do teenagers from outer space I don’t know if mystery science theater did it

[@PuncherOfAbs]

Booboa is A robot Construct R2 D2 what is inspired by bubo and The robot from star blazers

[@AtomicSnackBar]

That's another really neat looking robot, the one from Star Blazers. If it wasn't so risky using Japanese footage, an episode of classic anime bots would be pretty spiffy.

[@PuncherOfAbs]

@@AtomicSnackBar i’m actually looking at a video about Japanese IPAs and how difficult it is to do fan films

[@PuncherOfAbs]

Have you considered doing a video and movies that consist of a death ray. An odd but very common genre especially during the superhero cereals. Even the pilot of misfits of science has a death ray in it

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@PuncherOfAbs They don't have fairuse there. So that makes things like youtube videos and fan films quite difficult.

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@PuncherOfAbs I haven't. That's a neat idea, though. I have thought about a list of gunfights in westerns.

[@PuncherOfAbs]

Did you know Leonardo da Vinci actually created a functioning robot ... As a gift to a king . The robot was designed after a lion Google it

[@AtomicSnackBar]

Man, what didn't that guy do?

[@PuncherOfAbs]

No one remembers the anti-Kaufman movie Heartbeeps

[@AtomicSnackBar]

You got me there. I hadn't heard of it either. But I was just looking into it. Impressive cast and work by Stan Winston.

[@PuncherOfAbs]

Have you noticed the phenomena of copy cat movies. To movies released the same year with the same plot or subject matter. Kind of like the release of to imaginary friend movies this year

[@AtomicSnackBar]

@@PuncherOfAbs Absolutely. The Italians excelled at this during the 70s and 80s. And in many cases, I like the, let's say inspired by movie, even more.

[@Graytail]

I do. I've been trying to find a copy of it for a while now. I saw it once when I was a kid, and even then I only saw parts of it. I remember the barroom comedian bot had been using low-power jokes to save his battery, but it didnt work out