Video: The greatest robot movie of all time?
posted at 8:03 pm on January 27, 2011 by Allahpundit
I’m not even going to call this a palate cleanser. This is so insane, it actually qualifies as news, if only because it’s further proof of American decline. First India goes and makes the greatest action sequence ever, and now they’re churning out robo-crap that puts “The Terminator” to shame. The One says we need to “win the future,” but guess what? It’s too late. India already won.
Memo to Michael Bay: This is our Sputnik moment.
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My vote is for all of the movies spoofed by Mystery Science Theater 3000. No one can top the comic antics of Crow, Tom Servo and Gypsy – not even Joel or Mike.
KillerKane on January 27, 2011 at 8:05 PM
Electromagnet WIN.
Kenosha Kid on January 27, 2011 at 8:06 PM
That’s some original stuff right there, I like the Ball O’ Robots flaming down all the bad guys.
Bishop on January 27, 2011 at 8:07 PM
Im waiting for the Taiwanese Animators to recreat this video.
William Amos on January 27, 2011 at 8:10 PM
some of my coworkers have seen this. not only is it a crazy robot movie, it’s a MUSICAL.
cameo on January 27, 2011 at 8:11 PM
Pffftt… big deal. I did that once.
NeoKong on January 27, 2011 at 8:11 PM
The greatest? That is easy…all today’s HA adware that is throwing my Norton into cardiac arrest.
Limerick on January 27, 2011 at 8:15 PM
It’s like they have acquired the same effects tools as us, but don’t give a crap about the physics.
Good times.
stefanite on January 27, 2011 at 8:15 PM
WTH?
unseen on January 27, 2011 at 8:16 PM
You either have the best work environment in the world, or the worst. Either way – kudos!
elcapt on January 27, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Fun, but I didn’t know who to root for.
Aquateen Hungerforce on January 27, 2011 at 8:17 PM
I saw the Mumbai attacks. No way ordinary Indian police have that many guns. Sticks maybe. Assault rifles? No.
amerpundit on January 27, 2011 at 8:17 PM
Hilarious… It really is indeed our Sputnik moment.
lexhamfox on January 27, 2011 at 8:18 PM
Cyberdyne Systems has been Pwned. They better apply for a federal bailout.
mizflame98 on January 27, 2011 at 8:19 PM
What The Huck?
Geochelone on January 27, 2011 at 8:20 PM
The greatest? That is easy…all today’s HA adware that is throwing my Norton into cardiac arrest.
Limerick on January 27, 2011 at 8:15 PM
something hosed my system up for a couple of hours today though tI got it from politco but it could have been from here
unseen on January 27, 2011 at 8:20 PM
♫Hurray for Bollywood♫
Bigfoot on January 27, 2011 at 8:20 PM
The computer graphics are impressive, to say the least, but…I’m going to go all female, here (which is not hard, considering I am female), and ask, what’s with all the non-stop death and destruction being dealt? Is it just a guy thing, and have I just answered my own question?
I couldn’t last the whole clip after watching all the human carnage. Sure, it’s bloodless, but…boy howdy, how many police officers did those robots take out? How many widows would there be? Fatherless children?
My two little XX chromosomes won’t let me stop thinking about things like that.
theotherone on January 27, 2011 at 8:20 PM
Bet none of these guys would sue for $150K if they bit into an olive pit.
400lb Gorilla on January 27, 2011 at 8:21 PM
Kashmir would seem to be resolved.
BKeyser on January 27, 2011 at 8:22 PM
I can’t help but say this clip is ridiculous.
Having no context otherwise – is this supposed to be a ‘serious’ robot movie or a parody of American pop culture?
I wouldn’t watch this kind of crap on the SyFy channel and let me tell you – they put out plenty of crap as far as their ‘Original Movies’ go.
Yeah, I know, I know. But I can only suspend reality for Sci-Fi or action movies if they are at least going to make an attempt not to insult my cinematic sensibilities.
Sorry, but someone has to be the voice of reason here!
catmman on January 27, 2011 at 8:22 PM
Phhtttttt.
Here’s the greatest robot movie of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5BPduHcjzQ
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on January 27, 2011 at 8:22 PM
Whoah!!!!!!
BJ* on January 27, 2011 at 8:22 PM
Fully automatic, spinning, rolling, Indian robo-ball for the win!!!!
Weight of Glory on January 27, 2011 at 8:25 PM
Ya,as soon as I seen him flying through the car,and
firing the 100 or so machine guns,kinda lost me!!
canopfor on January 27, 2011 at 8:27 PM
This was the most expensive film ever made in India – with special effects from George Lucas’s ILM, and makeup by Stan Winston’s creature shop.
Damian P. on January 27, 2011 at 8:28 PM
Is it just me, or did those guys look like a cross between Elvis and Kim jong-Il…
JetBoy on January 27, 2011 at 8:28 PM
It’s from Bollywood. EVERYTHING is a musical there.
