In honor of “Chappie,” we load our brackets with cinema’s coolest robots for a battle royale.
Here they are…
LEFT BRACKETRobby the Robot, “Forbidden Planet”Roy Batty, “Blade Runner”Ash, “Alien”Maria, “Metropolis”Gort, “The Day the Earth Stood Still”Iron Giant, “The Iron Giant”Mechagodzilla, “Godzilla vs. Mechagodzil- la”Eve, “Wall-E”
RIGHT BRACKETHal 9000, “2001: A Space Odyssey”Johnny 5, “Short Circuit”R2-D2, “Star Wars”Gigolo Joe, “A.I. Artificial Intelligence”T-1000, “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”Gunslinger, “Westwood”Marvin, “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”T-800, “Terminator”
(Infographic created by Julianne Aerts and Ned Ehrbar, Metro US)