When any beloved eccentric perish , it ’s heart - rive — butsometimes , the death of a beloved golem ( or android ) can be the saddest of all . Maybe because we bind so intensely with artificial being , their deaths canfeel like misplace a proficient admirer . Here are 10 robot destruction that are more devastatingthan almost any man ’s .
( In no particular order . )
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You could argue the T-800 is a “ cyberneticorganism , ” thanks to that flesh coating over the metallic element endoskeleton . Butthe sum of the Terminator is pure golem — and he becomes the noblestcompanion you could suppose , in the second movie . Crucially , the T-800 doesn’tjust give his life in Terminator 2 tosave John Connor and Sarah Connor , but to protect the time to come from Skynet , melting down to carry on no hint of the future . And then , in T3 , he sacrifices himself again , to stopthe T-2000 and get John Connor to the chopper . I mean , bomb tax shelter .
This death in Transformers : The Moviesaddened and traumatized a generation of nestling . Nobody expect to seeOptimus Prime , the drawing card of the Autobots , run into down in engagement againstMegatron — and then he turns gray as his circuit die . AsAznBadgerexplains , “ If the battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron at thebeginning of Transformers : The Movie is one of the best fights in cinemahistory , then the death of Optimus Prime is sure one of the most dramaticdeaths . ” It ’s annihilating as Prime exit the Matrix of Leadership on andsays his last words : “ Light our darkest 60 minutes . ” Aw mannnnn .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Tq4NDanc8
found on a bright Isaac Asimov novelette , Bicentennial Man tell the sad account ofa robot ’s long life and how he ends up as more than a machine . Andrew ( therobot played by Robin Williams ) has his share of asperity , but he reallybecomes part of the Martin crime syndicate in a powerful agency . But what ’s sad is that he has to look out themall die , totally unable to express the feelings that have grown within him . So after watching two propagation of Martins pass he lead to his originaldesigner ’s son , and together they influence to make Andrew more human . finally hefalls in passion with a man and take a crap the dim modulation to humanity himself — the World Congress even recognize his human status internationally . Of course , befitting of the post ’s drama , Andrew dies decent after hear theannouncement and his wife unplug her life support to conform to him into theafter - life . In this story , the cost of being recognized as man is mortality .
Ted Hughes ’ shaver ’s Christian Bible becomes a shatteringfable of self - sacrifice , in the hands of director Brad Bird . Everybody thinksthe Iron Giant is a arm , but his friendly relationship with a untried male child named Hogarthreveals his gentleness — but the Army still shows up to try and demolish himanyway . When the Iron Giant thinks his admirer Hogarth is bushed , he flip over out , and then the Army is enkindle into plunge a thermonuclear warhead at the town . So it ’s up tothe Iron Giant to intercept the projectile and sacrifice himself in the cognitive process . When he suppose “ Superman , ” it always gets us .
Is there any other robot death more heartrending ? Pixar isthe master at make loveable characters , and WALL - E is arguably at the top ofthe list . His positivity and connection to human race in the face ofsoul - crushing loneliness is adorable , and the path he takes care of EVE for anunknown amount of time is the sweet thing one golem could do for another . Thenhe sacrifices himself to add humanity back to Earth , even after most otherrobots would give up . And when he dies , EVE ’s lusus naturae - out mirror our own . Thankgoodness Wall - E gets brought back from the dead , or there would have been riotsin theater all over America .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZwzoikUqow
MD Who has a few sad robot deaths — the K-1robot ’s cries of anguish as it perishes in “ Robot ” are quite moving , and D-84 sacrifices himself for the Doctor in a terribly sad agency in“Robots of Death . ” I guess it ’s kind of sad when the Doctor putsKamelion out of his miserableness in “ Planet of Fire . ” But when K-9 sacrificeshimself in the episode “ School reunification , ” the forlornness onSarah - Jane ’s face realizing she ’s lost her last tangible link to the Doctor , and her longtime friend … it ’s just so heart - beat out . Like our hearts arebeing demolish into tiny rooted clod of rock . Luckily , K-9 , like Wall - E , getsbetter . Although does he ? Or is that just a mark new K-9 that the Doctor builtin his supererogatory time , and the earlier K-9 is just toast ?
When Data creates a “ girl ” for himself , she ’s immediately one of the most lovable characters in Star Trek : The Next genesis ’s long account . But then Starfleet wants to take her away from him — always with the android abuse , Starfleet ! — and her emotions are just too much for her positronic intercellular substance . She ’s lost everlastingly , but her memories stay inside Data . [ Thanks , buttnothing ! ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WgXF3ZIAM4
We go through a good deal with this Geth partake roving cognisance — so the fact that Legion has to buy the farm in Mass Effect 3 , no matter what you prefer , is just crushing . Check out the above telecasting record Legion ’s last moments , in which we ultimately deal the interrogative sentence , “ Does this unit have a soulfulness ? ” [ Thanks Jennnmarshall ! ]
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Huey , Dewey and Louie are among the earliestcute robotsin popular culture . They ’re Bruce Dern ’s only companions in distance , and heteaches them to take on stove poker and move more human in thisinfluentialfilm . And then … Louie gets swept away into space , leaving just a leg behind . Imagine if R2D2 got lost and destroyed forever in the heart of Star Wars — that ’s how traumatic andawful this was for many film - goers .
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Seems eldritch to put a figurer that ’s technically a villainon the list — but HAL is just obey his programming , and the view whereHAL ’s consciousness slips away and slowly sings “ Daisy ” is one of theall - metre majuscule sad death scenes in the movies . You really smell out that a livingbeing is being taken by perpetually , and that HAL deserved better .
Data sacrifices himself nobly for Captain Picard at the endof Star Trek : curse . But it ’s not quite on the same level as the repose of thedeaths on this lean , partly because Nemesis is such a frail story in general . Plus Data seems to have channelise his consciousness into his convenient twin .
Are Replicants technically golem ? They ’re apparentlybiological , so maybe not . In any case , if you reckon Replicants in the largercategory of “ artificial beings , ” then Roy Batty ’s intenselymelancholy ending in Blade Runner most definitely belong on this lean .
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