Wolftech on January 27, 2011 at 8:29 PM
9:49 of pure popcorn enjoyment…
… Thanks Allah!
Seven Percent Solution on January 27, 2011 at 8:30 PM
I saw this in New Delhi last October. You don’t have to speak Hindi to follow the whole thing. ALL Indian movies are part musical with several song and dance numbers that generally have nothing to do with the plot.
The Ball O’Robots was the Bad Guy, and it was gunning down the good guys. The main character Rajnikanth, and the face of all the robots is some kind hero/God in Indian action films.
PakviRoti on January 27, 2011 at 8:30 PM
Decline my ass.
ThePrez on January 27, 2011 at 8:30 PM
That was teanslated wrong. It wasn’t
“Formation Mode: Sphere”
It was “Formation: Deathticle!”
Mazztek on January 27, 2011 at 8:30 PM
So it cost what, about $5?
KIDDING! Kidding…I kid…
But seriously, about $5?
NOTE: Hit me with the “But the dollar is so devalued, etc…” comments if you will!
catmman on January 27, 2011 at 8:31 PM
“This is our Sputnik moment.”
I could only watch until 2:39… what a piece of c—!
ujorge on January 27, 2011 at 8:32 PM
Ha! Totally. But for some reason, the only American actor that came to my mind while watching this was Wesley Snipes. Not sure why.
Weight of Glory on January 27, 2011 at 8:32 PM
Speaking of Robots!
==========================
The Robots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ
canopfor on January 27, 2011 at 8:32 PM
The Skunkinator?
Bruno Strozek on January 27, 2011 at 8:33 PM
You know it’s win when you hear the Wilhelm Scream at 4:18.
eforhan on January 27, 2011 at 8:34 PM
Couldn’t help it. I was riveted.
ElectricPhase on January 27, 2011 at 8:35 PM
My daughter said that Transformers were also pwned by this one.
mizflame98 on January 27, 2011 at 8:35 PM
You haven’t watched enough Bollywood movies. This is high entertainment. Ridiculousness is their stock in trade.
PakviRoti on January 27, 2011 at 8:35 PM
Yeah, that was good and all, but why do the robots look like Kim Jong Il from Team America?
madmonkphotog on January 27, 2011 at 8:37 PM
I bet it’s the ease of talking to tech support that did it.
James on January 27, 2011 at 8:39 PM
Inertia? we don’t need no stinking inertia!
rgranger on January 27, 2011 at 8:39 PM
Take Valium and relax, India has a surplus of people. It’s all good.
PakviRoti on January 27, 2011 at 8:40 PM
Hey! Wait a sec! I’ve seen this before.
Weight of Glory on January 27, 2011 at 8:43 PM
I knew Captain Planet would take his message in a violent direction one day.
p40tiger on January 27, 2011 at 8:47 PM
Can’t wait to see this in IMAX 3D!
Vigilante on January 27, 2011 at 8:47 PM
And by teanslated, I mean TRANSLATED…
Mazztek on January 27, 2011 at 8:50 PM
My XX chromosomes must be swimming in a pool of testosterone because I love shoot-em-up, explosion-ridden, over the top action flicks. In fact, I feel the need to play Bayonetta on XBox 360 right now.
mizflame98 on January 27, 2011 at 8:50 PM
I bet allahpundit can’t wait for the Red Tornado movie.
malclave on January 27, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Now these,are Robots!
WORLD WAR – Amazing Animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iQYaL-HgnI
canopfor on January 27, 2011 at 9:06 PM
“The Skunk”
Dig that crazy hair
Hening on January 27, 2011 at 9:10 PM
Expect this clip to be featured prominently by Carolyn McCarthy at any future hearing on legislation to ban high-capacity magazines.
“Look what they can do!!! Think about the CHILDREN!!!”
Bruce MacMahon on January 27, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Beats the pants off iRobot. But is it plausible?
John the Libertarian on January 27, 2011 at 9:16 PM
Nothing will ever beat Flash Gordon—-ever!
Rovin on January 27, 2011 at 9:19 PM
Win The Hereafter.
It’s Obama’s speech planned for Mawlid an-Nabi (Birth of the Prophet) next month.
malclave on January 27, 2011 at 9:24 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA
blatantblue on January 27, 2011 at 9:27 PM
“The Terminator” meets “The Mask” or “The Matrix” meets “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”…I can’t decide.
knangle on January 27, 2011 at 9:30 PM
Pretty awesome…even if the robots look like chumba wumpas.
stonemeister on January 27, 2011 at 9:37 PM
Ok, I’ll say it: The robots screwed themselves into the ground – in reverse (note the direction of the flutes).
OldEnglish on January 27, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Where’s the original English version, this was badly dubbed into Russian. You could hear the robot say “No! No!” while the voiceover said “Nyet! Nyet!” and the same voiceover did the female schoolteacher at the museum…
kimsch on January 27, 2011 at 9:49 PM
Why do they always make robots to look like they have a dick? What’s the point of that? It doesn’t help them to screw themselves into the ground.
