5 Most Worthless Droids in Sci-Fi

Posted by Alex in Movies & SciFi on June 20, 2009 at 3:20 pm


If real life is any indication, for every android hero, there has got to be a hundred or so worthless robots floating around in science fiction. Neatoramanaut Johnny Cat has compiled his very own list of 5 worthless droids that ever graced the silver screen.

This one to the left is V.I.N.CENT, from the 1979 sci-fi movie The Black Hole:

4. V.I.N.CENT and B.O.B.
Okay, I’ll admit it. When The Black Hole came out in 1979, I was all over it. I even had the board game. This was mostly due to the effect Star Wars had on my embracing any & all space travel movies to the fullest. But as anyone who’s seen it will probably tell you, this movie SUCKED. These two whirligigs didn’t even impress my young sci-fi starved mind at the time, with their precious laser guns taking out countless other worthless sentry droids. They look like they were designed by a six-year-old with a serious head trauma. Also: Roddy McDowell and Slim Pickens do the voices. Waste.

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17 comments to "5 Most Worthless Droids in Sci-Fi"

  1. Skipweasel
    June 20th, 2009 at 4:56 pm

    I liked Bit in Tron - did exactly what it said on the tin.

  2. oezicomix
    June 20th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    http://www.jeffbots.com/mst.jpg
    gipsy should be on the list

  3. Vonskippy
    June 20th, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    R2D2 - worse UI ever!

  4. Johnny Cat
    June 20th, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    Wow, thanks for the showcasing, Alex! I wondered why that post was getting comments today!

  5. Frau
    June 20th, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    HIGH FIVE JOHNNY!!!
    Twiki annoyed me to no end.

    @ oezicomix - Gypsy ran the whole ship. That was why she was slow.

  6. Mello
    June 21st, 2009 at 12:19 am

    Thanks for this! It's so comical and true. I think I might have to stalk you.

  7. Mello
    June 21st, 2009 at 12:21 am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kd8_Xxv6Iw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robot s-dreams.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fwill_the_real_v.html&feature=player_embedde d

  8. greenranger
    June 21st, 2009 at 12:35 am

    alpha from power rangers.

    he sucked.

  9. jbot
    June 21st, 2009 at 1:44 am

    C3PO was... er... could be useful. Imagine:No '3PO:Aliens calling us! what the frak are they saying?uhh ill try saying we cant understand you.. (in alien language:Blow us up!)

    With 3PO:Aliens! 3PO, what are they saying? (accurate translation)

  10. Monsters and Rockets
    June 21st, 2009 at 4:25 am

    By failing to appreciate the awesomeness of The Black Hole (and Roddy McDowall in particular,) this blogger has blown his nerd cred. It's like a metal fan writing an article about how Ozzy sucks.

  11. Serich
    June 21st, 2009 at 9:49 am

    The Black Hole is probably my favorite Disney movie - It's like a version of Event Horizon that I can watch with my kid. Also, I think the droids are supposed to be obsolete and basically worthless, otherwise the bot Maximilian wouldn't seem like such a menacing, insurmountable opponent.

  12. seefish3
    June 21st, 2009 at 9:54 am

    Wait, Johnny Cat is a MAN !!??!

    Never saw that coming...

  13. Frau
    June 21st, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    @ Monsters and Rockets - but Ozzy does suck.

  14. Johnny Cat
    June 21st, 2009 at 9:06 pm

    ha! High five Frau! (and he totally misinterpreted my statement about Roddy McDowell.) Can't please everyone. Especially me.

  15. Bryan C
    June 22nd, 2009 at 10:43 am

    I re-watched The Black Hole a few months ago, for the first time in many years. Shockingly, it was actually better than I remembered. Yeah, BOB was an annoying waste of time and talent, but VINCENT did have some dramatic potential, despite looking like a refugee from a Playmobil set. The ship design and special effects were excellent, and the overall atmosphere appropriately spooky and mysterious.

    Unfortunately Disney could not resist piling on the artificial cuteness, either out of corporate habit or as a clumsy attempt at reproducing the wide appeal of Star Wars. (Ironically, one of the same mistakes that later spoiled the second Star Wars trilogy.)

  16. Raiders757
    June 23rd, 2009 at 11:23 am

    Bad comparison Monster and Rockets. I belong to a lot of Metal forums, blogs and bit-torrent sites. There is an overwhelmingly large movement of Metalheads who think Ozzy sucks and would be willing to write an article about it. They make a good cast as well, considering the man hasn't put a decent album out since the mid-80's.

    I'm with on the Black Hole part though. Sure, the two floating trash cans were stupid as hell, but I enjoyed the movie in the theater as a kid, built a model of the ship, and still enjoy from time to time now. All that, and I'm not even a nerd.

  17. dalucero
    June 24th, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    How about that one from "Space Camp"?


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