Talk:Robots (film)

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Shouldn't we add something about Fender's spear looking exactly like the Lance of Longinus from Neon Genesis Evangelion (for those that don't know)? It says so on Robin Williams' article.

Be bold! Go ahead! --Releeshan 02:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Ratchet (Robots) redirects here

It was merged as per its AFD debate, but rather haphazardly, I'm afraid. Anyone who knows more about the movie should feel free to clean it up. Johnleemk | Talk 11:04, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

I'm not too sure about the last trivia reference (a capcom game from 1987 involving two flail guns). How similar are the two scenes? It seems in Robots that many references are made almost perfectly, can anyone confirm the similarities? BadCRC 01:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)


Yes, and I would like to add to that. Just because a character cracked his neck, it does not mean it is an X-Men reference. I do not see any important simularity between Watertown, New York and Rivet Town. And I DEFINITELY disagree with the comment of the Holocaust metaphor. There is no resemblance to the event despite what the author may say. Please change it posthaste.

IMDB lists Queens as where Wedge grew up, and that he attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School, outside of Syracuse, NY. I happen to attend this very high school, and it is in fact outside of Syracuse, which isn't exactly Watertown. I haven't found any other sources on the web citing that Wedge spent his teens in Watertown, without first mentioning that that is what Rivet Town is based on. Fayetteville-Manlius HS isn't a boarding school either, so there is no way that he could have lived in Watertown and simultaneously attended FMHS. If anyone could clear this up it'd be nice. blarghamagarky 4:47, 11 March 2007.


Agreed - "The movie's plotline was based on the Holocaust. ([Ratchet - Hitler]; [Outmodes - Jews])" - give me a break! Is there any evidence for this - i.e. a statement by someone responsible? I must work out how to do a "citation needed" tag...

I removed the references that required citation. I think they should only be added when people have information pertaining to the film, what the trivia is, and citation.D43M0N 11:13, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bigweld in person vs Old TV show

Can these differences be attributed to Bigweld aging over time, or having upgrades (e.g. neck section)? If so, I think the trivia point regarding this should be edited. glasnt<3 03:49, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge of Characters

We should merge all the Robots characters into one page, either this page or List of Robots characters. Cbrown1023 19:23, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Agree. The characters could be merged into the main article with short descriptions of each character, especially since most seem to just be plot summaries of each character. Expanding the summary of the film would fix that problem after the merges, and on a side note, the homages section needs to be weeded down. Radagast83 19:10, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I agree, Robots is a one time film (and I don't think a sequel is planned?). We don't need article after article about each character from one movie. This same thing needs to happen with other film characters as well. People add way too many film character articles for one-time movies. RobJ1981 05:08, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Yes, but just to add more to what you said, an article on a film character can exist, but as a list with other characters using pretty much the same format as other lists... "List of NAMEOFMOVIE characters". The only time that characters get their own page is if there is sufficient information on them or are in many movies (like famous). Cbrown1023 19:41, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I say delete - these characters are not notable by themselves and not enough info. But I would be content with merging them in this article, per Radagast83. AdamSmithee 22:59, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

This has been discussed for a while (16 days) so I'm going to merge them all into the page List of Robots characters. Cbrown1023 20:52, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Done. Cbrown1023 22:13, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Definitely merge Robot City into this article IMO!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.81.240.93 (talk • contribs) 23:16, December 23, 2006.

I agree and, seeing no controversy, have done so.--Supernumerary 00:53, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Isn't "Robot City" a series of recently published novels based on some unfinished Asimov manuscripts? 195.70.32.136 19:19, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
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