SilentWatcher on January 27, 2011 at 9:50 PM
Cat shibble One!
Inanemergencydial on January 27, 2011 at 9:53 PM
I’ve got an X and a Y, but I used to think like you: What about all the deaths and widows and orphans, etc.?
After all these years, I finally figured it out. It’s a movie, and not even a realistic one. It’s all pretend.
I’m a freakin’ genius!
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on January 27, 2011 at 9:54 PM
Sorry, this one has engrish subs.
Inanemergencydial on January 27, 2011 at 9:59 PM
No, HERE’S the greatest robot EVER! …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8kM_ps5uVo
Johnny Sokko!
Tony737 on January 27, 2011 at 10:09 PM
Is this movie Harold and Kumartinator?
Gedge on January 27, 2011 at 10:11 PM
Obviously metric robots.
Tim_CA on January 27, 2011 at 10:18 PM
I find the whole premise of that clip to be highly unbelievable.
Kasper Hauser on January 27, 2011 at 10:19 PM
That was remarkably horrible. It was as if they took any idea anyone had, no matter how stupid, and gave it to animation and said, “Make it happen!”
pugwriter on January 27, 2011 at 10:23 PM
THis puts “The Terminator” to shame….. Dude you got some shitty taste in films I can tell you that!
Confederate on January 27, 2011 at 10:28 PM
hahaha it’s dubbed in russian and the dialogue is as retarded as you think it is
AlexB on January 27, 2011 at 11:29 PM
Couldn’t have been made without software developed for the Matrix films.
flataffect on January 27, 2011 at 11:34 PM
Who’s the Russian overdubber?
unclesmrgol on January 28, 2011 at 12:29 AM
He’s famous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz_m6N1IYuc
Gedge on January 28, 2011 at 12:42 AM
O.k… please, I must own this. What is the name of this movie?
Theophile on January 28, 2011 at 3:24 AM
Umm…. what?
Cap’n Queeg?
Kini on January 28, 2011 at 3:52 AM
O.k… I found it. It is called “Endhiran” (2010) or “Robot” (2010) in English:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1305797/
Enjoy! :) :) :)
Theophile on January 28, 2011 at 4:58 AM
Can hardly wait for the Turkish rip-off.
apostic on January 28, 2011 at 6:12 AM
I understand. When my wife gets me to watch a chick flick, my Y chromosome keeps screaming that all the guys on the screen are a bunch of wimps.
Kafir on January 28, 2011 at 6:26 AM
A Matrix redu with a few Terminator moments.
Decline of America? Isn’t plagiarism the best compliment a person can receive?
percysunshine on January 28, 2011 at 7:46 AM
I think I even heard the Wilhelm scream when the guy fell from the helicopter.
negentropy on January 28, 2011 at 7:57 AM
‘The Matrix meets the Keystone Kops with a Terminator cameo’ is about the closest analogy I can come up with.
percysunshine on January 28, 2011 at 8:11 AM
Greatest action sequence… then you haven’t seen Warlords. MUCH BETTER.
Robot movie is pretty cool. But musicals and robot destruction do not go hand in hand. Also Optimus Prime will still kick his a$$…. and then drop some wisdom on him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg5yg9zUUgE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll3GqMTuBeI
xax on January 28, 2011 at 8:16 AM
Meh… no Megan Fox.
bloviator on January 28, 2011 at 8:27 AM
Dude, you can tell they really use SUPER-DELUXE-PRIMO drugs over there in Bollywood!
WHOA!!!!!!
pilamaye on January 28, 2011 at 9:00 AM
I’m not sure I understand the need for the “robot” qualifier in the title of this post.
12thman on January 28, 2011 at 9:25 AM
Who is the blue-eyed indian chick in the vid? Yummy!
pseudonominus on January 28, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Here is my selection. Not self aware but giant Mechs hammering the s#!t out of each other is a hobby of mine. Long live MechWarrior.
mechkiller_k on January 28, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Whew!
The movie’s name is “Endhiran”, according to IMDB, and that hot blue-eyed actress is Aishwarya Rai, India’s latest and greatest heart-throb (in Tamil, anyway). She was in a few English-language flicks, including “Bride and Prejudice” and some execrable mock-Roman sword and sandal flick, the name of which I’ve mercifully forgotten…which wasted the talents of Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley and Kevin McKidd, not to mention the cast of thousands.
…and, most films in India (so I’ve heard) have musical numbers…Ms. Rai is quite the little song-and-dance-ster…that’s what Indian audiences want to see…and, unlike Hollywood — which tells American audiences what they should like — Indian cinema gives audiences what the do like…see for yourself which works better….
…just got off of eBay and ordered a copy of this flick on DVD…gotta have a copy of the bit with the army of cyborgs turning into Naga the cobra…how Hindu can you get!
…the flick appears to be clever and fun…so what if the acting’s crap and the effects aren’t seamless…at least this one doesn’t have Megan Fox….
Puritan1648 on January 28, 2011 at 10:15 PM